Android Emulator 28.0.9 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.
  • -gpu guest (software rendering in the guest) has been deprecated. API 28+ system images will now auto switch to using Swiftshader (-gpu swiftshader_indirect).
  • We have received reports of emulator hangs on Mac when the AVD is configured with 4 GB of guest RAM. If you are experiencing this, please file an issue in Issuetracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues?q=componentid:192727