# Android Studios 2.0 error. Your CPU does not support required features (VT-x or SVM). What now **URL:** \ **Category:** Android\ **Created:** [July 7, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/android-studios-2-0-error-your-cpu-does-not-support-required-features-vt-x-or-svm-what-now/17078 "2016-07-07T20:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timbojill](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/timbojill/32/110937_2.png) [@timbojill](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/timbojill)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/android-studios-2-0-error-your-cpu-does-not-support-required-features-vt-x-or-svm-what-now/17078/1 "2016-07-07T20:20:45Z")
I need some serious help. I am a newbie android developer. I am trying to learn android so I can port some simple IOS apps I currently have on the Apple App Store. I got the following error below during installation. Where do I go from here? PS Feel free to chat with me about IOS stuff. I am an expert on all things IOS. Just learning android. Unable to install Intel HAXM Your CPU does not support required features (VT-x or SVM). Unfortunately, your computer does not support hardware accelerated virtualization. Here are some of your options: 1. Use a physical device for testing 2. Develop on a Windows/OSX computer with an Intel processor that supports VT-x and NX 3. Develop on a Linux computer that supports VT-x or SVM 4. Use an Android Virtual Device based on an ARM system image (This is 10x slower than hardware accelerated virtualization) ---
**Author:** ![timbojill](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/timbojill/32/110937_2.png) [@timbojill](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/timbojill)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/android-studios-2-0-error-your-cpu-does-not-support-required-features-vt-x-or-svm-what-now/17078/2 "2016-08-25T17:44:10Z")
I don’t mean to bump my thread but I need some help. I have been an IOS developer for several years. Currently I am using an old Mid 2010 Macbook pro to create and maintain my IOS apps. I few months ago I tried to port some of my apps myself. I downloaded and installed the Eclipse software. I followed the beginning Android development tutorial here: [https://www.raywenderlich.com/120177/beginning-android-development-tutorial-installing-android-studio](https://www.raywenderlich.com/120177/beginning-android-development-tutorial-installing-android-studio). Everything worked except the part with setting up an android simulator. I got several errors. One error stated that my Macbook doesn’t support Hardware virtualization, another error stated that only Intel processors are supported for emulation, a VT error etc. I was wondering if this is just because my Macbook is old. I know that a six year old laptop is very out of date. But at apple’s price point of 1,000.00 (1,300.00 now) that I paid for the Macbook in 2010 I plan to keep using it till it dies on my. Is there anyway way around these errors? Kindly reply or email me at [uvidownloader@gmail.com](mailto:uvidownloader@gmail.com) or [timbojill@gmail.com](mailto:timbojill@gmail.com). I know this is mainly an IOS developer blog but I am sure Andre99 isn’t the only person on this site that does both. ---
**Author:** ![rcasey](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/rcasey/32/82229_2.png) [@rcasey](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/rcasey)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/android-studios-2-0-error-your-cpu-does-not-support-required-features-vt-x-or-svm-what-now/17078/3 "2016-08-30T07:25:59Z")
What version of Android Studio are you running? What version of OS X? Run Software Update to make sure you have the latest firmware (per [**this**](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203296) Apple article). Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![sheikh](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/sheikh/32/55310_2.png) [@sheikh](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/sheikh)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/android-studios-2-0-error-your-cpu-does-not-support-required-features-vt-x-or-svm-what-now/17078/4 "2017-01-23T16:29:52Z")
check out this video, your cpu does not support vt-x or svm android studio solved [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QwbRjsJIiz0/hqdefault.jpg "your cpu does not support vt-x or svm android studio") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwbRjsJIiz0)