# Android Emulator: Hermes Agent plugin

> Control a headless Android emulator from Hermes — live sidebar, app management, GPS/battery/network simulation, and ADB tools.

Canonical: https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins/android-emulator  
Tier: Community  
Official page (Nous Research): https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/android-emulator  
Last updated in catalog: 2026-10-05

Control a headless Android emulator from Hermes — live sidebar, app management, GPS/battery/network simulation, and ADB tools. Emulator host is Linux.

## Good to know before installing

Requires a pre-installed Android SDK under ~/Android/Sdk; runs adb, emulator, avdmanager and sdkmanager on the host, and the dashboard's Create AVD action downloads Android system images from Google via sdkmanager. emu_shell runs arbitrary commands inside the emulator; emu_install/emu_push copy host files into it.

From the plugin's catalog listing.

## How to install

1. Install it. Hermes asks for any API keys it needs, then asks whether to turn it on.

```bash
hermes plugins install android-emulator
```

2. Said no? Turn it on later:

```bash
hermes plugins enable android-emulator
```

3. Restart Hermes so it loads the plugin.

Some plugins also need a sign-in or settings: see the official page. Memory plugins ask whether to become your memory provider instead. Steps follow the official plugins guide: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/plugins

## Facts

- Category: Everyday life & fun
- Maintained by: PIR8-Software (Community)
- Needs: No API keys declared
- Adds tools: `emu_status`, `emu_shell`, `emu_install`, `emu_uninstall`, `emu_screenshot`, `emu_tap`, `emu_swipe`, `emu_type`, `emu_key`, `emu_launch`, `emu_packages`, `emu_push`, `emu_pull`, `emu_logcat`, `emu_gps`, `emu_battery`, `emu_network`, `emu_deeplink`
- Works on: linux
- Version: 1.1.1
- In the catalog since: 2026-09-27, updated 2026-10-05

## Links

- [Full setup and settings (official page)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/plugins/android-emulator)
- [Source code](https://github.com/PIR8-Software/hermes-android-emulator#readme)
- [All plugins](https://hermeswatcher.com/plugins.md)

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