I\'m using the new VS Android Emulator with Android Studio:
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/features/msft-android-emulator-vs.aspx
It doesn\'t have Google
Tomasz Cielecki pointed out a solution that involves installing gapps twice.
First install the gapps downloaded from here, reboot the system and then install gapps again with a version downloadable from here.
At least this worked well for me.