Android studio run emulator snapshot

I'm using the latest android studio (2.3.3), and apparently, Google removed the snapshot option when creating a new avd. I need to create an avd that supports snapshotting like in those threads: how do you save android emulator snapshot?
How do I take a snapshot of the Android emulator's state?
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when I try to run the "avd snapshot save NAME" inside the emulator console interface, nothing happening. any ideas?