• Microsoft ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)
  • WSA designed to run Android apps from Amazon Appstore on Windows 11
  • Support for WSA will end on March 5, 2025; no impact on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
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    4 months ago

    Was it ever actually supported? I was waiting for it to be ready to switch to Windows 11 since android emulators are all extremely heavy, I just remember it being on a preview version.

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      4 months ago

      It worked well. But only with Amazon AppStore apps, so nothing useful

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        4 months ago

        This is what gets me. If they actually just let people install Android apps. It might have worked.

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          4 months ago

          There was also nothing stopping you from sideloading apps. I used it with Auroa Store.

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      4 months ago

      What about waydroid? is it heavy as well? I think vanilla OS Beta even have fdroid built-in to install android app.

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        I don’t know, I’m on Windows 10, was thinking of bluestacks and LDplayer that I use to play some gachas on PC.

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          Oh that makes sense. I thought you were on Linux, and wondering why you want to switch to windows when waydroid is available.

          I heard they now have near zero performance penalty and integrate really well with the desktop. If you really want android apps, you can probably try it out on a old computer or vm.