Windows 11 includes an optional feature that lets you run Android apps on Windows PCs. The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) first debuted as a preview in the fall of 2021, and became generally available a year later, meaning that you didn’t need to run a beta or dev channel build of Windows to use […]
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Google Play Games for PC expands to the US, Canada and other countries (play Android games on your PC)
4 Comments on Google Play Games for PC expands to the US, Canada and other countries (play Android games on your PC)Google Play Games for PC lets you run some Android games on a Windows computer. When Google first launched a public beta earlier this year, it was only available in a handful of countries in Asia. Now Google is expanding the beta to the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and several other countries. The company has […]
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Windows Subsystem for Android is no longer just a preview
The Windows Subsystem for Android is an optional feature that lets you run some Android apps on Windows 11 PCs. First launched a year ago as preview feature for Windows Insiders, Android app support eventually made its way to stable builds of Windows – but it was still considered a “preview,” which is another way […]
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Microsoft is bringing AV1, VPN, and IPv6 support to the Windows Subsystem for Android
Comments Off on Microsoft is bringing AV1, VPN, and IPv6 support to the Windows Subsystem for AndroidThe Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) is an optional feature that allows you to run some Android apps on a Windows 11 PC. After making its debut last fall on Windows Insider preview builds, WSA graduated to Windows 11 stable earlier this year. But Microsoft continues to roll out updates first to members of the […]
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Finding old Android apps in the Play Store could get harder this year due to a security update
3 Comments on Finding old Android apps in the Play Store could get harder this year due to a security updateThere are millions of Android apps in the Google Play Store, and most of them run just fine on newer phones and tablets, even if they were developed for older versions of Google’s mobile operating system. But if they haven’t been updated in a long time, they could potentially pose security threats or they might […]
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Windows 11 stable picks up Android app support, new Media Player and Notepad apps
Microsoft is rolling out the first major update to Windows 11, bringing improvements to the Taskbar, new Media Player and Notepad apps, and support for running Android apps – something that’s only been available for members of the Windows Insider program up until now. The official way to run Android apps is to install the […]
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WSAPackagingTool lets you hack/modify the Windows Subsystem for Android
The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) is an optional Windows 11 feature that allows you to install and run Android apps almost as if they were native Windows applications. It’s not quite ready for prime time yet, but Windows Insiders have been able to test pre-release builds for months and a public preview will be […]
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Public preview of Android apps for Windows 11 coming in February
The Windows Subsystem for Android is an optional Windows 11 feature that allows you to run Android apps on a PC as if they were native apps. While it wasn’t ready to go when Windows 11 was released last fall, Microsoft began rolling out preview builds to members of the Windows Insider program in October […]
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Sideload Android apps on Windows 11 with these open source apps
There are a growing number of ways to quickly and easily sideload Android apps on Windows 11. Shortly after writing about WSATools, the first Android app sideloader to hit the Microsoft Store, I became aware of a few more apps that do the same thing just as well. WSA-pacman is described as a package manager […]
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WSATools makes sideloading Android apps on Windows 11 easy
The Windows Subsystem for Android lets you run Android apps on Windows 11. Available as a preview for Windows Insiders on the beta or dev channels, installing WSA will also install the Amazon Appstore, which currently allows you to install about 50 Android apps. But shortly after Microsoft released the first preview builds of WSA, […]