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RIP to the Windows Subsystem for Android, which goes away in 2025 JournalBot Mar 5, 2024 Jump to latest Follow Reply Mar 5, 2024 Replies: 125 ...
Microsoft is planning to end support for its Windows Subsystem for Android component in Windows 11.
The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) is a Windows 11 feature that lets you install and run Android apps on a Windows computer. Microsoft first previewed the feature in 2021, rolled out a ...
While Windows 11 was released in October 2021, the Windows Subsystem for Android did not become generally available until February 2022 -- four months after the initial Windows 11 release.
If you use Android apps on Windows, you're likely using the Windows Subsystem for Android. However, Microsoft has announced that they are sunsetting the service in 2025.
Microsoft has released the latest Windows 11 Subsystem for Android update. The new 2309.40000.8.0 update includes graphics improvements, allows .cer files to be shared to Android and more.
However, the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), responsible for handling app support, remained available only to Windows Insiders in some markets, with limited functionality.
Microsoft recently released an update to the Windows Subsystem for Android to Insiders in the United States. The update adds new networking capabilities for ARM PCs and improves the Settings app.
The new Windows Subsystem for Android update comes with features that the Android community will find quite useful.
Microsoft just rolled out an update for the Windows Subsystem for Android on Windows 11. It improves reliability, startup performance, and security.
At some point MSFT announced an Android subsystem for Windows 10 Mobile (which then became the Subsystem for Linux and was later revived in different form as Subsystem for Android for Windows 11 ...