AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMicrosoft Ending Support For Windows Subsystem For Androidwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10file-text
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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.
minus-squareyamanii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoWas 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.
minus-squareJoosl@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoIt worked well. But only with Amazon AppStore apps, so nothing useful
minus-squareFumbles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoThis is what gets me. If they actually just let people install Android apps. It might have worked.
minus-squareatocci@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThere was also nothing stopping you from sideloading apps. I used it with Auroa Store.
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.
It worked well. But only with Amazon AppStore apps, so nothing useful
This is what gets me. If they actually just let people install Android apps. It might have worked.
There was also nothing stopping you from sideloading apps. I used it with Auroa Store.