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.

The confusion about the Google Play store being available for Windows Subsystem for Android was captured in this 2022 Microsoft Community discussion page.

It would have been far more useful if Microsoft and Google had worked together to bring the Play Store to Windows PCs, but WSA still offered one of the easiest methods for running mobile apps on a ...

Without Google Play services, many Android apps did not work on Windows 11, even if you tried to sideload them. And even if they did work, making users install multiple stores and sideload apps is ...

Windows 11, with its Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), allows users to access almost all popular Android apps directly from the Microsoft Store.

After years of waiting, Windows 11 finally allowed Android to play well with Microsoft’s OS for computers. The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) is still limited in availability, but the ...

I never used the Subsystem for Android, and frankly I don't know why it even existed. Who would want to run some fucking crap Android app on their Windows computer?

The Windows Subsystem for Android now has a "Partially running" system that runs with minimal resources but allows apps to launch quicker than "As needed" mode.

First of all, it is worth noting that the subsystem has got an update to Android 12.1; which is the most current version of the Google mobile OS at the moment; and is only available on Google ...

Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 Amazon notes that developers can port their apps to Windows by testing them on a Windows 11 PC with the Windows Subsystem for Android installed.

I have WSA installed with the Google Play Store and have several Android apps running on Windows 11. The thing is, there are products and services today that do not have Windows programs or even a ...