Microsoft has confirmed that it’s bringing the Home windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) — which permits customers to run Android apps on Windows 11 — to 5 new markets later this yr.
At the moment solely accessible within the US, WSA will launch in France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK earlier than the tip of the yr, stories XDA Builders.
The WSA was introduced proper alongside Home windows 11 throughout an occasion on June 24, 2021, but it surely didn’t formally launch till earlier this yr.
Microsoft partnered with Amazon to make the Amazon Appstore accessible on Home windows 11, bringing over a lot of the apps accessible on Amazon’s platform into Home windows 11.
“Whereas Android apps are formally solely accessible within the US, it’s comparatively simple to put in the WSA if you’re in a unique nation,” the report stated.
“For those who change your area settings in Home windows, you’ll be able to simply get it from the Microsoft Store,” it added.
The larger problem is getting the Amazon Appstore itself to work outdoors of the US, because it solely works with US-based Amazon accounts, as per the report.
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