Android applications arrive at Windows 11 timidly but with this system you can install almost any app on your PC

With the announcement of Windows 11, the most striking news and that caused the most impact is that Android apps could run on the Redmond operating system. Something possible thanks to the agreement with Amazon for the download from the App Store. Windows 11 arrived in the trial version and in the global version and yet there was no trace of Android apps … until now.

After about clues that they pointed upon your prompt arrival, Microsoft has announced a few hours ago the arrival of Android applications to Windows 11. A deployment for now limited, since only US users with access to the Windows Insider program and with very few applications available … at least officially, well there is a system that allows you to install almost any Android app.

Android apps come to Windows 11

The applications for Android will be downloaded through the Amazon App Store, apps that range from basic games to sophisticated productivity suites, through tools and social networks. Right now and officially there are only 50 applications available, but Microsoft explains that new applications will arrive as they check how the system works.

To get these apps working, Microsoft introduces Windows Subsystem for Android, which includes the Linux kernel and Android Open Source Project (AOSP) in version 11. This code will be distributed through the Amazon AppStore and is through which support for the different APIs of Android apps will be offered.

You can install any of the 50 applications available through the Amazon App Store, although from MSPU have detailed a system whereby you can download any Android application on Windows 11.

• The first thing to do is to enable the Windows Subsystem for Android on the Windows 11 PC that we want to use and then go to the tools page of the Android platform SDK.
• You have to download and extract by clicking on “Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows”, start the Windows Subsystem for Android and enable the “Developer mode”.
• Write down the IP address displayed in the Windows subsystem for Android. If the IP address does not appear, we must click Update.
• Now start “Terminal” and navigate to the extracted SDK Platform Tools folder that has been downloaded.
• Download the APK that interests us from the Internet and save it in the SDK Platform Tools folder.
• In Terminal, enter the following command using the IP address that we noted earlier: **. adb.exe connect 127.0.0.1:58526**
• Once the connection is active, use the following command to install the downloaded APK. **. adb.exe install ‘apkname.apk’ **
• Once the installation is successful, the installation application will be visible in the Start menu.

Yes indeed, not all Android APKs will work on Windows 11, since some of them require the Google services yen are not available for now.

Via | MSPU

More information | Microsoft

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