In this article we are going to talk about the Android Apps which are available for use starting today for the Windows 11 Insiders in the Beta Channel. In this article I will show you the requirements and how to download and install Android Apps.
Requirements
- Your PC has to be enrolled in the Beta Channel of the Windows Insider Program and at least on version 22000.282
- You need to enable virtualization for your PC’s BIOS/UEFI.
- Make sure you have the latest version of the Microsoft Store. You can check for updates for Store by going to Library and clicking the Get updates button.
- Your PCs’ region must be set to the U.S.
- You will also need to have a U.S. based Amazon account to use the Amazon Appstore.
How to enable virtualization on your PC
First of all check more info about this topic on the official Microsoft website by clicking HERE.
Click on the Search Box and type there windows features. Click on Turn Windows features on or off. In the window that appears make sure to enable Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Platform (if needed).
After that click on OK and your computer will most likely need to restart for the changes to take effect.
How to set Windows region to US
Click on the Search Box and type Settings. In the Settings app search for region and click on Region settings. Make sure that on Country or region, United States is selected.
Download Windows Subsystem for Android
Next up, you will need to download the Windows Subsystem for Android. Click here to download from the official Microsoft Page, or if this doesn’t work, follow the next steps.
Copy the link above and go to store.rg-adguard.net, paste the link there, select Slow from the right button and click on the checkmark.
Alternatively Download from Wetransfer.com (link available for 7 days)
From the list loaded download the last link, which is Windows Subsystem for Android .msixbundle.
After you downloaded the file, click on the Search Box and type powershell. Right click on Windows Powershell and click on Run as administrator.
In Windows Powershell, you will need to copy and paste the following command. Make sure to change the location of the file in your case:
Add-AppxPackage "file-location"To get the location of the file, right click on it and click on Copy as Path.
After you run the command, the Windows Subsystem for Android will be successfully installed.
Install Amazon Appstore
Once the Windows Subsystem for Android is installed, search for Amazon Appstore in the Microsoft Store and install it.
Once you click on Open, you will need to log in with your Amazon Account that is based in the US.
The Amazon Appstore will open and you can install up to 50 Android apps in this Preview of the Android Apps support in Windows 11.
An example of the app Color by Number, running on Windows 11.
Make sure to check out the official Microsoft Blog Posts about this new release by clicking HERE and HERE.
For a more in depth explanation, you can watch the video below from the youtube channel.
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Sir..when I try to use the 3thd party app to download the Android subsystem, the option it giving me is only 317 kb. Is this right. Saw that your was over 1 gb
no brother, the size of the current version of android subsystem is 1.2 GB
does the android subsystem supported in Dev ver 22483?
Yes. Follow the steps from my latest video.
will Windows Subsystem for Android work on a 6Gb ram laptop with windows 11 os?
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Hi I followed the instruction but in WSA, when I want to change developer option, that page doesn’t show up. however I could install instagram on windows 11 but when I open it, it’s just a black window. how can I solve it?
Hi, That do not work for me.
Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF3, Package failed updates, dependency or conflict
validation.
Windows cannot install package MicrosoftCorporationII.WindowsSubsystemForAndroid_1.8.32836.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6”
published by “CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US”, with neutral or x64
processor architecture and minimum version 2.62108.18004.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with
name “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6” currently installed are
Windows cannot install package MicrosoftCorporationII.WindowsSubsystemForAndroid_1.8.32836.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
because this package depends on a framework that could not be found. Provide the framework “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6”
published by “CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US”, with neutral or x64
processor architecture and minimum version 2.62108.18004.0, along with this package to install. The frameworks with
name “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6” currently installed are: {}
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 5d89d804-1a9b-0000-a0d2-a15d9b1ad801 in the Event Log or use
the command line Get-AppPackageLog -ActivityID 5d89d804-1a9b-0000-a0d2-a15d9b1ad801
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage “C:\Users\janut\Downloads\MicrosoftCorporationII.Wind …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Users\janut\…bbwe.Msixbundle:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand
Shows this error
install firts
Add-AppxPackage -Path “Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.6”