The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allowed Android applications to run on Windows. Now we can talk about it in the past tense, because Microsoft decided to close the project and cancel access to new programs already now.
If you already have the Amazon App Store and apps from it installed on Windows 11, you can continue to use them and receive technical support until March 5, 2025. However, you can no longer install new apps and the store itself. Here’s what the company’s official message says:
“Microsoft is ending support for Windows for Android (WSA). As a result, the Amazon Appstore on Windows and all apps and games that depend on the WSA will no longer be supported as of March 5, 2025. Until then, technical support will remain available to customers.
Customers who installed Amazon Appstore or Android apps before March 5, 2024 will have access to these apps until the end of support date of March 5, 2025. If you have additional questions, please contact support at support.microsoft.com.
We appreciate the support of our developer community and are always open to hearing feedback as we improve our experience.”
Microsoft releases updates for the Windows subsystem for Android almost every month, providing users with new features, improvements, and new versions of Android. Now all these efforts are stopped.
Amazon has already released more information about what will happen to Android apps in Windows 11.
“As Microsoft is ending support for Windows for Android (WSA), the Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 will no longer be supported after March 5, 2025. Amazon and Microsoft are working together to ensure a smooth end of support for developers and customers of the Amazon Appstore for Windows 11. After March 5, 2024, developers will no longer be able to add new apps for Windows 11, but can continue to submit updates until the Amazon Appstore for Windows 11 completely discontinued.
Starting March 6, 2024, Windows 11 customers will not be able to find the Amazon Appstore or related apps in the Microsoft Store. Customers can continue to use the Amazon Appstore apps they previously installed and will still be able to receive app updates.”
Microsoft has not provided any information about why it decided to cancel Windows for Android. Android programs managed to work in Windows 11 for a short time – from February 2022.
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