• Microsoft ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA)
  • WSA designed to run Android apps from Amazon Appstore on Windows 11
  • Support for WSA will end on March 5, 2025; no impact on Windows Subsystem for Linux.
  • @yamanii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24•1 year ago

    Was it ever actually supported? I was waiting for it to be ready to switch to Windows 11 since android emulators are all extremely heavy, I just remember it being on a preview version.

      • @Fumbles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12•1 year ago

        This is what gets me. If they actually just let people install Android apps. It might have worked.

        • atocciEnglish
          11•1 year ago

          There was also nothing stopping you from sideloading apps. I used it with Auroa Store.

      • @yamanii@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5•1 year ago

        I don’t know, I’m on Windows 10, was thinking of bluestacks and LDplayer that I use to play some gachas on PC.

      • @Grain9325@lemmy.mlEnglish
        5•1 year ago

        In my experience, Waydroid kinda sucked. It used more resources than an Android Emulator on Windows did with less performance in games. Of course, they’re different technologies (containerized vs VM) but the experience was vastly different. It lacks so many QoL features. You can’t dynamically change resolution. Can’t bind keys by default (need to install something for it) etc Wayland requirement was also a trouble for me (It didn’t work quite well and I kept running into issues) Intel > AMD > Nvidia for Waydroid