Windows Subsystem For Android ((full)) Review

The shutdown of WSA serves as a reminder:

On March 5, 2024, Microsoft quietly updated a support document: "Windows Subsystem for Android is deprecated and will reach end of support on March 5, 2025." Users would no longer be able to install new Android apps from the Amazon Appstore after that date, and existing apps would eventually stop working. windows subsystem for android

: The subsystem utilized a customized AOSP build (supporting up to Android 13) that communicated with the Windows kernel. The shutdown of WSA serves as a reminder:

Advanced users can install Waydroid inside a WSL 2 Ubuntu environment with a Weston compositor. It’s complex but delivers near-native performance and full Google Play Services. It’s complex but delivers near-native performance and full

If you want the real WSA experience (seamless windowing, file integration), you have two DIY options:

Early reviews were glowing. On a Surface Laptop Studio with 16GB of RAM, WSA achieved: