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RIP to the Windows Subsystem for Android, which goes away in 2025

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Microsoft says support for Windows Subsystem for Android will end on March 5, 2025. The feature only went fully live in July 2023, and received feature updates as recently as October. Microsoft is trying out a way to open the Microsoft Copilot sidebar by hovering the mouse cursor over its icon.

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la Nacion

Windows 11 will remove support for Android apps in March 2025

Microsoft has announced that it is discontinuing support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), so that as of March 5, 2025, all applications and games of this mobile operating system will no longer be compatible. WSA is a virtual machine function that allows the device with the latest version of Windows to run Android services that are available in the Amazon Appstore application store.Applications compatible with the operating system dev…

2 months ago·C A B A, Argentina

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Sapo

Microsoft ends support for Android apps on Windows 11 without explaining the reason

Com o anúncio do Windows 11 a Microsoft revelou que iria criar o suporte nativo para as apps Android. Esta foi uma novidade muito interessante, mas que agora parece ter chegado ao fim! Este...

2 months ago·Portugal

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TechCrunch

Windows 11 to lose official support for Android apps

Microsoft is ending official support for Android apps on Windows 11 -- and cutting off access to the Amazon Appstore.

2 months ago·United States

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The Verge

Microsoft to end its Android apps on Windows 11 subsystem in 2025

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is ending support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 next year. The software giant first announced it was bringing Android apps to Windows 11 with Amazon’s Appstore nearly three years ago, but this Windows Subsystem for Android will now be deprecated starting March 5th, 2025. “Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA),” reads a new support document from Microsoft. “As a result, the…

2 months ago·United States

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Techmeme

Microsoft will end support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 on March 5, 2025, and consequently, for the Amazon Appstore on Windows as well

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2 months ago

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Engadget

Microsoft is ending support for Android apps on Windows

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Android apps for Windows. The company is ending support for Windows Subsystem for Android, the underlying component behind the Amazon Appstore in Windows 11.

2 months ago·United States

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