AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMicrosoft Ending Support For Windows Subsystem For Androidwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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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.
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoIf they hadn’t locked into amazon appstore, I feel like they could have made it work. Either cough up money for Playstore or better yet just make windows store compatible with android and easier to use.
minus-squarezurohki@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoTIL there’s an Amazon app store.
minus-squareɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoLol. Yeah, they’ve got quite the wall around their garden. It’s hell getting the play store running on their hardware.
minus-squarecerothem@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoHave you ever tried using aurora instead of the play store for devices that don’t natively have it? https://auroraoss.com/
minus-squareDehydrated@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoIt works very well, I use it all the time on GrapheneOS
If they hadn’t locked into amazon appstore, I feel like they could have made it work.
Either cough up money for Playstore or better yet just make windows store compatible with android and easier to use.
TIL there’s an Amazon app store.
Lol. Yeah, they’ve got quite the wall around their garden. It’s hell getting the play store running on their hardware.
Have you ever tried using aurora instead of the play store for devices that don’t natively have it?
https://auroraoss.com/
It works very well, I use it all the time on GrapheneOS