Subsystem

Microsoft has been making updates and changes to the Windows Subsystem for Android to improve the Android integration on Windows 11. Recently, the company updated the subsystem to support Android 13 and now the company has added support for local files for Android apps running on WSA on Windows 11. The folder sharing feature for Windows Subsystem for Android works in the same way as any other virtual machine setup and we’ve already seen something similar with third-party Android emulators like BlueStacks. Microsoft…

If you use the Windows Subsystem for Android, then you are in for a treat. The latest update to this system brings a feature that you might have been waiting for all this while. That feature is the picture-in-picture mode and it will help improve how you interact with the Android apps available on your Windows 11 device (monitor or laptop).If you aren’t aware, you can use Android apps on your Windows device. This has been the case over the past months and it gets better with constant updates and improvements. Well, the…

Image: GettyMicrosoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for running GNU/Linux environments on Windows 10 and Windows 11 has reached version 1.0.0 and is now generally available. Microsoft has been building WSL, including its own custom Linux kernel, for several years now. At first, WSL and WSL2 were an optional component within Windows, but last October Microsoft made the preview WSL available in the Microsoft Store as a separate app. The Store version could deliver users — mostly developers and IT pros — faster…

Microsoft introduced the so-called WSA (Windows Subsystem for Android) along with Windows 11 and the aim is to bring the two operating systems closer together through various integrations. Now a Microsoft quietly published an update roadmap for WSA that confirms Android 13 support is on its way. Along with Android 13, Microsoft wants to add a handful of useful new features. Easy file transfer between the WSA container and Windows is one of them. That's going to be a game-changer because file sharing between your phone…

Microsoft on Tuesday released an update for the Windows Subsystem for Android on Windows 11. The update is being rolled out to all Windows Insider channels in the US. The new update, version 2206.40000.15.0, primarily focuses on games. It also brings several new changes such as enhancements for input compatibility in apps for networking, windowing improvements, and reliability. The update also brings a new suite of shims (libraries) to toggle in the Windows Subsystem for Android settings app that will enable better…

Image: GettyMicrosoft has updated its Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) on Windows 11 with a "huge change to networking" – thanks to new functionality available in its Advanced Networking feature. Windows Subsystem for Android allows Windows 11 devices to run Android applications that are available in the Amazon AppstoreMicrosoft rolled out advanced networking in May for its subsystem for running Android apps on Windows 11 PCs. SEE: Microsoft launches Entra: A new identity and access family of productsThat change…

One of the more interesting features of Windows 11 is the Subsystem for Android that’s built it. This lets Windows 11 users run Android apps either natively or through X86 emulation depending on the machine’s hardware. Today, Microsoft has released an update to all Windows Insider channels (US only) that improves the overall usability of the Subsystem for Android and adds some new features for developers and users alike. We’ve made a huge change to networking! We’re not introducing advanced networking, which enables…