The Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) is one of the key and exclusive features of Windows 11 that allows you to run Android apps on your PC. Enthusiasts decided to transfer this feature to Windows 10, and the methods they proposed integrate WSA into the system, which should increase the stability of mobile applications.
Keep in mind that these methods require some technical knowledge and may be risky. There are at least two methods to install WSA on Windows 10. One of them is using an open source tool called WSAPatch. It is available on GitHub, includes the installation of a number of Windows 11 components, including a set of system libraries. All of them are digitally signed by Microsoft. This option requires Windows 10 22H2 or later.
Another method was suggested by XDA forum member ga11ga11. It also requires the WSL subsystem to be activated, but this time it uses a modified WSA build called WSABuilds that removes the Amazon App Store and adds Google Play. To activate the Windows subsystem for Android, you will have to install individual components and run a few commands. You will also need to enable virtualization in the BIOS and possibly virtualization services on the system itself.
Of course, there are other ways to run Android apps on PC. For example, with the help of tools such as BlueStacks and Genymotion, which have been around for many years. Unlike WSA, they are officially supported in Windows 10, but they are more resource-intensive solutions with certain disadvantages in the form of an inconvenient interface. As a result, it seems that Android applications are running in a virtual machine, and not in a Windows 10 environment.
Source: Trash Box
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