First Ring Daily: Goodbye Windows Subsystem for Android

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft’s decision to drop support for the Windows Subsystem for Android and the Amazon App Store on Windows 11 in March 2025.

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The End of Microsoft’s Android Fever Dream (Premium)

In the heady early days of Windows 10, Terry Myerson’s team did what they could to reverse the decades-long decline in native Windows app development. It would prove to be a futile, losing effort that first focused on righting the wrongs of the mobile … Continue reading The End of Microsoft’s Android Fever Dream (Premium)

Microsoft is Killing the Windows Subsystem for Android and Amazon Appstore on Windows 11

Microsoft has quietly announced that it will end support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) on Windows 11 on March 5, 2025.
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First Ring Daily: Amazon Opens its App Store on Windows 11 to All Android Apps

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Microsoft Teams 3D avatars reaching general availability and Amazon allowing all developers to release their Android apps on its App Store on Windows 11.
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Windows Subsystem for Android Adds File Sharing Support for Insiders

Today’s update for the Windows Subsystem for Android adds support for file sharing between Windows and the WSA, which has been a top-requested feature.
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This Week in IT – Windows 11 New Features and Google Flexes its Muscles

   This week in IT, Microsoft releases an optional preview of new experiences for Windows 11 due to reach GA in March, including support for Android apps. There’s a big update for Insiders on the Dev Channel with tons of new features, like taskbar drag and drop support and Start menu app folders. And […] Continue reading This Week in IT – Windows 11 New Features and Google Flexes its Muscles

This Week in IT – Windows 11 New Features and Google Flexes its Muscles

   This week in IT, Microsoft releases an optional preview of new experiences for Windows 11 due to reach GA in March, including support for Android apps. There’s a big update for Insiders on the Dev Channel with tons of new features, like taskbar drag and drop support and Start menu app folders. And […] Continue reading This Week in IT – Windows 11 New Features and Google Flexes its Muscles

What’s New with Windows – October 2021 Edition

Windows 11 is now generally available, there are already fixes for a long list of bugs and performance issues with AMD processors, and Android apps come to users in the Windows 11 Beta Channel. Plus, there’s much more of what’s new with Windows in October 2021, so let’s get started! Windows 11 is now generally […] Continue reading What’s New with Windows – October 2021 Edition