Update to Windows Subsystem for Android™ on Windows 11 (July 2023) | Windows Insider Blog

What’s New

  • Camera compatibility improvements.
  • Fullscreen mode with F11 now displays hover taskbar to improve mouse and touch experience.
  • Local networking (under Advanced settings – Experimental features) now replacing “Advanced networking”. Android apps can connect to devices on the same network, on all versions of Windows 11, respect Windows firewall rules, and work with VPNs.
  • Share user folders (under Advanced settings – Experimental features) now gives users the option to change their default shared folder.
  • The subsystem will now prompt if an app is trying to use a permission that the subsystem does not have.
  • The subsystem has switched from EROFS to EXT4 for read-only disks.
  • Fix for OneDrive folders not showing up in Android apps.
  • Support for drag and drop for more file types.
  • Improvements to picture-in-picture (new UI buttons when in PIP).
  • Partially running mode now enabled by default for devices with at least 16 GB of memory.
  • Stability fixes for Arm devices.
  • Linux kernel updated to 5.15.104.
  • Android 13 security updates.
  • SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net
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    1 year ago

    I’m running Windows 11 without TPM, so this is a bit of a nonstarter, but for people who like the idea, I’m using LDPlayer, it’s pretty great.

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      1 year ago

      AFAIK if you’ve already installed Windows 11, you should be able to run Windows Subsystem for Android?

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        1 year ago

        Huh! They must’ve changed it. I recall that if you installed without TPM or SecureBoot, they’d cut off access to those features.

        You can install windows 11 without those features in a number of ways, I used rufus to create a boot USB that doesn’t check.

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          1 year ago

          It’s worth a try! I’d be curious to hear if it works for you.

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    just run linux with waydroid lmao, why run a proprietary stack that problary logs everything you do and sends it back to microsoft employees.

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      1 year ago

      Covenience. Most people really don’t care about that as long as they can get whatever Android app they have on their computer. I say this as a Waydroid user.