If you are a developer, Microsoft has published various resources (opens in new tab) to optimize your Android apps to run with the Windows Subsystem for Android. You can do this on Settings > Time & language > Language & region and change the 'Country or region' setting to the United States. However, if you are located in a country still not supported, you can get around this by changing the region settings. The platform is only available in a handful of regions.

This guide showed you the steps to install WSA by installing the Amazon Appstore however, you can also install the Windows Subsystem for Android app (opens in new tab), which will also install the Amazon Appstore.

You can check which apps are compatible with Windows 11 using this community list on GitHub. Also, if you sideload apps, you may be able to install virtually any app, but those that require Google Play Services like Gmail, Google Maps, and others won't work. While it may seem like a lot, it's not, and most of them are games. For instance, the Amazon Appstore only includes around 20,000 apps. Although bringing Android apps support is a welcome addition to Windows 11, you cannot run any app you want.

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