

Bypass the Amazon account and US-only restrictionĪnother Redditor managed to bypass the Amazon account and US-only restriction of the Android apps in Windows 11. By manually capturing and downloading the Amazon App Store Microsoft Store files from online and also running a command in Windows Terminal, you can get the feature running on a Dev Channel PC. Microsoft only intended Android apps to work in the Beta channel of Windows 11 (citing that it represents the version of Windows 11 that had just been released,) but that didn’t stop this Redditor. With a few simple steps, this person was able to install and use the Amazon App Store in the Dev Channel of the Windows Insider Program. Next up is a Redditor that did the impossible. Windows Subsystem for Android for Dev Channel There’s also currently a GitHub page that tracks which apps work in WSA and which do not, so check it out! Using the Amazon App Store in the Windows Insider Dev Channel However, apps that depend on Google Play Services (like Chrome, or Snapchat,) won’t work since the Windows Subsystem for Android doesn’t have those files. We tried apps like Instagram, Teams, Google Photos, Netflix, and more, and all the apps worked fine. By using Google’s adb developer tools and a command prompt to sideload the Aurora app store’s APK file, you can get a lot of extra Android apps in Windows 11. Windows 11 is awesome /ORsYgWnH31ĭue to the open-source nature of Android, and the way the Windows Subsystem for Android is designed, it’s technically possible to go beyond the 50 Android apps available for testing in the Amazon App Store.

Mind-blowing you can do all this natively on Windows now. Sideloading “unauthorized” Android appsįigured out how to sideload Android apps in Windows 11 via adb & the Windows Subsystem for Android & the Aurora app store.

But, be warned we can not be responsible for damages to your PC if you try any of the tricks or hacks mentioned in the threads that we’re sharing. We did some digging and have a look at all those things, and some more.
