Windows 11 beta testers can now set up Android apps on their techniques instantly via the Microsoft Store. The new expertise comes months after Microsoft promised to deliver Android apps assist to Windows 11. Beta testers with Windows PCs primarily based on AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm processors can check Android apps. Microsoft claims that there might be a well-known expertise of operating Android apps and video games on Windows 11 as customers will be capable of run them side-by-side utilizing the brand new Snap Layouts characteristic or pin any of them to the Start menu. Android apps are additionally built-in into the Alt + Tab operate and Task view to let customers transfer back-and-forth between the apps — identical to how they’ll transfer between their common Windows apps.

Initially, Microsoft has curated 50 Android apps for Windows 11 beta testers who’re part of the Windows Insider programme. These embrace cellular video games equivalent to Lords Mobile, June’s Journey, and Coin Master, in addition to apps equivalent to Kindle, Khan Academy Kids, and Lego Duplo World.

The rely of fifty Android apps on Windows 11 for beta testing is certainly fairly insignificant when evaluating with Google Play that has nearly 3.5 million apps. The Amazon Appstore, which primarily serves because the bridge for enabling Android apps assist on Windows 11, additionally has over 460,000 Android apps.

Microsoft has built-in the Amazon Appstore throughout the Microsoft Store to let customers obtain and set up Android apps on Windows 11 computer systems. The firm additionally claims that the expertise of operating Android apps and video games on the most recent Windows working system might be as fluent as operating a local app. This signifies that customers will be capable of work together with Android apps by way of mouse, contact, or pen enter and run them side-by-side utilizing the Snap Layouts characteristic, pin them to the Start menu or Taskbar.

Notifications from Android apps put in on a Windows 11 PC can even seem within the Action Centre — identical to the way you get notifications from a local Windows app. Similarly, the clipboard knowledge might be shared between a Windows app and an Android app.

“We have built the experience with accessibility in mind; many Windows accessibility settings apply to Android apps and we are working with Amazon to deliver more improvements,” the Windows crew said in a weblog publish.

Microsoft has added a brand new element known as Windows Subsystem for Android in Windows 11 that runs in a Hyper-V Virtual Machine, just like the Windows Subsystem for Linux. It contains the Linux kernel and the Android OS primarily based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) model 11 to allow Android apps assist. The subsystem can also be distributed via the Microsoft Store as a part of the Amazon Appstore set up.

Over time, Microsoft is aiming to bolster the Windows Subsystem for Android by including assist for “more APIs, capabilities, and scenarios” to make it able to operating further Android apps.

The new Windows Subsystem is obtainable throughout all Windows processor sorts, together with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm. Microsoft can also be working carefully with Intel to make use of the Intel Bridge Technology for enabling Arm-only apps to run on AMD and Intel gadgets. Further, the Redmond firm does have plans to instantly join with app builders to publish their Android apps to the Amazon Appstore for his or her entry on Windows 11 PCs sooner or later.

At this second, restricted Android apps assist is barely accessible via the Beta Channel of Windows 11 within the US. This signifies that it’s essential to ensure that your Windows 11 PC is ready to the US area. The Amazon account you might be utilizing also needs to be US-based to obtain Android apps by way of the Amazon Appstore.

Microsoft first showcased Android apps assist on Windows 11 on the time of showcasing the brand new platform in June. It, nevertheless, confirmed in September that Android apps will not be part of the primary Windows 11 launch that debuted earlier this month.