WSATools is a free app published in the Microsoft Store

Nov 8, 2021 14:46 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has already received a preview of Android apps on Windows 11, and now Microsoft is working on bringing it to more users and expanding the number of apps they can install.

Worth knowing, however, is that only a limited number of apps are currently available for these testers, with Microsoft explaining it worked with its partners to release some 50 popular Android items to download and install on Windows 11.

While the company is obviously working on bringing more Android apps to Windows 11, the skilled developers out there have already found ways to install Google Play Services and pretty much any other Android app, even if it’s not supported by Microsoft right now.

The process, however, is rather complex and requires additional commands that you need to run each time you want to install an Android app.

New tool to make everything easier

A tool published on the Microsoft Store and called WSATools makes the whole thing a lot easier. It’s an APK installer for the Windows Subsystem for Android, making the whole installation process of Android apps on Windows 11 easy as pie.

The only thing you need to do is double-click the installer and that’s pretty much it, with the app also letting you do the whole thing right from File Explorer. More features are already on the way, the developer says, so there’s a chance the experience would end up becoming even more native overall.

Microsoft hasn’t provided any ETA as to when the Android app support would become available to all users already on Windows 11, but it’s pretty clear the company just wants to make sure everything is running flawlessly before this happens.

If you want to try out Android apps on Windows 11, you need to be part of the Windows Insider program and live in the United States.