How To Install Android Apps On Windows 11

Install Android Apps Using Play Games Beta

Google launched Play Games Beta for PC a few years ago. It allows users to download and play mobile games on PC. If your primary WSA use is to play games, you can do the same using Play Games. However, if you want to run apps, Google has a Google Play Games Developer Emulator which you can use to sideload APKs. Here’s how to do it:
That’s it. You can now install more apps and run them within the Play Games on PC Developer Emulator with this method.

Streaming Android apps using Phone Link is, by far, one of the easiest ways to use Android apps on Phone Link. While it does work well, it has its own set of caveats. Like the fact that you need to Allow permission on unsupported smartphones, each time you want to stream an app, which kills the point.
As of now, only premium Samsung devices with One UI 6.1.1 or above with built-in Phone Link integration that now seem to support app streaming. Pixels and other devices are not supported.

Use Android Apps Using WSABuilds

WSABuilds is an open-source project that brings WSA to Windows 10 and 11 with Google Apps and root support via Magisk or KernelSU. To get started with the installation, you need to enable virtualization on Windows from the BIOS and Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform from Windows features. Here’s how you can install Android apps using WSABuilds.
And these are all the ways you can install Android app on Windows. WSABuilds method is the best but since WSA is going away, the project too will stop functioning from June next year. You could use it until then or switch to the Play Games emulator which is a decent way to run Android apps on Windows. Phone Link could be a hit or a miss considering the device you’re using but it’s still technically one of the ways to run Android apps on Windows.
Besides the above methods, there are many Android emulators for Windows but they can be a privacy nightmare. However, as long as you know what you’re doing, Emulators like Bluestacks and Nox should serve you well.
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