IT Home June 8th news, the once high-profile Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) project has now officially come to an end. According to Windows Latest, the WSA's deadline is set to March 5, 2025, and it is currently nowhere to be found in the Microsoft Store. This is not surprising, as Microsoft had announced it would shut down WSA a year ago.
The WSA was updated in March this year, but that update was only a security fix and did not involve any new features. This makes sense, after all, as the project is about to end, it is obvious that there is no need for Microsoft to launch new features for it. In fact, WSA has never really reached all users in its lifecycle, and Microsoft ultimately believes that it is not a wise move to simulate running Android applications on Windows 11.
At the same time, Microsoft also removed the Amazon App Store from the Microsoft Store, which originally installed WSA and obtained an entry to applications that were specially optimized for Windows 11 simulation environments. However, the app listings haven’t really grown as much as Microsoft promises, and WSA has never been as popular as BlueStacks. Even at the strong demands of Windows users, Microsoft did not restart the WSA project.
According to IT Home, WSA lacks support for Google Play Store, which seriously limits its development potential. Subsequently, Google announced the launch of Google Play Games for Windows, further seizing WSA's market share in the gaming field.
