Microsoft launched Windows 11 in October 2021, and it started a whole new rush for users. The most-anticipated features and excitement among users made it extremely famous. However, one primary concern comes to running Android App on Windows 11.
Let’s start from the basics and then move to the new setup.
Microsoft Windows 11 comes with several unique features. It offers a new design with mesmerizing patterns and vibrant colors, a light-dark mode switch, unique themes, and background images. It also provides enchanted UI/UX that and revamped layouts.
On top of that, Amazon has collaborated with Windows 11, allowing users to download Android applications. Amazon App Store has made it easier for Windows 11 users to download Android applications such as books, games, entertainment, and music, to name a few.
However, downloading Android mobile apps was not easy for Windows. Earlier, users need to install emulators such as Bluestacks to run Android apps efficiently. The robust and popular emulators can quickly run games and apps around 32-bit and 64-bit on desktop.
Several other emulators are also famous for running an Android app on Windows. It includes Genymotion, which is focused on offering an Android experience, and Dua Booting Android-x86 transforms the system into a device.
However, Windows 11 has made it easier to use the Android app without using any emulators. Yes, you heard it right, or more like read it right. In Windows 11, users don’t have to download and install an emulator. Let’s see how you can do this. 👇
Find the IP Address of Windows Subsystem
To install Android apps in Windows 11, users need to set Windows Subsystem. Here are the steps that can come in handy.
- Download Windows Subsystem for Android, make sure to keep the location as United States.
- Open the Windows Subsystem for Android
- Open settings in the application and enable “Developer mode”
- Once the process is complete, click on the refresh button
- Copy the IP address or jot it down somewhere
- In case, IP address is not assigned then go to Manager developers settings
- Tap on Wireless debugging and copy the IP address
Connect to Windows Subsystem Through Android Debugging Bridge
Set up Android Debugging Bridge (ADB) easily on Android phones and Windows 11. Go to “About Phone” on Android device settings and click on Build number seven consecutively. If you didn’t find the Build number under About us, search for the option directly in Settings.
Now your Android device has enabled Developer options. To connect the computer and Android device, enable debugging under System > Developer Options and click on File Transfer (MTP) mode.
Set up ADB on Windows and open the folder using a file archiver utility like WinRAR. Click on the address bar, type cmd, hit enter, and the ADB directory’s prompt window will open. Execute “abd devices” after connecting Windows to Android device.
On your smartphone, you will get a USB debugging prompt where you have to tick off the “Always allow” button and hit allow. The Command Prompt window will display the serial number of a device. If the number is not shown, run “adb devices” again to get the final output.
Now download the Platform Tools to sideload the APKs of Android apps. Extract the files on any location or desktop, click on the address bar, enter cmd, and press enter key to open Command Prompt.
Then connect to Windows Subsystem for Android with the following command, use the IP address noted above instead of IP_Address to get the output “Connected to IP_address”.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.258] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:UsersComputerDesktopplatform-tools>adb connect IP_Address already connect to IP_address:5555 C:UsersComputerDesktopplatform-tools>
In case of failed connection, rerun the command and run “adb devices” to connect with Windows Subsystem for Android.
Sideload Android App on Your Windows 11 PC
Once the connection is established, users can easily sideload on Windows 11 with their favorite Android app. Several websites like APKMirror allow users to download the Android app APK. However, it is best to go for x86_64 packaged APKs or ARM64 APKs if it doesn’t have x8 APK.
After downloading, copy the path address of the file, and type the following command on the CMD window:
adb install apk_path
Copy the earlier address to sideload the Android application on Windows 11 PC. In case of any error, users can download other APK files such as Universal, x86_64, or ARM. It is easy to find the application in the Start menu to pin to Taskbar.
Install Third-Party App Store to Sideload Android Apps
If the command line is not ideal for you, Sideload Aurora Store APK can be the way ahead. It allows users to install the app easily from the store that is a perfect and open-source alternative to Google Play Store.
Conclusion
If you want to uninstall any Android application, it is easy as well. Go to Start Menu, right-click on the application you wish to uninstall, and tap on Uninstall.
Apart from this, if there is an error “More Than One Device/Emulator,” users need to uninstall the emulator. Once done, the issue will be resolved instantly.
So, now you will install any Android app on Windows 11 laptop or PC without going for Amazon Appstore. If you are not using Windows 11 due to unsupported PCs, get it rolling now.
