How to Download and Install Android Subsystem 2303.40000 on Windows 11 & APK install tools

You can install Android Apps from APK files obtained from sites such as Apkmirror on your Windows 11 PC. Let’s see how you can sideload any APK file on your computer with our easy guide.

Windows 11 enables you to install and run any Android application from the Amazon play store. But the crispy part is you can also sideload Android applications from websites like APKmirror here is how you can install APK on your Windows 11. A US-based Amazon account is not required at all to sideload Android apps from third-party markets like ApkMirror and others.

Already have Windows subsystem up and running, skip to the sideload steps.

Install WSA (Windows Subsystem Android) on Android 11

Get Android applications on windows 11 these things are required.

1. Windows 11
2. Hyper-V and Virtualization features

Now you’ve two options. because Amazon Appstore doesn’t work in many countries.

Option 1. Directly installing WSA

When you’re getting this App in not available for this device error for Windows Subsystem for Android and Amazon Appstore, you can manually download both and install them.

1. Download this Msibundle file from this link (Select productID and type: 9p3395vx91nr, click on Slow or RP), for an easy process rename this file to Android.Msibundle and move it to C: Partition.
2. Open PowerShell and type Add-AppxPackage Android.Msibundle
   • Double Clicking to install also works.
3. This should install Android Subsystem on your computer place of if it is available for you on Microsoft store.

Option 2. Try things the official way

1. Get this from the Windows Store page.

• Enroll your device for the Windows insider preview beta channel. (Open Settings > Windows update > Insider preview to verify) You don’t actually need Insider Preview now.
• Change PC country to United Statues (search change country in the search bar and change from there) now rolled out for other countries as well.

2. Click on Install button to begin installation.

3. Ensure that you have successfully installed the windows subsystem for Android you can look up its name in the start menu.

Obsolete information

Update Microsoft store if required. After that Open Microsoft Store, go to Library, and click on Get update button. Most probably you will see Microsoft Store getting updated. This bumps the Microsoft Store version to latest.

Open Microsoft Store and you might see a banner saying Amazon Appstore Preview. In case you don’t see this Amazon App Store preview banner you can search

5. Option 1. Look for any listed app and proceed to install it. Just an example we click on Subway Surfers, and notice that there is a button “Get from Amazon Appstore” hop on and click it.

Option 2. If you rather directly install Amazon Appstore from Microsoft use this link.

6. (1) There will be a total of 4 steps. The first step you have to click on set up.

6. (2) Now you can either take this option to send diagnostic data to Microsoft but it’s not really important.

6. (3) Click on the download button. Now it will ask you to restart your computer by clicking the restart button.

9. You can safely skip signing-in, this is not important to sideload APK.

How to install (Sideload) APK in Windows 11

The Easier Method

1. Visit wsatools.app website
2. Click on Get it from Microsoft and install it.
3. Open WSA – Tools from the Start Menu.
4. Select an An APK (such as Aruora Store) and proceed to install. The tools will will guide you to download and setup ADB folder.

The Manual Method

Step 1.

Windows subsystem is now installed and now we have to go to its settings by searching the same in the start search bar and choosing it.

Step 2.

Turn on Developer mode, and note the IP address. In some cases, clicking the refresh button displays the IP address.

Step 3.

Important. Download the ADB also known as Platform-tools by Google on your computer. Extract the Platform-tools ZIP file and move it to the root directory inside Local Disc C.

The location should look like C:\adb here ADB is the extracted folder of platform tools.

Step 4.

After that run Command Prompt as admin. First, we move the location to platform-tools so it can recognize ADB commands, we type cd /adb (CD command is used to move location).

Some things to take care of: Download the APK file on your computer and give it a short name, we downloaded the Instagram APK file from APKMirror and saved it in the same ADB folder.

Step 5.

A simple adb install insta.apk should work when the APK file is in the same folder. If getting more than one device/emulator error use the following command. This command is advance and it works all the time.

adb -s IP address install insta.apk

In case the APK file is located somewhere else use the following command.

adb -s IP address install "C:\adb\insta.apk"

However, a simple approach would be just adb connect IP Address followed by adb install instagram.apk (supposing you have the APK in the same folder)

On a success message, run and click the start menu. A new Instagram app icon would appear, clicking it opens it.

Note that this is the Android version of the application and it is different from the Instagram listed in Microsoft Store and PWA.

Conclusion

Now, you can install any APK file and that will work without any issue. Some applications rely on Google Play store services as a workaround you can try installing Gapps. Initially, a lot of users are concerned that Windows 11 is not a big update and they are OK with their Windows 10, but we think that the possibility of installing thousands of Android applications will surely turn the table around.

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Article published in 2021, last updated to keep with the latest WSA version.