Microsoft has taken a tentative step to expand the Windows Subsystem for Android outside of the US by making the preview available in Japan.
It has been an inexplicably long time coming, although there are workarounds for users that simply must have that super special Android app running on their desktop and don't have the regional accounts necessary. The Windows Subsystem for Android
arrived almost a year ago and the preview has been quietly updated ever since.
In May, Microsoft gave an an Android 12.1 update to Dev Channel Windows Insiders using the technology and
most recently improved compatibility and networking.
However, that irritating insistence on a US account and the Amazon Appstore remained. While the Amazon part continues to vex users who would prefer to venture outside Jeff Bezos's walled garden (although there are, again, ways of poking through the brickwork), Microsoft is finally softening its stance on WSA being US-only with an expansion to Windows Insiders in Japan. "We are excited to take this first step on our path to make this preview available in other countries and regions," the company said.
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