The Complete WSA Timeline: 2021 to Deprecation
2021 — The Announcement
Microsoft revealed WSA at the October 2021 Surface event, demoing Android apps running on Windows 11 with the Amazon Appstore as the default catalog. A preview launched to Windows Insiders the same month.
2022 — Public Release & Monthly Builds
- Jan 2022: First stable WSA release with Amazon Appstore in Microsoft Store
- Feb 2022: Build 2203 — early stability fixes
- May 2022: Build 2204 — improved networking
- Jul 2022: Build 2206/2207 — better app compatibility
- Sep 2022: Build 2208/2209 — camera and clipboard improvements
- Nov 2022: Build 2211 — jump to Android 13
2023 — Android 13 Maturity
- Jan 2023: Build 2301
- Mar 2023: Build 2303
- May 2023: Build 2305
- Aug 2023: Build 2308 — major compatibility bump
- Oct 2023: Build 2310/2311 — final Android 13 line
2024 — The Last Builds
- Mar 2024: Build 2404
- Jul 2024: Build 2407.40000.4.0 — the final WSA release
- May 2024: Microsoft announces WSA deprecation (March 5, 2025 cutoff)
2025 — Shutdown
On March 5, 2025, Microsoft ended support for WSA. The Amazon Appstore on Windows stopped functioning. WSA Installer and community builds (WSABuilds) became the primary way to keep WSA alive.
Why It Mattered
For three years WSA was the cleanest way to run Android on a PC. Its death left a gap that open-source tooling — and projects like WSA Installer — now fill.
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