--- title: Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development | daily.dev description: Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allows Windows 11 devices to run Android applications. It offers better performance compared to the Android Emulator, but... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/using-wsa-for-net-maui-android-development-etexywv0y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development | daily.dev og:description: Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allows Windows 11 devices to run Android applications. It offers better performance compared to the Android Emulator, but... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-wsa-for-net-maui-android-development-etexywv0y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ETeXYwv0Y.png og:image:alt: Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development **[Planet Xamarin](https://daily.dev/sources/planetxamarin)** · 4 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allows Windows 11 devices to run Android applications. It offers better performance compared to the Android Emulator, but lacks support for Google Play Services. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@alexravenna** · 0 upvotes > Just don't forget that it was announced that WSA will shut down in a year and that Amazon is already pulling out of it: > https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/microsoft-will-kill-windows-subsystem-for-android-on-windows-11-next-year-but-amazon-just-drove-a-nail-in-the-coffin/ar-BB1jqMGq > > The docs already mention this too: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/ --- Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#android-development](https://daily.dev/tags/android-development), [#avalonia](https://daily.dev/tags/avalonia), [#blazor](https://daily.dev/tags/blazor), [#c](https://daily.dev/tags/c), [#flutter](https://daily.dev/tags/flutter), [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#iphone](https://daily.dev/tags/iphone), [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac), [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net), [#.net-core](https://daily.dev/tags/.net-core), [#.net-maui](https://daily.dev/tags/.net-maui), [#swiftui](https://daily.dev/tags/swiftui), [#visual-studio](https://daily.dev/tags/visual-studio), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#winui](https://daily.dev/tags/winui), [#wpf](https://daily.dev/tags/wpf), [#xamarin](https://daily.dev/tags/xamarin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/using-wsa-for-net-maui-android-development-etexywv0y) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Using WSA for .NET MAUI Android Development","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/using-wsa-for-net-maui-android-development-etexywv0y","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/using-wsa-for-net-maui-android-development-etexywv0y"},"datePublished":"2024-03-05T00:38:23.005Z","dateModified":"2026-04-10T02:13:23.294Z","description":"Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) allows Windows 11 devices to run Android applications. 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