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		neodymiumphish on March 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsys... What’s being emulated? You can’t install Arm Android apps in x86 WSA.

kllrnohj on March 6, 2024 [–]

Everything? It's a Hyper-V virtual machine hence how it can run Android's Linux kernel & HALs. It's not doing ARM emulation as well, but it's still an emulator at heart.

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