Have you tried out Windows 11’s ability to run Android apps? Pretty neat, proper? But as you in all probability anticipated, the system has just a few limitations in its early implementation. One of these is which you can’t entry recordsdata in your normal Windows drive or any hooked up storage through Android apps and vice versa. Microsoft is addressing this teething bother within the newest Windows Subsystem for Android replace, which amongst different issues, provides primary file sharing and transfers.

The replace must be headed out to Windows Insider builds beginning right this moment, based on the Windows Insider blog (noticed by The Verge). Other adjustments embrace safety updates for each Android and the Linux kernel, bumping the Chromium webview model to 113, compatibility fixes for digital camera and Wi-Fi, and uncooked enter for Android apps designed particularly for PCs.

Android apps on Windows nonetheless have a methods to go earlier than they’re prepared for the common consumer, which might be why it’s nonetheless not enabled by default. You have to put in an Amazon app through the Microsoft Store (present score: 1.8 stars), and there’s no smooth process for importing apps from both a normal Android telephone or Google’s Play Store, the de facto normal for the platform. But with regular updates, it looks as if Microsoft is eager about increasing the aptitude, if not absolutely embracing Google’s ecosystem of Android apps, as seen on Android-compatible Chromebook laptops.