Home windows 11 simply made utilizing Android apps a safer expertise due to a brand new replace for Home windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), plus a helpful capability has been launched to ramp up efficiency, too.

Home windows Newest (opens in new tab) noticed the replace to WSA with the discharge notes on GitHub (opens in new tab) exhibiting the adjustments Microsoft has utilized right here (with WSA model 2304.40000.3.0).

That features bundle verification for Android apps being put in on a Home windows 11 system. What which means is once you go to put in an app to make use of by way of WSA, earlier than the set up kicks off, it’ll be scanned by your default antivirus software program. If something suspicious is uncovered, the setup will probably be canceled (clearly sufficient).

The opposite predominant characteristic addition piped by means of with this replace is now you can specify how a lot system RAM is allotted to the Android subsystem. Crank up the reminiscence allowance for WSA above the default stage, and apps will open faster and carry out higher as you would possibly anticipate.

Other than that, there are miscellaneous efficiency enhancements for WSA, and simply as importantly, tweaks to make the system extra dependable.

Evaluation: Extra pep in your Android step

It’s good to see Microsoft implementing a helpful further layer of safety for these on Home windows 11 who get pleasure from working Android apps on the desktop. After all, with WSA you’re pulling apps from the Amazon Appstore, which is a trusted repository, however with regards to defending your PC, you possibly can by no means be safe sufficient, actually.

And with the power to pep up the efficiency of Android apps, and the pace with which they open, by giving them extra RAM to benefit from – plus total tuning of efficiency within the background – WSA must be a a lot snappier place for working your Android goodies.

Microsoft retains enhancing WSA at a commendably fast tempo, with different performance-boosting measures having been taken final month, too.