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How to Install Play Store on Windows 11 PC

by Justin Barry
by Justin Barry

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How to Install Play Store on Windows 11 PC – Guide

Native Android app support is one of the most exciting features of Windows 11, but there are some notable limitations. More importantly, you can only officially download apps from the Amazon Appstore, which only contains a small fraction of the apps you’ll find on the Google Play Store. It’s also still in testing at the time of writing, limited to the Windows Insider Program beta channel if you have a US account. But what if there was now a way to access the full Play Store library on any Windows 11 device? It sounds too good to be true, but we’ve tested and can confirm that the method detailed in this article works.

Nowadays everyone mainly depends on smartphones as these pocket gadgets help us in various tasks and also entertain us. As far as the operating system is concerned, nowadays you can only find Android or iOS on smartphones. Google’s Android OS is very popular among users and powers most devices, whether they are affordable or premium. Although the Google Play Store comes pre-installed on smartphones, you have the option of accessing it through web browsers on your laptop or computer. But have you tried downloading the Play Store on these computers?

How to Download the Play Store on Windows 11

Requirements to install Google Play Store on Windows 11

Before we go over the steps to get the Google Play Store working on Windows 11, you need to download the following files and software on your Windows 11 machine:

  • First, go ahead and download the GApps package here. Choose “x86_64”, “Android 11”, “pico” and click download button.
  • Next, define up WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on your Windows 11 PC.
  • Download 7-Zip (Free) or any WinZip alternative to help you extract Windows Subsystem MSIX package for Android.
  • Finally, download the WSAGA script developed by ADeltaX. Click this link to visit the GitHub page and open Code -> Download ZIP.

    • Download the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) package

    If you already have the Windows Subsystem MSIX package for Android, you’re good to go. Otherwise, open this website and follow the steps below to get the package officially from Microsoft servers.

  • After opening the RG-Adguard website, choose “ProductID” from the drop-down menu on the left of the text box. Next, you need to paste the WSA Microsoft Store Product ID, 9P3395VX91NR, into the text field. After that, choose the “Slow” ring from the drop-down menu on the right of the text box and click on the OK button button.
  • You will get a long list of results. scroll to the final to find a msixbundle file about 1.21 GB in size. Right-click and choose “Save link as” to download the file. Keep in mind that clicking the link will not download the file in some popular Windows browsers.

    • Managing Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) Files

    Now that we have all the files needed to install the Google Play Store on Windows 11, we will need to reorganize them before proceeding. Just follow the steps closely to get started.

  • Now that you have downloaded the WSA package, open the 7-Zip software and locate the MSIX package in the Downloads folder. Note that trying to open the MSIX package with 7-Zip from the context menu does not work in this case and may result in an error. You will have to rely on the 7-Zip software to locate the file.
  • After opening the MSIX package, look for a file that ends with “Release-nightly.msix“. There will be two files, one with ARM64 and one with x64 in the filename. Choose x64 and open it.
  • Then open the C: drive and create a folder called WindowsSubsystemAndroid (no spaces).
  • Then go back to the 7-Zip window and copy everything except AppxMetadata, AppxBlockMap.xml, AppxSignature.p7x and [Content_Types.xml]. You can press Ctrl key and click on these file names to deselect them after selecting all of them via Windows 11 keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A.
  • Now, paste these files into the “WindowsSubsystemAndroid” folder.
  • Similarly, create a GAppsWSA folder inside the C: drive.
  • Now extract the WSAGA script we downloaded above and paste the contents into the GAppsWSA folder.
  • Next up, locate the GApps (pico) ZIP file we downloaded above and copy it. After that navigate to the GAppsWSA folder and go to the #GAPPS folder. Paste the GApps ZIP file here. There is no need to extract it.
  • Go back to the WindowsSubsystemAndroid folder and copy vendor.img, system.img, system_ext1.img and product.img.
  • Now navigate to the GAppsWSA folder and paste these four .img files into the #IMAGES folder.

    • Install Google Play Store on Windows Subsystem for Android

    Now comes the part you’ve been eagerly waiting for, installing the Play Store to easily install Android apps on your Windows 11 PC and logging in using your Google account. Just follow the steps below to proceed.

  • Press the Windows key, search for PowerShell in the Start Menu and click “Run as administrator” to open it.
  • After that, run the command below. It will start installing the modified WSA on your Windows 11 PC.
  • Add-AppxPackage -Register C:WindowsSubsystemAndroidAppxManifest.xml
  • If you get any errors then you need to enable developer mode in Windows 11 to fix the issue. Open Windows Settings -> Privacy & Security -> For Developers. Here, enable the “Install apps from any source, including drop files” toggle in Developer Mode. Now run the above command and it should work fine.
  • Now, open the Start menu and you will see that Windows Subsystem for Android is successfully installed on your Windows 11 computer. Open it to proceed.
  • In the WSA window, enable “Developer Mode” to assign an IP address to the Android container. Make a note of the IP address as we will need it later. After that, click “Files” at the top and Windows Subsystem for Android will start running on your Windows 11 PC. Now, you can close the Files window.
  • If the IP address is not showing up in WSA settings, click “Manage developer settings” in Developer mode. After that, scroll down the developer options menu and click on “Wireless Debugging”. Here, make a note of the IP address shown in the wireless debug settings.
  • Next, you need to set up ADB on your Windows 11 PC to connect to WSA. We are very close to accessing the Google Play Store to install Android apps with ease.
  • once you defined up ADB, open the Command Prompt in the platform-tools folder (by typing CMD in the File Explorer address bar) and run the command below. Be sure to replace “ipaddress” with what you noted above. If you get a failed error, run the command again and you will be connected this time.
  • Then run the below commands one by one. This will allow you to enter WSA Shell Mode and grant superuser rights.
  • Finally, run the command below to change SELinux mode to permissive.
  • Now, go ahead and search for Play Store in the start menu and open it.
  • . Now you will be able to login with your Google account and install Android apps directly from Google Play Store on your Windows 11 PC. And this is How to install Google Play Store on Windows Subsystem for Android.

    • Final note

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    Justin Barry

    Justin Barry has been writing about technology as a career for more than a decade at this point. The majority of that time was spent as a freelance writer covering a wide variety of topics, some examples of which include mobile phones, wearables, tablets, smart home devices, laptops, augmented reality, virtual reality, mobile payments, and fintech.

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