Android to Windows 11: the prohibitive hardware requirements

Yes, Windows 11 can run Android apps from the Amazon store, but you may need better hardware than you have.

Windows 11 itself requires mid-range hardware, such as a minimum 1GHz dual-core CPU from AMD, Intel, or Qualcomm, 4GB of RAM, 64GB storage space and much more.

So many existing business and consumer computers can not install Windows 11.androidw11

Running Android applications on Windows 11 brings even greater obstacles.

The new feature runs under the Windows 11 Subsystem for Android XNUMX. Microsoft has made it available to everyone at last update and the Amazon Appstore already contains 1.000 games and apps (up from 50 originally).

A new support page for Android on Windows 11, it lists its minimum requirements s.

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You will need not only the minimum 4 GB of RAM that Windows 11 needs, but 8 GB to run Android applications.

8 GB is just the minimum. Microsoft's "recommended" memory size is 16 GB, which means that even its 8 GB of RAM Laptop 4 not quite enough. In other words, you may need to upgrade your RAM or choose a new computer.

In the case of the Surface Laptop 4, which starts at $980 for the Intel Core i5 with 8GB of RAM, you'll need to pay $1.499 for the 16GB that Microsoft recommends for running Android apps.

Don't even think about using Android apps if you've bought a Windows 11SE Chromebook competitor laptop, like Microsoft's Surface Laptop SE. It has an Intel CPU N4020 or N4120, but Microsoft lists 3th gen Intel Core i8 or later as a minimum Intel CPU.

The same goes for the Dell Latitude 3120 and 3120 2-in-1 for Education, which feature a Celeron processor, and other recently announced Windows 11 SE laptops.

Other CPUs that meet the company's minimum requirements in Windows 11 are AMD's Ryzen 3000 or higher and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8c and above.

Also, do not expect to run Android applications on Windows 11 if you have a computer with an HDD. you will need an SSD.

Microsoft notes that users will need to enable virtualization in Windows 11 to run Android applications.

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