Microsoft Win11 Android subsystem WSA upgraded to Android 13 with 50% improvement in startup performance

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens East Chenxi, Eggiverse, soft media users 2063653 for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com December 8 news, Microsoft today pushed the 2211.40000.7.0 update to Win11 WSA preview users, upgrading the subsystem to Android 13.

The update of WSA 2211.40000.7.0 brings a series of new features of Android 13 and brings huge startup performance improvements, claiming a 50% increase, as well as improved mouse click input, clipboard stability, App resizing and other features.

In addition, the most important improvement is the upgrade to Intel Bridge technology for Android 13, which improves the reliability of opening media files in Windows.

CTOnews.com learned that currently this version is only available for preview users of Beta or Dev channels, and users of other versions can wait for subsequent push or install it manually.

Update log:

Update WSA to Android 13

Added a new command to turn off WSA for automation

Startup performance is improved by about 50%

Improved mouse click input

Improved clipboard stability

Improvement of App size adjustment

Upgrade to Intel Bridge technology for Android 13

Improved reliability of opening media files in Windows

Jump list entries for App that support applying shortcuts

Device requirements for WSA Android 13:

Memory: 8 GB (minimum) 16 GB (recommended)

Storage type: SSD (recommended)

Processor architecture: x64 or ARM64

Virtual machine platform

Install the Windows 11 Android subsystem:

Https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P3395VX91NR

Ms-windows-store://pdp/?productid=9P3395VX91NR