In a weblog post, the tech large has introduced the discharge of an replace for the Home windows Subsystem for Android with the model 2206.40000.15.0. The replace is at the moment accessible to all Home windows Insider channels, however solely within the US. In keeping with Microsoft, it contains “a number of new adjustments resembling updates for enter compatibility in apps resembling video games, networking and windowing enhancements, and reliability updates.”
Microsoft is making a brand new suite of shims (libraries used to transparently intercept utility programming interfaces, or APIs) accessible to toggle within the Home windows Subsystem for Android settings app that’s mentioned to allow higher experiences in a number of apps. It’s also including compatibility for video games with joysticks, mapped to the WASD keys. Compatibility for gamepad in video games, for aiming in video games with arrow keys, and for sliding in video games with arrow keys can also be being launched.
Moreover, the brand new Home windows Subsystem for Android on Home windows 11 additionally gives improved scrolling and networking. Microsoft has additionally set the default minimal window dimension to 220dp. The replace additionally brings an improved dialog when an unsupported VPN is detected, a brand new toggle to view and save diagnostic information, safety updates, normal reliability fixes, and graphics enhancements. The final reliability fixes additionally embody enhancements to diagnostic sizes.
Microsoft has additionally highlighted a identified situation with the brand new Home windows Subsystem for Android on Home windows 11 replace. In keeping with the corporate, some VPNs could not work with Superior Networking. If a consumer doesn’t have community connectivity for Android apps whereas utilizing a VPN, they’ll disable Superior Networking within the Home windows Subsystem for Android settings app, in response to the corporate.