How to install Google Play Store in Windows 11

Now you can enjoy playing Android games on your Windows 11 PC easily. Just follow the steps below and you will be able to transform your Windows 11 PC into Android device. Before Windows 11, we used to install third-party Android emulators to setup Android based interactive UI in PC but not anymore. Follow this tutorial to be able to install Google Play Store in Windows 11.

Just integrate Magisk root and Google Apps (OpenGApps) to have Windows Subsystem for Android. It is usually known as WSA, but the process is going to be complicated.

How to install Android Subsystem in Windows 11

Prerequisites:

Before you install WSA make sure to keep the following things ready for interrupt free installation:

Enable Developer mode in Windows 11
Enable Virtual Machine Platform from Windows features (it will ask you to restart your PC)
Enable Virtualization Technology from BIOS

1. Enable Developer mode in Windows 11

For installing the Google Play Store on Windows 11, you have to enable developer mode in Windows 11 by following the steps below:

Search Developer mode by pressing Windows Key

Click Developer Settings and switch on Developer Mode and click Yes to confirm

2. Enable Virtual Machine Platform in Windows 11

Second thing before we install Google Play Store on Windows 11 is that we must enable Virtual Machine Platform using these steps:

Search Windows features
Select Turn Windows features on or off
Tick Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform

Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform

Click OK and restart your PC

3. Enable Virtualization Technology from BIOS

You may need to enable Virtualization Technology from your BIOS.

Restart your PC and on startup go to bios using F10 or F12 button
Go to advanced settings
Now, check the Virtualization Technology to On
If you are unable to enable it, watch the video below

Download and install Android apps in Windows 11

Download and install the WAS package, we have also added video about installing Google Play store in Windows 11 below.

Run MagiskOnWSA Git repository
Now, login first and click the Actions tab
Click, I understand my workflows, go ahead and enable them
Click Build WSA in the sidebar

Click on Run workflow drop down and add ‘pico’ and click button Run workflow

Now, you have to wait for 5 minutes or less to get the build files ready to run on Windows 11
Download and extract the WSA-with-magisk-GApps-pico_1.8.32828.0_x64_Release-Nightly.zip
Right-click Install.ps1, and select Run with PowerShell on your Windows 11
A blue screen window will open, when it says completed the Windows subsystem for Android Window will open

Congrats, Google Play Store is now installed in Windows 11
Now, click Search icon in the taskbar, type Play Store

Now, sign in to your Google account and enjoy all Android apps on Windows 11

Install Google Play store in Windows 11 — Play store

Make sure to switch Developer Mode to On (to get the most out of Android system on Windows OS)
Click Manage Developer Settings, and then click Continue