The confusion about the Google Play store being available for Windows Subsystem for Android was captured in this 2022 Microsoft Community discussion page.

If you use Android apps on Windows, you're likely using the Windows Subsystem for Android. However, Microsoft has announced that they are sunsetting the service in 2025.

Microsoft will be ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android starting March 5, 2025, meaning the Amazon App Store will no longer work on Windows 11.

I never used the Subsystem for Android, and frankly I don't know why it even existed. Who would want to run some fucking crap Android app on their Windows computer?

Windows 11, with its Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), allows users to access almost all popular Android apps directly from the Microsoft Store.

The new Windows Subsystem for Android update comes with features that the Android community will find quite useful.

Fix Android apps not working on Windows 11/10 Android apps may crash or stop functioning completely when you use the Windows Subsystem for Android to run them on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC.

The Windows Subsystem for Android now has a "Partially running" system that runs with minimal resources but allows apps to launch quicker than "As needed" mode.

Open the Windows Store and search for the Amazon Appstore. The store will install the subsystem, and the subsystem installs the Amazon client like some manner of software turducken.

Well, there might be a whole bunch more Android apps coming to Amazon's Windows 11 app store soon, because the Amazon Appstore for Windows 11 is now "generally available." What was available until ...

Windows 11 is not long from updating its Windows Subsystem for Android to be based on the latest version, Android 13.