Because the Amazon app store has such a limited selection of Android apps that can run in Windows, you'll want to try sideloading apps. On an Android device, sideloading apps is as simple as enabling sideloading in settings and then using a file manager app to locate and tap on the APK install file of the program you want.
However, in Windows Subsystem for Android, there are two ways to sideload an app. The easy method, which we'll cover below, involves installing an app called WSATools and using it to do the installation for you. The hard way is to install the Android Developer Bridge, a toolset for programmers, and use commands to push the APK file to Windows' Android environment. Since WSATools seems to work just fine and is much easier, we'll go with that.
1. Install WSATools from the Microsoft store. You can get there by visiting its store URL and clicking the Get button.
Download (or otherwise obtain) an APK file. The easiest way to get APKs is to visit a reputable site that hosts them such as APKMirror or APKPure.
In testing, we found that APKPure seems to have a much wider selection
of apps, but many are stored in XAPK format which WSATools doesn't
install. In order to install these XAPK files, you need to download APKPure's own app as an APK and install it using WSATools. Then you can run the APKPure app to search its library and install apps directly.
3. Launch WSATools on your PC.
4. Click Select an APK and choose one from your storage drive.
Click Install. It may take a minute or two for the app to install.
You can now choose to open the app or install another.
Whatever apps you sideload will be available from the Start menu so you can always find them the same way you do other Windows and Android apps.
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