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Yes, we were very excited to get WHP (Windows Hypervisor Platform) support integrated. Before that, you could only use it with the HAXM hypervisor on Windows, which conflicts with the Windows hypervisor (used by Hyper-V, WSL2, and the Windows Subsystem for Android).

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It's huge honestly. Do you think there's any chance of Microsoft enabling WHP by default? I think using microVMs for sandboxing apps could be amazing for securing user applications, but currently you still have to instruct users how to turn it on and reboot.

Also, how active is the WHP work in QEMU? Is it mostly done by the QEMU folks or inside MS? Is anyone other than Android actively banging on it?

Sorry for the deluge of questions but I think there's a ton of untapped potential in this tech.

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