Electron is not merely a HTML5 renderer for GUIs, though; it's a whole OS abstraction layer that translates native paradigms to a platform independent format th

Electron is not merely a HTML5 renderer for GUIs, though; it's a whole OS abstraction layer that translates native paradigms to a platform independent format that can be scripted. An Android subsystem would be exactly that, and more, with near native performance, a shared runtime etc. And yes, even HTML5 applications that Android supports. And it would be more than just a hack. Microsoft will have all the incentives to make it run properly, since it gives them access to a whole world of non-WinOS applications that their users will become dependent on.