Members of the Windows Insider program will be able to take an early build for a spin starting next week. Only then will the Amazon Appstore be available to download and install. Microsoft is planning to launch Windows 11 as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs this holiday season. And if it’s the first time you’re downloading an Android app in Windows, you’ll first have to download the Amazon Appstore as a standalone app. According to Stern, if you search for an app and it happens to be an Android app, you’ll need to sign into your Amazon account to download it. Though this download process sounds a bit wonky, at least at first: /qELV0fhRMcĪ tweet from Joanna Stern with The Wall Street Journal sheds a bit more light on the integration, and it sounds a bit convoluted. Rather than teaming with Google, Microsoft partnered with Amazon and will use the Amazon Appstore to populate the Android section of the new Windows Store.Īndroid apps run as regular apps thanks to Amazon. The surprise feature is being powered by Intel Bridge Technology, which allows mobile applications to run on the PC. Microsoft as part of its Windows 11 presentation revealed that Android apps will run natively on the new operating system.
This is an interesting expansion for the Amazon Appstore and will, hopefully, bring more Android apps, that are currently only available in the Google Play Store, over to the Amazon Appstore. Conventional wisdom suggests that Microsoft would have spent more time talking about the integration but in reality, Panay only briefly touched on it. Amazon’s Appstore will be integrated into the Windows Store, where you’ll be able to browse and install Android apps directly. The big picture: During Microsoft’s reveal, Chief Product Officer Panos Panay said users will be able to integrate Android apps into Start and the taskbar.
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