Windows 11 Will Run Android Apps From Amazon Appstore

[MacRumors]

Microsoft today held an event where it unveiled Windows 11, the next generation of Windows with a new design, new versatility capabilities, gaming improvements, and more. One notable announcement was that, starting with Windows 11, PCs will be able to run Android apps.

Logically, Microsoft would partner with the Google Play Store to offer Android apps on its platforms. However, the company is taking a different route, partnering with Amazon to open Windows 11 to Android apps. As reported by The Verge, users will search for an Android app offered through the Amazon app marketplace directly within the newly redesigned Microsoft App Store.

Android apps will run on the platform using Intel's "bridge technology." Like traditional Windows apps, Android apps can be added to the new centered Windows taskbar, pinned, and snapped to different multitasking modes. Specific details remain unknown, such as hardware requirements and developers' need to make their Android apps runnable on Windows 11.

Microsoft's announcement draws comparisons to Apple's announcement with macOS Big Sur last year and its transition to Apple silicon. Thanks to Apple silicon and the common architecture shared among Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, macOS can now run iPhone apps.

Despite Apple's best intentions, the experience of running iOS apps on Apple silicon Macs has been rough due to Mac's input being fully trackpad and keyboard-based, compared to the direct touch experience the apps were initially designed for. Apple has attempted to solve the issue by introducing touch alternatives, which turn the Mac trackpad into a "virtual touch screen."

Article Link: Windows 11 Will Run Android Apps From Amazon Appstore

 

[DHagan4755]

Hopefully it will run more smoothly than the live stream announcing it!

 

[rgeneral]

Does Microsoft charge 30% on any purchase.

 

[jwilson25]

Microsoft: "Windows 10 is the last version of Windows"

Also Microsoft "You're going to love Windows 11!"

 

[TheDailyApple]

I suppose google is more of a competitor to them than amazon. With chromeOS and the Google Workplace.

 

[Kylo83]

Windows 11 and android 12 both look better than apples software times are changing

 

[Atarikid]

Well, I do like the new Win11 look .. a lot.

 

[TheDailyApple]

Microsoft: "Windows 10 is the last version of Windows"

Also Microsoft "You're going to love Windows 11!"

Watch Windows 11’s Cortana insist that Windows 11 isn’t real

Good troll, Tom.

www.theverge.com

 

[iamyash]

Microsoft: "Windows 10 is the last version of Windows"

Also Microsoft "You're going to love Windows 11!"

I think they did it because macOS moved to version 11. Its just marketing competition.

 

[kinless]

No word on multi-silicon support. This does not bode well for wanting all operating systems on an Apple Mx machine.

 

[vipergts2207]

I wonder if Windows 11 will be available to run through bootcamp on Apple Silicon.

 

[mi7chy]

Hope you can side load Google Play Store in Windows 11 like you can on Amazon tablets. My Surface Pro X SQ2 is ready.

 

[pi=e=3]

Auto HDR coming to Windows? Nice!

 

[vagos]

The news here is that Win 11 was announced. Not that they'll run android apps.

 

[NIKKG]

Looks like a mix of ChromeOs and Mac Os, so far it looks nice and clean. That Android support is going to directly hurt ChromeOS sales though, there basically no longer a need to get them anymore.

 

[ericg301]

Well, I do like the new Win11 look .. a lot.

That’s because it looks like MacOS

 

[KaliYoni]

Logically, Microsoft would partner with the Google Play Store to offer Android apps on its platforms. However, the company is taking a different route, partnering with Amazon to open Windows 11 to Android apps.

"It's a Seattle divorced ex-CEO billionaire thing. You wouldn't understand."

 

[Kylo83]

Macos and iOS has not changed even last year the slight re design wasn’t big enough, this year the iOS and macos is so minor I think it’s time to get more excited over windows I never thought I would say that

 

[11235813]

I hope they do a better job than Apple making iOS apps available on macOS and they make ALL the apps available, not 10% of them.

I can imagine myself running Windows virtualized on my MacBook so I can run an Android app on it, because Apple won't let me install the iOS version.

 

[Think|Different]

Idea is solid, sure, but the execution is…in a word…bizarre.

 

[organic bond]

Great news!

 

[jk1221]

Does Microsoft charge 30% on any purchase.

Windows 11: Microsoft Store to allow developers to keep 100% of their revenue

www.livemint.com

100% to developer. Huge shot across the bow.

 

[Stromos]

Guess I'm the only one to actually watch the keynote. It was a direct attack on Apple and anyone on this site should watch it because you will catch the jabs pretty easily.

Microsoft store will charge ZERO commissions if a developer wants to bring their own commerce back-end to sell their apps on the Windows Store.

Multiple stabs at user and developer choice.

 

[hybra]

Windows 11 + Android apps + Samsung phone + Walmart refrigerator + a pair of new socks + half a bottle of blended bourbon at a very special price!

 

[PsykX]

I hope they do a better job than Apple

Well Microsoft is going to have a compatibility layer somehow, as opposed to Apple where it's run natively.
It's already 1-0 Apple.