Android App Support on Windows 11 Comes to End After This Date
Mar. 6, 2024So, if you are one such user (or possibly the only one) who has apps from the Amazon Appstore on your Windows 11 system, gear up.
However, there are a couple of things this move of Microsoft that really baffles me. Why would they decide to do away with a feature that they have been so actively promoting ever since Windows 11’s inception?
I also don’t understand why the feature was limited to certain markets, and that too with the limited scope of the Amazon Appstore, even three years after Windows 11’s release. It didn’t see the light of day in global markets. In my opinion, it was a pretty solid move to rival Apple and its walled garden, building a healthy and harmonious Windows-Android ecosystem.
I mean, by the end of the day, injecting AI into everything is not going to make an operating system hold its own for a long time. Even my colleague Arjun agrees, withCopilot being limited mostly to a chatbox.
Yes, AI is a huge thing right now. But, how many people are going to be comfortable with just that being the selling point of an operating system? Features like the Windows Subsystem for Android made sense to me, but no one is going to miss it since they never got to try it. Well, off to installing resource-heavy emulators on Windows again. GG.
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Sagnik is a tech aficionado who can never say “no” to dipping his toes into unknown waters of tech or reviewing the latest gadgets. He is also a hardcore gamer, having played everything from Snake Xenzia to Dead Space Remake.
