Like Microsoft, Amazon has struggled to get developers to deliver Android apps for its Appstore.
Amazon's Appstore is integrated into the updated Microsoft Store and could boost both companies in the process. While Intel is helping make it possible to run Android apps on Windows 11, it's Amazon - not Google - that will deliver the apps to users. AMD and Arm chips won't need Bridge to run Android apps, either.Īndroid apps will live in the Start menu with Windows apps. Instead, the apps will run natively on them using Intel's Bridge technology, "a runtime post-compiler that enables applications to run natively on x86-based devices, including running those applications on Windows," Intel said in its related Windows 11 announcement.īasically, instead of Microsoft trying to get Android developers to convert their apps for Windows as it had in the past, Microsoft teamed up with Intel to just make them work in Windows 11 - no code changes necessary. Windows 11, however, isn't dependent on an Android device being synced with your PC. Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio Review: The Screen Is All.Surface Pro 8: A Familiar Companion for Windows 11.Windows 10: All the Upgrades You Should Know About Windows 11 Compatibility: Check if Your PC Meets Microsoft's Requirements With These Tools.Windows 11: Everything You Need to Know About New Features and More.Change Your Windows 11 Wallpaper in 5 Simple Steps (It's Super Easy to Do).The apps still run inside of another window and not directly on the PC. Samsung also worked closely with Microsoft and Intel for its latest Galaxy Book Pro laptops to give them the responsiveness of a phone as well as access to your Galaxy phone's features and apps. The feature developed from a relationship with Samsung and, consequently, it only works with Samsung devices currently. Toward the end of 2020, Microsoft started rolling out an update to Your Phone that allows you to run Android apps from your phone on your Windows computer. The company's Your Phone app, for instance, lets you pair your Android device with a Windows 10 PC so you can send and read texts, make and receive calls, see your photos and get notifications.Īlso read: Psyched for Android apps on Windows 11? Here's how you can already use some now However, in the past few years, Microsoft changed its strategy by making moves to bring your phone experiences to your PC. (Oh wait, it has been a decade.) Microsoft has long had trouble attracting app developers to Windows despite developing tools for Android and iOS devs to port their apps to Windows. It seems like people have been trying to get Android apps running on Windows PCs for a decade.
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