A surprise move from Microsoft.
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    4 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    “As a result, the Amazon Appstore on Windows and all applications and games dependent on WSA will no longer be supported beginning March 5, 2025.”

    If you currently use Android apps from the Amazon Appstore, then you’ll continue to have access to these past the support cutoff date, but you won’t be able to download any new ones once Microsoft makes its Android subsystem end of life next year.

    On March 6th (tomorrow), Windows 11 users will no longer be able to search for Amazon Appstore or associated Android apps from the Microsoft Store.

    It’s a surprise move after Microsoft has been continually updating its Windows Subsystem for Android over the past few years.

    Microsoft partnered with Amazon, but without official access to Google’s Play Store it was always a subpar experience if you just wanted to easily download popular Android apps on Windows.

    That’s probably a big part of the reason Microsoft has chosen to simply kill off its Android apps on Windows 11.

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