The relationship between Windows and Android has reached an important milestone. In mid-2021, Microsoft announced that Windows 11 would support Android apps. They wanted to prevent users from using emulators to use these Android apps on PC and preparing Windows 11 with WSA (Windows Subsystem for Android).
This enriches the ecosystem, since more and more Android manufacturers natively allow shared view or file transfer with the PC, but the possibility that we have our Android apps, directly in Windows. Now, the relationship goes even further and Microsoft invites you to create Android applications for Windows 11. The secret? Open the doors to the Amazon store
Microsoft invites any developer from the Amazon Appstore
Android integration in Windows 11 It’s great because it opens up a field of possibilities. Until now, there were certain restrictions on the applications that could be created for the Amazon App Store, so sometimes it was almost better to install an APK file directly on Windows 11.
However, Microsoft just did a major lockdown in which he integrated his Bing AI (based on GPT-4) into the system to replace Cortana and make her a co-pilot, in addition to announcing that they are starting to remove barriers when it comes to bringing Android apps to Windows 11.
Until now, there were certain requirements that the developers had to meet, but now any Android developer can bring their apps to Windows thanks to the open Amazon App Store. It looks like it’s out of beta and the WSA system will take a leap in terms of the number of apps.
Actually, It seems there are no limits because WSA is compatible with Android 13performance has been improved and improvements are made to memory management and Picture-in-Picture modes.
Here not only Microsoft is interested, but also Amazon. In fact, we can see a support page for the developers, in which they indicate How to Optimize Android Apps for Windows 11, like native application mapping or resizing the window to fit better. There are also video tutorials.
From now on, it’s only a matter of time before we start seeing more Android apps on Windows 11 and if you want to try, the store is available in 31 countries, including Europe. As for the countries of Latin America, it seems that there is still no news.
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