What it’s worthwhile to know
- Microsoft states it should finish assist for Android app on Home windows 11 on March 5, 2025.
- The corporate states customers can nonetheless obtain and use apps downloaded by means of the Amazon App Retailer and work together with assist till the given deadline.
- Microsoft has not stated why it determined to finish Android app assist. Nonetheless, customers can nonetheless use Home windows Cellphone Hyperlink as a substitute.
Microsoft is reportedly executed with Android. In accordance with its newest announcement, customers have till 2025 earlier than app assist disappears.
In accordance with a developer replace, Microsoft is getting ready to finish Android app assist for Home windows 11 by means of its Home windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) on March 5, 2025 (by way of Home windows Central). Because of this Microsoft will now not assist apps obtainable on the Amazon Appstore for Home windows as soon as this date arrives.
The corporate states that each one apps and video games that rely on its subsystem for Android apps will now not work after the given date. Nonetheless, customers have one yr from at present to proceed utilizing their apps on Home windows and converse with Microsoft’s assist for help.
The publish ends by saying, “We’re grateful for the assist of our developer neighborhood and stay dedicated to listening to suggestions as we evolve experiences.” Sadly, Microsoft does not clarify the reasoning behind its cancellation of Android app assist in Home windows.
Our pals at Home windows Central have an thought, stating it is doubtless that the service wasn’t solely well-liked sufficient for Microsoft to proceed investing sources into it.
Microsoft first introduced native assist for Android apps to Home windows 11 again in 2021. The service enabled customers on Home windows PCs to find well-liked Android apps by way of the Microsoft Retailer and obtain them by way of the Amazon App Retailer. The corporate continued to plug away at refining and updating the service again in 2022 when WSA noticed its most vital replace.
The replace improved app integration and communication inside the Home windows software program and included higher illustration of Android apps, which made them really feel like they have been at all times there.
With Microsoft’s WSA disappearing from PCs in March 2025, customers are merely left with selecting up their Android telephones or tablets for what they require. Or, customers may make the most of Home windows’ Cellphone Hyperlink to make calls and see notifications without having their cellphone.
