Amazon kills her Appthore for Android

Amazon announced the closure of the Appthore for Android.A measure that will affect this year. The company also decided to stop Amazon coins, a digital currency that users can purchase, and then buy applications or games in the store in question.

Amazon AppStore will stop working on mobile phones and tablets with Android August 20, 2025Until then, the developers can continue to offer updates; However, today, February 20, it is more impossible to send new applications for distribution using the platform.

Users can continue to download applications on their Android devices through Amazon AppStore until closing occurs. But they have already warned from the company that they cannot guarantee that they continue to work without problems in the equipment where they are installed after the store is no longer working.

Let’s not forget that the applications that apply to Android via Amazon AppStore They demand that the store be installed on a mobile or tablet to use themThe field, therefore, the signs suggest that applications may suffer from failures or not work directly when the platform is stopped in August.

Amazon AppStore says goodbye to Android without glory

The end of his presence in Android This does not imply the final death of Amazon AppStoreThe field, in fact, the American company ratified that its applications store will continue to work on all its own compatible devices, such as Fire TV and fire planes. So, if you have any of these products, you should not worry.

Amazon AppStore arrived in Android to compete with the Google Play Store, but never managed to decide as an opponent. Most likely, many Android users do not even remember that Amazon had their own application store for this operating system.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Amazon decided to put an end to the experiment in order to focus on continuing the development of the Appthore on her own devices. History can It would be different If Android compatibility in Windows 11 has not been truncated.

Recall that Microsoft software is going to offer support for mobile applications directly with a PC. Those from Redmond were alienated with Amazon to ensure this opportunity through their uptop, but the promise, finally, did not remain in anything.

Windows 11 was launched in 2021 and reached a market with several missing characteristics; Among them are support for Android applications. Only in 2022, users were able to start trying this function through Amazon AppStore, But he never took offThe field at the beginning of last year Microsoft announced the death of the Windows subsystem for Android and decided to turn the page.

This means that this year Amazon AppStore will stop working as in Windows 11, the closure of which will take place on March 5 and on Android. Parting Without glory For the bets of Jeff Bezos, Andy Jacius and the Company.