At Microsoft's Windows 11 unveiling event on Thursday (June 24), the software giant announced that not only PC apps will run on this new OS. Android apps will run on Windows 11, but this does not mean that the Google Play App Store will be integrated into Windows 11, but this does not mean that the app store will be integrated into Windows 11.

Instead, Android apps will be available for download from the Amazon Appstore, which is integrated into the Microsoft store. This is a complicated workaround, but at least it is one way to make TikTok work natively on Windows 11.

There is just one problem: the Amazon Appstore is not that great.

The Amazon Appstore is primarily used to download apps on devices that use Amazon's Fire OS operating system. the Fire OS is an Android-based mobile operating system that allows apps published in the Google Play app store

However, it is not possible to port apps published on the Google Play app store to the Amazon app store.

However, given the nearly 3 billion Android users, developers tend to prioritize development for Google Play before focusing on ancillary stores.

Head to the Amazon Appstore for Android web page to download the standard set of apps. This includes popular apps such as Duolingo, Asphalt 8, Minecraft, and Angry Birds. However, the selection is significantly lacking when compared to the Google Play app store.

Games such as Garena Free Fire, Call of Duty Mobile, and League of Legends are available: Wild Rift is nowhere to be found. It's not just games: the Cash App, DoorDash, and PicsArt are also not in the Amazon Appstore; Windows 11 allows sideloading Android apps in addition to using the Appstore, but without technical knowledge, "officially" available available are limited.

Therefore, plans to turn the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 and other 2-in-1 laptops into makeshift Android tablets will fail unless Microsoft does a better job of integrating Android apps on a large scale

Windows 11.

The underlying technology for Android apps on Windows 11 comes from Intel. Intel Bridge Technology is a runtime post-compiler that allows applications to run natively on x86-based devices. Intel's multi-architecture XPU strategy integrates key CPU cores, graphics technology, artificial intelligence accelerators, and image processors to provide the right engine for the right workload"

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Tom's Guide asked Intel for further clarification on whether Intel Bridge Technology for Android apps on Windows 11 applies to AMD chips or Arm-based Qualcomm processors. While major processor makers rarely comment on each other's plans, Intel said its technology will be universally integrated into Windows 11, at least for x86 chips.

"Intel believes it is important to provide this functionality and has designed Intel Bridge technology to support all x86 platforms," an Intel representative told Tom's Guide.

Unfortunately, not all legacy Intel processors support Android apps. According to Intel, this includes 8th generation Intel Core processors, Intel Pentium processors, and Intel Celeron processors from the Apollo Lake generation onward.

In any case, native Android support is a very cool feature coming to Windows 11. And given that there are at least a billion active Windows 10 users, most of whom will likely switch to Windows 11 with the free update, developers will have an incentive to offer more Android apps in the Amazon Appstore This could be a good thing. If that happens, Microsoft could have a significant edge over the Mac App Store with Windows 11.