These apps are not there, either.Īgain, Microsoft did promise that more apps will be added in the coming months, but it didn’t say which ones. And that’s not to forget Google’s own core apps like Chrome, or Google Photos.

Right now, even Microsoft’s own Android apps are missing in Windows 11 such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner, or Microsoft News. There’s no TikTok, no Snapchat, or Instagram Android apps on Windows 11. I depend on these Android apps each day on my phone, and it would be a great productivity booster to have these same Android on my PC, natively just as I know it on my phone (and not through Microsoft’s Your Phone app). Take some of the apps I enjoy on my Google Pixel 4XL as an example. There hasn’t been an indication if this will change at launch, either. However, we don’t have an official answer as to why some apps were included and others were not. Maybe Microsoft partnered with select developers (and could just be limiting the experience) to ensure that the apps that are available won’t crash. Instead, the store is populated with random kids games like Peppa Pig or Subway Surfers. It is true that you can find apps like Kindle, Yahoo Mail, Comixology, but a lot of the core apps people care about are missing. And, these are not big-name apps, either. Right now, there’s only a collection of 50 or so apps that you can try out on Windows 11.

If you enroll your PC in the Windows Insider Beta channel and try out Android apps in Windows 11, you’ll likely end up being disappointed. When compared to what Google has accomplished with Android apps in Chromebooks, Windows 11 still have a long way to go. It is true that this entire experience is still in beta, but there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done. After a few days of playing with Android apps in Windows 11, though, there’s a need to step back and look at the bigger picture. I was quick to try it out and get it running on my Surface Pro 8, and I truly thought it was a game-changing experience. After Windows 11 launched without it, it finally became possible to run Android apps in Windows natively, thanks to the Amazon App Store and the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA). Fitbit Versa 3Ībout a week ago Microsoft launched one of the most hotly-anticipated Windows 11 features to Windows Insider beta testers.

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