Windows 11 gets native support for Android applications

American software giant Microsoft unveiled on Thursday in a live broadcast some new features of the upcoming system Windows 11. One of the most interesting is the native support of Android applications. The information was provided by the portal AndroidCentral.

You do not install apps from Google Play on Windows 11

Running an Android application on Windows 11 will have one catch. Logically, you will not install them from the official Google Play store: Just as Windows applications will be installed through the official Microsoft Store, but only those applications offered by the Amazon Store. It will be a close cooperation between two American companies that offer a number of similar Internet services.

Android applications should run with both Intel and AMD processors

The downside is that there are only about half a million Android applications in the Amazon Store. On the other hand, most popular applications like Spotify and TikTok are not missing. The Intel Bridg compiler is used to install Android applicationsewhich converts applications to run under the x86 architecture. Intel for the portal TheVerge confirmed that Intel Bridge supports all x86 platforms, including platforms from AMD.

Intel Bridge will support Intel 10th and 11th generation processors, as well as chipsets from AMD. You will be able to work with Android applications as you would with other Windows programs. You can freely change the size of the window in which they will be displayed, pin them to the desktop, minimize them to the bottom bar and so on.

However, the leaked May build system, which was launched in VirtualBox, lacks native support for Android applications. According to the different screenshots between the leaked build and the presented Windows 11 with support for Android applications, it is obvious that we will have to wait to support this functionality. Microsoft is likely to add more details about running Android apps in the coming months.