Coincidences of fate, a few days after Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will be compatible with Android apps, a new Google package appeared that replaced the APK package with AAB (Android App Bundles). But it seems that this will not be a problem and Amazon ensures that it will be ready for such a package with the release of Windows 11.
Windows 11 will be compatible with the new Android AAB package
Windows 11 will be able to run Android applications using Windows subsystem for Android and Windows subsystem for Linux. These Android apps will be available through the Microsoft Store, but the actual download process will be done through Amazon Appstore.
Microsoft has decided to integrate the Amazon Appstore into the Microsoft Store, where Android applications are already available. You can easily search for Android applications through the Microsoft Store and click on the product listings to open the Amazon Appstore within the Microsoft Store and easily install the application.
In late June, Google confirmed that will require application developers to use the new Android App Bundle (AAB) standard. It replaces the Android application package (APK). According to Google, this policy applies to new apps on the Play Store. Y developers will need to abandon the current APK file format for new apps.
Technically, Android APK apps are not being phased out but developers are likely to stop publishing their apps in APK format after Google begins to require AAB format for its Play Store. In other words, this new format will eventually replace APK as the standard post format.
“Amazon Appstore is actively working to support the new format. This will provide benefits like smaller application size downloads for clients. As well as on-demand downloads for features and assets »the company said.