So Microsoft has officially unveiled the  Windows 11 operating system. The newest  

a version of Windows comes six years after the tech  giant had introduced Windows 10 to the world.  

Windows 11 focuses on a new user interface, a new  Windows Store, and improvements to performance.  

Actually, we knew all of this as the entire build of Windows 11 was leaked a few days ago.  

But Microsoft still managed to surprise  everyone by announcing that Android  

apps are officially coming to Windows 11. Few technical details were shared regarding the  

Android app integration during the event. Apps  seem to run in their own container and can be  

pinned to the taskbar, resized, snapped, and are  generally treated as if they were native Windows  

apps that are running on your computer. Microsoft  demonstrated apps like TikTok running on Windows  

11 today. Apps will be listed in the new Windows  Store and Microsoft is also partnering with  

Intel to use its Intel Bridge technology to make this a reality. This seems like  

an obvious answer to Apple’s progress with its M1 chips and running iOS apps on macOS.  

It was made possible thanks to the new Macs  switching to an ARM-based M1 processor — while  

Microsoft has done a lot of groundwork to integrate Linux into Windows to make it happen.  

But there's a catch here. Microsoft says that the  Android apps will be available through the Amazon  

App store which means you could only download  apps that are available in the Amazon App store.  

It's a shame because the number of apps  available through Amazon’s App Store  

pales in comparison to the number available through Google’s Play Store. So disappointed to  

see a lack of Google Play integration but hey,  maybe they tried a partnership but Google did  

not want to participate? That sounds like a very  plausible scenario given how Google is operating  

lately. I mean one of the big reasons Windows  Phone failed is due to Google reducing to make  

any apps for Microsoft and got any 3rd party app removed from the Windows Phone Store.  

But on the other hand, it's totally  understandable why Google wouldn't  

let Microsoft use the play store on windows 11.  You see Google also has its own OS aspirations,  

Google adding Play Store to Chrome OS made a big  difference in terms of app and particularly game  

availability on Chrome OS, so likely they  don’t want to help a competitor by adding  

viability with Play Store access and lose one of the biggest selling points of Chrome OS.  

But in any case, having an Amazon app store  is still a win for Microsoft and Windows 11  

because while there are many webs equivalents  to mobile apps, they’re often lackluster,  

and certain apps like Snapchat, Ring and the  majority of home automation apps aren’t available