The "Android" app finally explains the points to know

Finally, the "Android" app comes to "Windows".With the cooperation of Microsoft, Intel, and Amazon, Android apps are likely to be lined up close to Microsoft's new app store.According to an article posted last week by Microsoft's highest product manager, Panos Panay, a public preview will be released in February to check the operation of Android apps on Windows 11.

The concept of using Android apps on Windows has been around for a long time, but it is likely to be realized.Moreover, only Windows 11 may be necessary.

The road was long

Efforts to run Android apps on Windows PCs have been continued for about 10 years (10 years since that).Microsoft has prepared tools to transplant Android apps and iOS apps to Windows, but for a long time they have not been able to attract app developers to Windows.

However, in recent years, Microsoft has changed strategies and has been trying to bring a smartphone experience to a PC.For example, Microsoft's "Smartphone Synchronization" app is a pairing of Android devices and Windows 10 -equipped PCs, so that you can execute textbooks, telephone calls, browsing photos, and receiving notifications on your PC.。

Microsoft has updated the smartphone synchronization app in 2020 so that the Android app installed on the smartphone can be run on the Windows PC.This feature was realized with the cooperation of Samsung, and only works on Samsung devices so far.

Samsung worked closely with Microsoft and Intel in the development of laptops.Samsung's latest notebook PC "Galaxy Book Pro" has the flexibility of a smartphone, and has the function of accessing the "Galaxy" smartphone and apps.However, the app does not move directly on a PC, but is executed in another window.

Intel contributes to realization

In the case of Windows 11, there is no need to synchronize the Android device with the PC.Intel stated in Windows 11 -related announcements that Android apps work natively on Windows PCs using Intel's "Bridge" technology.According to Intel, Bridge is "a runtime post compiler that operates the application native on X86 -based devices, and can operate the application on Windows."

In short, Microsoft did it on Windows 11 without changing the code of the Android app by working with the Intel instead of asking the Android app developer to transplant to Windows.In the case of devices equipped with AMD or ARM, Android apps can be operated without Bridge.