Amazon shutters its Android app store

Games Might Be Lost as Amazon Is Set to Discontinue Its App Store on Android
Amazon has announced that it will discontinue its app store on Android, setting August 20, 2025, as the deadline for operations. As the company confirmed, this may lead to apps and games users downloaded through the store losing their functionality.
These apps aren't on the Play Store, but I always sideload them on my Pixel
Not every great app is on the Google Play Store. Easily enhance your Google phone experience with these best Pixel apps to sideload.
Amazon to shut down its Android app store later this year
Effective August 20, 2025, the Amazon app store will no longer be available on Android devices. This follows the previously announced closure of the Amazon app store for Windows. Developers can no longer submit new apps to the Amazon app store for Android, though they can continue to push updates to existing apps until August 20, 2025.
Amazon to retire its Android app store
Every Android device user is familiar with the Google Play Store, the most popular Android app store. However, third-party app stores are also available due to the platform’s open nature. The decision to shut down the Amazon AppStore on Android is likely due to low use.
Amazon Is Killing Its Android App Store For Users, Here's What It Means
The company has officially announced that the Amazon App Store for Android will cease operations on August 20 this year.
If Amazon can't make a third-party Android app store work, no one can
Amazon announced this week that it's shutting down its Android app store. The Amazon Appstore has been available on Android devices since 2011, providing a relatively easy-to-access alternative to the default Google Play Store.
TikTok Back On Apple App Store And Google Play Store: Here’s What It Means
TikTok has been absent from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store since January. Now, it’s back. Here’s all you need to know.
Is TikTok Back on the App Store? Users Get New Message on Phones
TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores, marking a significant moment in the app's controversial dance with U.S.-China tech and data privacy discussions.
One Play Store rival fewer: Amazon shutters its Android app store
Amazon is discontinuing its answer to Google's Play Store, and the online retailer says that from August 20 onwards, users will no longer be able to access its app store for Android devices. After this date,
Screenshot-scanning malware discovered on Apple App Store in first-of-its-kind attack
Security experts have discovered that hackers are targeting apps on the App Store to spread malware that steals information ...
EU App Store: Apple Removes Thousands of Apps Due to Digital Services Act Requirements
Apple’s app removals follow the Digital Services Act, a European law requiring all app traders to display verified contact ...
TikTok is back on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. What to know following halted nationwide ban on app
The law requires TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S. assets in order to continue operating in the ...
iOS 18.4 Release Date: Apple Surprisingly Confirms iPhone Update And New App
Apple has just confirmed when the next big iPhone update will be released, something it rarely does at this point in the ...
How to Sideload Android Apps (and What to Watch Out For)
Android, unlike some phone operating systems, allows users to install software from outside the default app store (even if ...
Pixalate’s Global January 2025 Delisted Mobile Apps Reports Find 82K Apps Delisted from Google Play Store & 24K from Apple App Store
Pixalate research finds 19.6k (24%) apps delisted from the Google Play Store and 1.9k (8%) from the Apple App Store had open ...
Age verification in the app store might be the solution to protection children, claims Meta’s VP
Meta’s VP and Head of Global Safety, Antigone Davis, revealed the tech giant’s latest efforts to protect minors online. In an ...