Amazon announced it is shutting down its 'Amazon Appstore for Android' this summer as part of a broader effort to streamline and improve its services and programs. The app store was never nearly as ...

Amazon announces shutdown of Android app store on August 20, ending 14-year competition with Google Play while maintaining service on Fire devices. Al is a long time tech writer with a penchant for ...

Throughout the history of Fire Tablets, Amazon downplayed its use of Android. They ran Android apps from the company’s ...

After 14 years of trying to compete with Google Play, Amazon is pulling the plug on its Android Appstore. The tech giant announced that starting August 20, 2025, the alternative app marketplace will ...

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“Starting Aug. 20, 2025, you will no longer have access to the Amazon Appstore on your Android device,” the company said on an FAQ page on its website. “We will also be discontinuing the Amazon Coins ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Amazon has announced that it will shut down the Amazon Appstore for Android devices later this year. The Amazon Appstore has existed as an alternative to the Google Play Store on Android for years now ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What could have been one of the biggest alternative app stores is finally shutting down on Android. Amazon originally shared plans to kill off ...