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Just want to make sure now windows 10 mobiles are no longer available to install APK in order to run Android apps?

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Windows 10 Mobile will not run Android apps. The Project Astoria was discontinued.

There are some good reasons for it too.

  • It reqiuired an Android subsystem within Windows devices which caused a lot of battery issues and performance downgrade
  • These apps did not have native features such as Tiles, Interactive notifications, etc...
  • The parallel project of porting iOS apps proved to be much better.
  • The problem of pirate apps became real.
  • Some developers began to think that creating apps for Android is enough as Windows can run apps.

Now imagine a lot of apps running just as in Android without Live tiles, Cortanan integration, Onedrive backups, Interactive notifications, etc... It would be the death of Windows Mobile.

References :

  1. Microsoft officially cancels Project Astoria
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Windows 10 mobile does't support APK.

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