Windows 11 è il nuovo sistema operativo di Microsoft che punta su cloud e interoperabilità con l'apertura alle app Android: tutto quello che c'è da sapere
Veronica Nicosia Giornalista scientifico
Laureata in astrofisica, giornalista scientifico e content editor SEO, scrive di tecnologia per magazine online e carta stampata. Nel 2020 approda a Libero Tecnologia
Le app di Android sbarcheranno finalmente su Windows 11, perfettamente integrate nella prossima versione del sistema operativo. Ospitate nel nuovo Microsoft Store, le applicazioni avranno l’opportunità di convivere in maniera armonica con le controparti native, dal menu Start alla taskbar. Still, there's something you won't be able to do.
The announcement came only yesterday, during the virtual event dedicated to the operating system from the voice of Panos Panay. The company's Chief Product Officer introduced the news to the listening audience after a long waiting period; such an operation had been talked about for years, although there were no reassuring signs on the horizon. Despite the tools for portability from Android to Windows, the number of developers willing to carry out such projects has always remained low. Starting in November, the date scheduled for the release of edition 11 of Redmond's operating system, a lot of that is bound to change.
Android apps on Windows 11, what you can do
To understand what you can do, it's fair to understand why. It's quickly said: if Intel has put in the effort to make it possible for Android apps to run on Windows 11, it's Amazon that will provide them to users. It will be the digital store of the shopping giant (and not only) to migrate within the Microsoft shop.
According to the first confirmations, there are no doubts about the possibility to use the software on computers with Win 11 (excluding the transition from smartphones, as in recent months), allowing the choice between a much wider selection of tools, from productivity to entertainment through gaming and content creation. Windows could even appear more flexible, as it did with Chrome OS following the addition of packages.
Everything, according to the anticipations, should run smoothly and without hiccups or code changes. If Intel-based machines can take advantage of the presence of Bridge, a compiler that allows applications to run natively on devices based on x86 architecture, those with AMD and Arm processors "bend" Windows 11 to the will of the apps and not the other way around, eliminating the need for other technologies.
Android apps on Windows 11, what can't be done
Amazon's Android ecosystem? An asset but also a pain in the ass. Certainly, a detail that could be expected given that the two stores appear to be in constant competition. The motivation is to be found in Google's certification, or rather in its absence. In fact, access to Play Store apps, services and, above all, APIs with all that pertains to them, i.e. functionalities related to geolocation, security, data storage via cloud and others used by the robot's apps, are forbidden.
In practice, you won't be able to use many apps since Big G's services, at the base of their functioning, will not be active or available. Obviously, these are suppositions, since there is very little information on the matter. There are already methodologies that allow the integration of Google Play Services on non-certified phones and ROMs, procedures that could also be reported on version 11 of the OS. But before we wrap our heads around it, it's only fair to find out what plans Microsoft will put in place in the time that separates us from the official release of the operating system.