It took a number of months after launch, however Microsoft is lastly making Android apps obtainable to most Windows 11 customers. As promised in January, the corporate is rolling out its first main Windows 11 replace with an Amazon Appstore “preview” for American customers. The preliminary launch gives roughly 1,000 apps, together with Amazon’s personal Audible and Kindle apps in addition to third-party titles like Lords Mobile and Khan Academy Kids. The choice will not examine to the Google Play Store, nevertheless it ought to create some concord between your PC and cellphone.

The improve gives OS enhancements past Android help. The Windows 11 taskbar now lets Teams customers rapidly mute calls or share any window. The date and time now present on a second monitor, too, whereas the climate widget’s taskbar element reveals stay data. Microsoft has additionally revamped Media Player with a concentrate on a “full-featured” music library, whereas Notepad gives a reworked interface with a darkish mode, less complicated menus and options like multi-level undos.

These updates most likely will not sway you to put in Windows 11 in case you weren’t earlier than. They do assist Microsoft fulfill guarantees made when it unveiled the software program final 12 months, although, they usually would possibly present an incentive to step up earlier than the free improve interval is over.