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Microsoft May Allow Android Apps On Windows Phone

Like it or hate it, reports suggests that Android app emulation on WP may soon be a reality.

 

Since the inception of Windows Phone 7, people have been sceptical about its apps repository. The trend started by Apple led to an immense growth in the developer community. This is what Windows Phone lacks today.

The Verge reports that Microsoft plans to end this whole ‘app ruckus’ by simply allowing developers to upload their Android apps to the Windows Phone store. Yes, Microsoft has plans to let you download your favourite android app on your Windows Phone. The apps would obviously not run directly but will be emulated like in the case of Jolla and Blackberry (which did not turn out too well). But, we see where this is heading and how Windows Phone users will lose the little bragging right they just got with some new game titles.

Is this the correct move right now for Microsoft? Well, we feel that it makes no sense destroying the magazine layout experience, which has been a selling point for Windows Phones. The platform was supposed to take away the clutter of android and offer an UI easier to glance through. By letting apps designed for Android in Windows Phone store will ruin the OS’s navigation experience.

Android is the biggest OS out there today and the user base is growing at an astonishing rate, but app developer’s still favour iOS because of its user-friendliness and less fragmented approach. After iOS, they prefer Android due to its large user base. However, Windows Phone platform doesn't get any preference due to its small market share.

Will Windows Phone users like this move? In our opinion some users may be happy that they can finally run many apps that they missed out when they made a ‘switch to windows’. Those who took up Windows Phone for a fresh UI approach, will probably be disappointed.

Considering the resources Microsoft has, we would like to see the software giant develop its own apps and push them to the Window Phone Store. The biggest problem with Windows Phone apps today is that developers do not have resources to dedicate to a small user base to either build or even update existing apps. This leads to frustration on the user’s end because it seems to them that nobody is listening. Which leaves many on a sour note that Windows Phone is indeed an OS that nobody cares about; a point that Microsoft heavily needs to be work on changing. Let’s just hope Satya Nadella has something up his sleeve else the next Nokia running Windows Phone may turn out to be an ill-fated N9 running MeeGo.


TAGS: Mobile Phones, Windows Phone, Microsoft

 
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