The end is near for Amazon’s Appstore on Android. On August 20, 2025, the tech giant will discontinue the service for non-Amazon Android devices, officially closing the chapter on a 14-year run, reported The Street. First launched in 2011, the Appstore ...

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 popular as Google's own Play Store anyway, but it does ...

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 all things nerdy. While he writes for Gadget Review, he ...

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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 disappear from all non-Amazon Android devices, marking ...

Amazon has announced that they are shutting down their App Store for Android. This will occur on August 20th, 2025. The company sent a notice to developers indicating that they will no longer be able to submit new apps to the store. The company is also ...

The Amazon Appstore, which I’m not sure I understood to still be around for non-Amazon devices, is going away on August 20, 2025. Amazon shared the news this week, saying that it was time for your Android devices to find another app store, you know, like ...

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 the Android-based Amazon Appstore back in February of ...

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, with users able to sideload the Appstore to install ...

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