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Amazon pulls the plug on its Android app store after 14 years

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-11-09 12:48:00

Everything Flows: Amazon spent over a decade pursuing a foothold in the app store business. Now, the company has announced that it is shuttering its Android app store, with no guarantees that previously purchased apps will continue working. However, users can migrate their owned apps to Amazon devices such as the Kindle. Amazon is warning users about the impending shutdown of its official "Appstore" for Android devices. Customers will lose access to the Amazon Appstore on their Android smartpho

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iOS 18.4 lets you set default iPhone apps in these new categories

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-09 12:45:35

Apple’s push to make the iPhone more customizable and personal has brought a new iOS 18.4 feature: now there are two new categories for setting default apps, depending on where you live. Translation default available broadly, while Navigation is limited to the EU Apple has offered some form of default app controls in the Settings app for years. But recently in iOS 18.2, the feature expanded with new categories and a dedicated hub. Now in iOS 18.4, the category options are growing again. Tran

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Show HN: Slime OS – An open-source app launcher for RP2040 based devices

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-09 12:22:57

Slime OS is an app launcher for the PicoVision (and soon other RP2040 and RP2350 devices). It was originally designed for the Slimedeck Zero, a mini cyberdeck project. However I hope to expand it to other devices and form factors. This README contains affiliate links which help support this project! Software Slime OS runs in a limited 32-color mode with a 400x240 internal resolution which is interlaced up to 800x480. This resolution should scale well on most HDMI displays. Setup Flash the w

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Apple’s Vision Pro has a problem a year into its existence: Not enough apps

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-11-09 16:12:47

Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) takes a selfie with a greets customers on arrival for the release of the Vision Pro headset at the Apple Store in New York City on February 2, 2024. When Apple revealed the Vision Pro in 2023, it called the $3,500 headset its next "major platform." Two years later, and a year after going on sale, the device is thin on apps. Apple doesn't regularly release stats on the number of Vision Pro apps that are available, and it's hard to tell how many new apps come out in any gi

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Amazon is shutting down its third-party Android app store

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-09 11:20:47

The Amazon Appstore will no longer be available on Android as of August 20, 2025. After that date, apps from the digital storefront "are not guaranteed to operate" on Android hardware; however, they can continue to be used on devices like the Fire TV and Fire Tablets. The Coins program, Amazon's virtual currency for some Appstore app and in-app purchases, will also end on that same date. Coins will no longer be available for purchase beginning today. The Appstore was Amazon's effort to get in o

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Amazon remembers it has an Android app store, kills it

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-09 09:35:47

After 14 years of trying and failing to gain a smartphone foothold, Amazon has announced it will discontinue its app store. Anyone who has content in Amazon's store will be able to access it for now, but all bets are off beginning on August 20, 2025. As part of the pull-back, the company is also discontinuing the Amazon Coins digital currency. The Amazon Appstore made waves when it launched in 2011, offering an alternative to what at the time was known as the Android Market. Amazon even scored

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Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-11-09 12:05:00

A security vulnerability in a pair of phone-monitoring apps is exposing the personal data of millions of people who have the apps unwittingly installed on their devices, according to a security researcher who found the flaw. The bug allows anyone to access the personal data — messages, photos, call logs, and more — exfiltrated from any phone or tablet compromised by Cocospy and Spyic, two differently branded mobile stalkerware apps that share largely the same source code. The bug also exposes t

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Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-11-09 12:30:00

Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls, and real-time location are an ongoing problem for Android users. This guide can help you identify and remove common surveillance apps from your Android phone, including TheTruthSpy, Cocospy and Spyic, among others. Consumer-grade spyware apps are frequently sold under the guise of child monitoring or family-tracking software, but are referred to as “stalkerware” and “spouseware” for th

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Amazon pulls the plug on its Android app store that you never used anyway

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-09 12:30:11

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon will shut down its Android device app store in August 2025. Users will no longer be able to download or use apps from the Appstore on Android after the deadline. Amazon Fire devices like the Fire TV and the Fire Tablet. The Google Play Store is the premier source for downloading and installing apps on Android flagships, but the platform’s open nature also allows third-party app stores to exist. The Amazon Appstore was one of those popular options ou

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Your Android Automotive dashboard just got a lot more fun with these new apps

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-09 10:21:35

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google has announced a wave of new apps for Android Automotive, promising better in-car entertainment for cars with Google built-in. This expansion is part of Google’s car-ready program, which adapts large-screen Android apps for safe use in parked vehicles, removing the need for special automotive versions. The apps will first roll out to certain Volvo and Polestar models, with more makes and models set to join soon. Last year, Google teased a major

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