AMD launches Android App store for Windows PCs
AMD, the chip-making company has announced today a deal with the BlueStacks software company. A deal that will bring 500,000 Android apps to Windows 8 devices.
Microsoft, on the other hand, has only a few thousand apps written specifically for Window 8 at launch.
The Android apps will be accessible on Windows 8 devices via AMD’s AppZone player. Bluestacks carries a code, one that acts as a wrapper around the device’s programs such as Evernote and Pulse for the sake of eliminating compatibility issue, hence making them easily run on desktops, laptops and tablets.
The core code has received changes by AMD to ensure apps built for the small screens on mobile phones look just as good as run just as well on larger displays.
New tablets and PCs running on AMD CPUs and GPUs will be running on the new software, and they will enable the likes of Flipboard and Fruit Ninja to be downloaded directly to the device through the new AppZone Player.
Manufacturers such as HP as among the ones that the company is working with to get the software factory installed on new AMD machines.
The new partnership gives immediate advantage to AMD devices that are running on Intel processors.
Intel-based PCs will not be as fortunate; receiving only around 2,000 apps through the Windows 8 Store at launch.
“This helps AMD leapfrog Intel by making Windows 8 more attractive on their tablets and PCs,” CEO Rosen Sharma wrote in an email.
“We’ve worked closely together to optimize the performance of the apps for AMD’s unique ‘graphics and computing on one chip’ setup. The result is awesome – mobile apps run beautifully on their machines.”
The new Windows 8 PCs and tablets are not the only ones receiving the revamp; existing Windows 7 PCs that are equipped with AMD hardware.
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