Microsoft and Tencent have announced a new partnership to bring a selection of Android apps from the Tencent App Store to Microsoft’s own app store for Windows.
In context: Microsoft has tried for years to build a bridge between Windows PCs and the Android ecosystem, but those efforts were ultimately abandoned with the announced demise of the Windows Subsystem for Android. Now, a new partnership is apparently reviving some of these efforts for Chinese PC users.
Microsoft and Tencent have announced a new partnership to bring a selection of Android apps from the Tencent App Store to Microsoft’s own app store for Windows. At launch, PC users will seemingly have access to around 1,500 apps and games, although the venture is exclusively focused on the Chinese market for the time being.
Tencent apps will be available through Microsoft’s store, the Start Menu, Windows Search, or Bing, Microsoft confirmed.
