Wow! I am not surprised. Early this morning, I received an email from the Amazon App Developer folks with some sad but expected news.

Before this news is fully explained, back on February 16, 2022, these good Amazon App Developer folks sent this note: "Get ready to reach new customers on Windows 11."

The Android system on Windows 11 was a nightmare. On March 20, 2024 I wrote "An Android Flirt with Windows 11." Read my thoughts.

So, three years and three days since the first Android on Windows 11 notice, Amazon has announced that "the Amazon Appstore on Android devices and the Amazon Coins program will be discontinued on August 20, 2025." 

That's the lead! Note, we never participated in the Coins program. Honestly, the vast majority of our app downloads come from Google Play and the Apple App Store.

Despite that fact, we still get a significant number of Amazon App Store downloads.

In the past 365 Days, here are our top five apps in the Amazon App Store ranked in order by downloads:

1. Thanksgiving Retro Match 3  Game
2. Always Thanksgiving Match 3 Game
3. Black History Quiz
4. Black History People
5. Video Poker Jacks or Better Game

I've had the best experience working with the Amazon engineers who evaluate and test apps before they are admitted to the store.

Google has been the most difficult to work with. I believe that is due to AI doing most of their heavy lifting. Apple is somewhat easier to work with than Google.

As of February 19, 2025, app developers can no longer submit new apps that target Android devices to the Amazon App Store. Updates for current apps will be allowed until service is discontinued on August 20, 2025.

I want to thank you, who have Fire phones or Kindle tablets, for supporting us on the Amazon App Store platform since October 23, 2013 when the original Black History Quiz app was added (to Amazon).

We've had other apps in Amazon's Android store before 2013, but Black History Quiz was our first popular app in their store.

Amazon adds this warning:

"Starting August 20, 2025, any apps downloaded from the Amazon Appstore will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices. Amazon Appstore, however, will continue to be available on Fire TVs and Fire Tablets."