As a whole , the Android operating system is a more assailable chopine than its iOS rival . But that does n’t mean third - party app stores on Google devices always play nice .
If you ’re an Amazon Fire Tablet user , you might have downloaded the Amazon Appstore on your Android phone , perhaps because you pay back an app for free from Amazon and you do n’t want to pay for it again through the Google Play storehouse . On Android , it ’s as loose as sideloading the APK from Amazon ’s app . But Android 12 might have introduced a compatibility issue for the app storage . According toLiliputing , the late translation of Android does n’t seem to work with Amazon ’s progress - in DRM .
AnOctober 2021thread date back to when Android 12 start wind out to devices title “ Amazon Appstore not go after android 12 [ sic ] update ” is follow by legion replies detail the same ill . “ It is n’t working on Android 12 on my Pixel 6 either , ” wrote one user . “ Same job on Pixel 5 , ” write another .
The Amazon Appstore is having some problems and it could be Amazon’s own DRM.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
The Charles William Post has since racked up more than 100 reply and pick up thousands of views . An Amazon faculty fellow member eventually addressed the original post , writing that “ our technical team is aware of the take . ” However , it come out they ’re still looking for a resolution , and simply making trusted you have the latest version of the Amazon Appstore installed wo n’t fix much .
Amazon toldThe Vergeit ’s cognisant of the issue impacting app performance , add that it does n’t seem to affect Amazon Fire Tablets or Fire telecasting devices .
When you download the Amazon Appstore on an Android 12 gadget , as I did on the Pixel 6 Pro , there ’s a giant banner at the top that says : “ We ’re unrestrained about Android 12 too . alas we ’re working through some issues . Thank you for your patience as we get your Appstore back . ”
Amazon now warns you about its Appstore issues on Android 12.Screenshot: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
The streamer does not pop up on my OnePlus 9 , which is still on Android 11 . Anecdotally , I can also report that the Amazon Appstore feel slower on the Pixel 6 Pro , and some page categories are n’t even loading . The only apps that seem to appear are ones published by Amazon . By comparison , the OnePlus 9 had no issue downloading apps .
The problem could be related to Amazon ’s progress - in DRM , as one commenter in the thread noticed that a little expert - level tinkering could get Amazon ’s apps act on the Android 12 devices . It imply decompiling the APK on an older version of Android and then recompiling it to operate with a self - signed certificate . But at that point , you ’re better off attend for the app in the Google Play Store .
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