Article Number: 000196136
How to Enable the Amazon Appstore Preview on Windows 11
Summary: This article describes how to enable the Amazon Appstore Preview on Windows 11.
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Windows uses the Amazon Appstore Preview to facilitate access to select Android™ apps on Windows 11.
Windows 11 | Amazon Appstore Preview in The Microsoft Store
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Follow these steps to install the Amazon Appstore Preview:
- Enable BIOS Virtualization. (automatically enabled on new Dell Computers)
- See How To Enable or Disable Hardware Virtualization on Dell Computers | Dell US for instructions on how to perform this step.
- Enable Windows Virtualization.
- See How To Enable or Disable Windows Virtualization on Dell Systems or instructions on how to perform this step.
- The computer reboots at this point.
- Log back into Windows.
- Click http://aka.ms/AmazonAppstore to install the Amazon Appstore Preview.
Note: It can take a few moments until the store populates the information.
- Click Install.
- The Amazon Appstore Preview will now be available under All Apps in the Windows 11 Start Menu.
Note: The Amazon Appstore Preview is only available if the system meets the Microsoft requirements:
| RAM | 8 GB (minimum) |
| 16 GB (recommended) | |
| Storage type | Solid State Drive (SSD) as the boot drive |
| Processor | Intel Core i3 8th Gen (minimum) or above |
| AMD Ryzen 3000 (minimum) or above | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c (minimum) or above | |
| Processor architecture | x64 or ARM64 |
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Microsoft resources:
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Operating Systems
Last Published Date
02 Feb 2024
Version
7
Article Type
How To