Amazon Launches App Store for Android

Humberto Saabedra

Amazon-Appstore-logo-blackAs expected and rumored for many months, Amazon has officially launched its own app store for Android in the US. The store has opened up with 3800 applications and Amazon’s recommendation engine. Key features of the Amazon App Store for Android also include timed demos of any application before purchase on the desktop, one-click purchase of apps and a free paid app of the day to drive awareness, beginning with the exclusive Angry Birds: Rio game.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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