Google is set to discontinue Android Instant Apps by the end of 2025. They were first introduced in 2016 and made available to users in early 2017.

Android Studio’s Otter update will retire Instant Apps The Otter Feature Drop is the next major update to Android Studio, particularly with the version number 2025.1.2 and codenamed Narwhal.

Amazon will shut down its Android device app store in August 2025. Users will no longer be able to download or use apps from the Appstore on Android after the deadline. Amazon Fire devices like ...

Google is shutting down an Android feature that let users quickly download and use a temporary "mini" version of an app, instead of installing the full app. Instant Apps were not popular with ...

The Amazon Appstore for Android will no longer be available from Aug. 20, 2025. Developers can continue releasing updates for existing apps until this date, but new submissions have already been ...

Amazon announces shutdown of Android app store on August 20, ending 14-year competition with Google Play while maintaining service on Fire devices.

Amazon says its apps "will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices" after the shutdown date. Here, "Android devices" means your phone—it doesn't consider Fire tablets and Fire TV to be ...

Amazon last year said it will discontinue support for its app store on Windows, which offered Android apps, starting March 5, 2025. The company started the program for Windows in 2021.