Amazon will cancel the Android App Store on August 20th this year. The company sent a notification to the developer to indicate that new apps would no longer be able to be submitted to the store.
The company said on its support page that it would also suspend Coin Digital Currency. It says it can be used to purchase games and apps in the app store.
“From August 20, 2025, you will no longer be able to access Amazon Appstore on your Android devices, and we plan to cancel the Amazon Coins program on August 20, 2025,” the company said on its support page.
Amazon said it will refund any coins held by users as of August 20th. The company added that only a few customers have used the App Store outside of their Amazon devices.
“We decided to cancel the Amazon Appstore on Android and focus our efforts on the AppStore experience on our own devices. That's where the vast majority of our customers are currently working on it.” A company spokesperson said.
The company added that the App Store is still functioning on its own devices, such as Fire TV and Fire Tablet.
Last year, security researchers at McAfee Labs discovered that applications on the Amazon App Store pretended to be health tools to spread malware.
Amazon has been competing with Google since 2011 and attempting to create an alternative App Store ecosystem. The company has attempted to bolster its failed fire phone project through its own App Store.
Last year, Amazon said it would stop supporting the App Store for Windows, which offers Android apps, starting March 5, 2025. The company launched the Windows program in 2021.
The story has been updated with Amazon comments.