Microsoft makes a second attempt to migrate Android apps to Windows 10... The first attempt was made in 2015 and was called Project Astoria, which will bring support for Android apps in Windows 10 Mobile, but was eventually canceled in 2018. This second attempt, dubbed "Project Latte," aims to bring Android apps to Windows 10 as early as next year.
The report Windows Central states that the new project will most likely run on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). When it launches, developers can easily port their apps to Windows 10 "with little or no code change." Apps will be packaged as MSIX, the Windows app package format before they are submitted to the Microsoft Store.
If Microsoft is successful, there should be several thousand more apps in the Windows app store. The question, however, is how applications will look on Windows, given that the screen size of an average computer is much larger than that of an average phone.
The source also mentions that Project Latte may also not support Play Services as Google does not allow the installation of Play Services on devices that do not run Android or Chrome OS ... Therefore, applications that require Play Services may need to remove this requirement for their version of Windows.
If Microsoft succeeds with Project Latte, it will turn Windows into a platform with support for multiple types of app bundles, including PWA, UWP, Win32, and Linux. It should also make Windows 10 on Arm devices more attractive to consumers.
Microsoft is expected to announce the project next year and release it as part of Windows 10 Fall 2021 Update.
