Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Tuesday, August 31st, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough.

Today Microsoft has missed the window for Windows 11 to support Android apps at least at launch

Apple is getting into classical music and Amazon is going deeper into the red-hot

audio space. Facebook turns the temperature down on politics in the news feed and a new

initiative to get especially younger technologists to lend their expertise to the

federal government. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. This is quite the omission given that this was

a headline feature or quite the miss I guess because they'll get there they just missed a deadline

Microsoft was forced to admit that Windows 11 will not support Android apps at

launch which is due for October 5th. Support for Android apps will likely arrive in 2022 at some point,

quoting the verge.

While Android apps running on Windows 11 is one of the big new features of the OS,

Microsoft will only start previewing this feature. on Windows 11 is one of the big new features of the OS.

Microsoft will only start previewing this feature

in the coming months.

This likely means Android apps won't arrive on Windows 11

until 2022, as Microsoft tests the feature with Windows Insiders first before rolling it out generally months later.

While Android apps won't be there on day one, Windows 11 will still include the promised Microsoft

Teams integration, a new design with an updated start menu,

snap layouts, groups, desktops for improved multitasking, and a greatly improved Microsoft

store app. Microsoft announced today that Windows 11 will arrive on October 5th,

and it will be available as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs.

New PCs will get it first, followed by existing devices receiving the upgrade in the

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