Amazon to shut its Android Appstore, Coins programme

Android app developers have begun receiving notification via email from Amazon about the impending close of Android appstore on Amazon.

Amazon launched the Appstore for Android devices way back in 2011 and since then, it has grown big. It housed close to 500,000 apps. Now, the American company has announced to shutdown the Android app store later this month.

App developers have begun receiving notifications via email from Amazon about the impending close of the Android Appstore on Amazon.

They can no longer submit new apps, but can add updates to the existing apps on the Android app store till August 20, 2025.

The company has also revealed that the Amazon Coins program, which is used as a digital currency to make in-app purchases on Amazon's Android app store has been discontinued. Those who have Amazon Coins in their digital wallet can use them to purchase any merchandise before August 20, 2025.

And, those who paid money to buy Amazon Coins are entitled to get a refund.

To view your Amazon Coins balance, users have to log in to their Amazon App Store on the device and check it on the home page.

It should be noted that Amazon's Android Appstore which is also available on Windows PC platform (since 2021) will also be shut down next month on March 5, 2025.

It is believed that running an Android app store is not lucrative any more for Amazon and is getting hard to keep bad apps out of its ecosystem.

In late December 2025, McAfee Labs detected a malware-laced app BMI CalculationVsn on the Amazon Appstore. It looked like a benign Body Mass Index calculator that require users to just type in weight and height to get the BMI number.

However, the sneaky app developed by PT Visionet Data Internasional stole the personal details of Android phone owners.

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