Nokia expects 75% of Android apps to be compatible with the Nokia X, the rest to take 8 hours to port

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Published on February 25, 2014

published on February 25, 2014

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The biggest weakness of Nokia X software platform is expected to be poor compatibility with the bulk of Google Play apps.

Now on Nokia’s Developer portal the company is claiming 75% of Android apps will run on the handset unmodified, and than the rest can often be ported in less than 8 hours, even if they use Google’s services.

To help developers along Nokia has created a plugin which can be downloaded from their developer pages here to analyse apps for porting issues.

If Nokia can successfully address the AOSP compatibility issue, will their new platform undermine Windows Phone even more? Let us know below.

Via NPU