Amazon China will no longer offer app store services.
On May 23, the surging news reporter learned that the Amazon Appstore sent an email reminder that from July 17, Amazon China will no longer provide app store services.
According to public information, Amazon Appstore is an app store launched by Amazon, the official app store of its Fire OS system and the third-party genuine app store of the Android system, which was launched on March 22, 2011 and is currently available in nearly 200 countries.
Unlike the Amazon shopping app, the Amazon Appstore mainly provides content downloads such as apps and games, which can be downloaded on the Amazon China official website and various applications through the Amazon account.
In this regard, the surging news reporter consulted Amazon China, but did not respond as of press time. The reporter's search for the Amazon shopping app shows that it can still be used and ordered normally.
It is worth noting that last year Amazon announced that its Kindle e-book store will stop operating in China, and it was notified that Amazon will stop the operation of the Kindle e-book store in China on June 30 this year. After that, new e-books cannot be purchased. For eBooks that have already been purchased, they can be downloaded until June 30, 2024 and can continue reading thereafter.
"We announced the adjustment of Kindle-related business in China, but Amazon's long-term development commitment in China will not change." At the time, Amazon said in the notice. Amazon said that its business in China includes Amazon overseas purchase, Amazon Global Selling, Amazon Advertising, cross-border e-commerce business including Amazon Global Logistics, Amazon Web Services and Amazon smart hardware and services. Amazon China already has more than 10,000 employees and offices in 12 cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen.
On April 27, local time, Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) released its first-quarter financial report, showing that its revenue during the period was $127.358 billion, an increase of 9% year-on-year (over the same period last year); Net profit turned around to $3.17 billion, compared with a loss of $3.844 billion in the same period last year, nearly 50% higher than analysts' expectations; Diluted earnings per share were $0.31, compared to a loss of $0.38 in the year-ago quarter.