If you can't access your PC, but want to find an app in the redesigned Microsoft Store in Windows 11, a new web version can help you solve this dilemma.
While you were previously able to access the Microsoft Store on the web, this new version has a new look and categories that reflect the version of Windows 11, which should make it easier to find apps and download web extensions.
It features the same layout as other Windows 11 apps like Paint and Windows Media Player, and having a familiar-looking Microsoft Store on the web makes it easy to find apps when you can't get to your laptop or PC.
It also highlights the belated need for Apple to do the same for remotely accessing the App Store through a web browser, an area where Apple struggles to compete compared to Microsoft and Google.
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Browsing the Microsoft Store on a MacBook through Safari is a simple affair: you can search and browse categories found in a sidebar on the left, and when you select an app, you can see its description, user reviews, and even view some apps. screenshots.
It's another Microsoft effort that deserves praise, especially given that an earlier version of the Microsoft Store was riddled with spammy apps and a search bar that couldn't actually search.
While it would be welcome to be able to remotely download apps from this web version (as Google allows with the Google Play Store), it's a good start nonetheless, and also shows how Apple could take some suggestions from Microsoft for its own Google Play Store. Applications.
Take this page of the TikTok app on the App Store, for example. Although it mimics the app store when you browse on an iPhone or iPad, there's no way to get to the store's home page or see charts of what's been purchased and downloaded for free.
You can get to this Categories page, but it's been abandoned for so long that it still says "iTunes" at the top of the page. Considering that Apple hasn't used the name "iTunes" since 2019 with the release of the Music app in macOS Big Sur, it's definitely time the page saw an update.
Being able to freely browse the app store in a web browser can be appealing to many, especially if you can queue up the download to send it to your Mac or iPhone.
But perhaps Apple should at least make it so you can browse the App Store remotely using a web browser to begin with and provide an experience similar to what users would have when using their Apple device.
Via Windows Latest