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CTOnews.com, Nov. 8, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth answered questions about whether Meta plans to support 2D Android apps at yesterday's Instagram AMA (ask me anything) event.

"nothing can stop Android developers from bringing the APK they already run on Android phones to VR," he said. They just need to send us the APK. They may need to make some minor changes, depending on how they want to set up the control scheme, but they may not even need to make too many changes. We don't have any way to import these apps automatically, and we hope Google can bring their Play Store App Store to VR. We've asked them, but they don't want to do it, so it's up to the developers. "

Quest has been able to run 2D Android applications in the main interface, which are floating in front of users. However, only two Android phone / tablet apps are currently available on the Quest store, Meta's own Messenger and WhatsApp, but users can use their computers to install Android APK, but apps that require Google Play Services runtime do not work properly.

Quest also supports progressive web applications (PWA), and there are some such applications on the Quest store, such as Adobe Acrobat,Lastpass,Peacock,Coursera and Monday.com.

Technically, Quest's built-in web browser is also a 2D application that can be called up in immersive applications.

Meanwhile, Apple has confirmed that "almost all" iPad and iPhone apps will be available when it goes on sale on Vision Pro. Google is developing its own Android XR platform for the upcoming Samsung Touxian, which is likely to include Play Store and its large number of 2D applications.

One of the core reasons Mark Zuckerberg bought Oculus for about $3 billion in 2014 was to reduce his company's dependence on platform owners Apple and Google in the next generation of personal computers. But when it comes to 2D applications, these existing platforms may have a lasting impact, which may become one of the main weaknesses of Meta in the XR field.

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