The Microsoft Store no longer shows incompatible apps if you browse from an ARM device

Although it can already be found in the United States and some markets, the Surface Pro X will still take time to reach other markets, such as Spain. Its availability in other countries, however, is already generating the first news related to what for many is the most interesting device of those presented by Microsoft in October.

And we now know that unsupported applications are not listed in the Microsoft Store if you browse using a device It has an ARM processor.This is the case of the Surface Pro X, a model that we remember, has its own mobile chipset inside called Microsoft SQ1, and which is based on Qualcomm technology in the Snapdragon series.

Incompatible applications do not appear

So when you access the Microsoft Store from your Surface Pro X or any other device with Windows 10 and an ARM processor you can't access apps that are not compatible with this type of SoC.

In addition, it is not that they disappear as existing, but in the searches carried out, they do not appear detailed. This is a measure that reaches the Microsoft Store through an update that comes with the number 11911.1001.8.0.

For some users the measure is logical, because if they are not functional it makes no sense for them to appear listedIn this way, misunderstandings and possible errors in purchases or when installing applications that cannot be executed are avoided. This is the change introduced, since before all applications were shown even if the incompatible ones could not be installed.

But on the other hand, we won't be aware of the existence of other applications and we won't be able to perform a remote installation on another device either yes it is compatible. And it is that perhaps it would not be complicated if a message appeared next to the incompatible application warning of its lack of compatibility, preventing its installation.

These are two edges of a measure that is aimed elsewhere at facilitate the location of the application sought, since the Microsoft Store It is in front of the Google Play Store and especially in front of the Apple App Store, a somewhat messier and chaotic model where any help will always be welcome.

We must remember that the Surface Pro X will arrive on the Spanish market on November 19 at a price that will start at 1,149 euros in its less powerful configuration to grow based on specification improvements.

Source | Windows Central