The truth is that all applications for Android devices are distributed as APK files, however, when we download and install an application from the Google Play Store, all this is transparent to us, since the file is automatically downloaded from the store and installed the application.Īll this changes when we download an app for our Android mobile or tablet from anywhere other than the Play Store, such as the official website of an app that is not available in the Google application store or from any of the stores alternative applications where we can also go to download Android apps for free.
If you have a mobile phone with an Android operating system, then surely you have heard of APK files, it is even possible that on more than one occasion you have downloaded or installed an app on your mobile from its APK file. Next, we are going to show you how to open APK files in Windows 10.