Xiaomi would replace GetApps with PhonePe’s Indus Appstore in India
Xiaomi is likely to discontinue its GetApps app store for Indian users soon. While the company has not yet officially announced the store’s closure, information about it has surfaced online. The Chinese smartphone maker would replace the app store with Indus Appstore, an Android-based mobile app marketplace from PhonePe. The Indian digital payments platform introduced the storefront in the country in February. Indus Appstore supports English and 12 Indian regional languages.
Xiaomi will replace GetApps with PhonePe’s Indus Appstore in India
According to an X after by user Aryan Gupta (@SavageAryan007), Xiaomi has started notifying Indian users that PhonePe is replacing the GetApps store. The measure will affect Xiaomi, Redmi and Poco devices purchased in the country. The post claims that some Xiaomi users in India have received a notification about the upcoming change in the GetApps store.
BREAKING NEWS: Xiaomi is phasing out and removing GetApps for Indian users!🤯
Some users (including me on my Xiaomi 14) have received this notification in the GetApps store on Xiaomi phones.
These are the changes:
✅ Indian users will no longer get GetApps on existing and future… pic.twitter.com/tP6gcMzXhj
— Aryan Gupta (@SavageAryan007) November 15, 2024
The post shared a screenshot of the notification, which shows that Xiaomi users in the country will no longer be able to access the GetApps store from January 2025. The marketplace would be replaced by the Indus Appstore, which was launched by PhonePe on February 21 this year. year. The transition is expected to reduce bloatware on Xiaomi phones.
The screenshot of the notification suggests that Xiaomi users in India do not need to take any action for the transition. According to the notification, GetApps team will continue to provide app installation and support services under the name “Indus Services App”.
The Indus Appstore is available in English and 12 Indian regional languages such as Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and more. The app storefront was launched with 200,000 apps, including several thousand games. App listings on the developer platform are free for the first year, but after that you will be charged an annual fee. Additionally, PhonePe announced that the marketplace would not impose platform fees or commissions on developers for in-app payments if they use separate payment gateways.
