Microsoft to allow Android apps on Windows phones

The move would mark a radical shift for Microsoft.

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The move would mark a radical shift for Microsoft.

Microsoft Corp is set to allow apps from rival Google Inc’s Android system onto its own Windows phones later this year, according to two sources familiar with the matter on Wednesday. The move would mark a radical shift for Microsoft, which has struggled to attract users and has only 3 percent of the global smartphone market.

By contrast, Android phones, led by Samsung, control 81 percent of the market and Apple Inc 15 percent, according to Strategy Analytics. Microsoft is expected to make the announcement at its developer conference in San Francisco later on Wednesday.

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