Microsoft Store update hides incompatible apps from the Microsoft Store

The Microsoft Store stopped showing apps and games that won't work on ARM-powered devices.



What you need to know

An update to the Microsoft Store stops incompatible apps and games from appearing in the store on ARM devices.
Many apps need to be recompiled or updated to work on Windows 10 on ARM.
Some incompatible games still manage to appear.
Just because an app or game is in the Microsoft Store doesn't mean that it can run on Windows 10 on ARM. Many developers need to recompile or update their apps to work on ARM devices like the Surface Pro X. An update to the Microsoft Store rolled out this week that greatly reduces the number of incompatible apps that appear in the Microsoft Store on devices running Windows 10 on ARM. The update brings the Microsoft Store to version 11911.1001.8.0.

Before the update, apps such as Affinity Photo and games like Broforce would appear in searches and within the Microsoft Store even though they can't be installed on Windows 10 on ARM devices. Sever...