According to a report by The Verge, Microsoft will merge its Windows Store and Windows Phone Store into one unified app store.
If sources who are “familiar with the company’s plans” are to be believed, Terry Myerson, head of the operating systems group, revealed the plan during an internal company meeting yesterday that was attended by thousands of Microsoft employees. According to the sources, Microsoft plans to unify both app stores in the next releases of Windows and Windows Phone, which are understood to be a special update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1. Both are due to be available in spring 2014.
Unfortunately, we don’t know how the unified app store will work. In addition, with the rumored unification, we don’t know if this means that Windows Phone apps can run on Windows. It’s assumed that phone apps might be able to scale up to run on a tablet, much like with iPhone apps on an iPad. We should know Microsoft’s plans soon enough.