It looks like people who are using the leaked early builds of Windows 8.1 can now access the revamped version of the Windows Store, allowing them to download Windows 8 apps



From Neowin:

He's also posted a couple of screenshots showing the Windows Store running on his leaked 9369 and 9385 versions of Windows 8.1, one of which you can see above. The screenshots also show the new "snap view" that will allow users more flexibility for running more than one Windows 8 app.

Of course, Microsoft might decide to cut out access to the Windows Store for these leaked builds once the public preview is released later this month. The final version of Windows 8.1 is supposed to be released sometime before the end of the year, although one rumor hints that Microsoft could ship the OS upgrade on August 1st.

  Windows Store in the leaked Windows 8.1 builds is open