Apple began hiring engineers to “build the next generation of media apps for Windows” in 2019, which resulted in the Apple TV app for Xbox last year. 9to5Mac has now learned that the company is working to bring Music and Podcasts apps to Microsoft Store, which could be released to the public later this year.
Sources told 9to5Mac that Apple has been testing both Music and Podcasts apps for Microsoft platforms in a private beta. We cannot confirm if the apps will be compatible with Windows PCs or if they were developed to work exclusively with Xbox, just like the Apple TV app.
However, we can easily imagine that these apps will be available for PC users since iTunes was discontinued in 2019 with the release of macOS Catalina. Although Apple still offers an iTunes version for Windows, the app hasn’t received new features for some time now, and the experience of accessing Apple Music and Apple Podcasts through iTunes is not good.
When Apple started looking for engineers to work on new Windows apps, the company emphasized that the job required experience with the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), which is basically the modern Windows app platform. As Apple has been expanding its investment in services, it makes sense for the company to offer apps for more platforms.
Apple began hiring engineers to “build the next generation of media apps for Windows” in 2019, which resulted in the Apple TV app for Xbox last year. 9to5Mac has now learned that the company.
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- Currently Xbox Live Anywhere isn't available yet, but it will soon be released to Windows 10 machines. If you've setup your Mac with Windows 10 on Boot Camp and installed the Xbox app, you'll have.
- While we Mac users have long awaited Microsoft to give us an official Xbox app for MacOS (much like the Windows 10 version), I have been trying to find a way to emulate the Xbox app on Mac, for useful input into in-game text chat in games like Warframe when it can get very tiresome to use the app on a phone.
- If the app is an iOS app that includes an Apple Watch app, install the iOS app first, then from the App Details page under the Information section, you will see a Watch section. If the Apple Watch app is available and compatible with your watch, you’ll see a button to install it. Testing Testing iMessage Apps (iOS 10 or later).
Last year, the first signs that Apple was planning to launch the Apple TV app on Microsoft Store were revealed in September, while the app was officially released two months later in November. A similar schedule may apply to Music and Podcasts apps.
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For the first time, the Apple TV streaming-video app is coming to the Xbox platform, available on Microsoft’s next-generation consoles when they are set to start shipping next week.
The new Xbox consoles are Microsoft’s first major introduction since the Xbox One came out in 2013: The entry-level Xbox Series S is priced at $299 and the Xbox Series X (which is bigger, more powerful and supports true 4K) will cost $499. Both are set to be available on Nov. 10 — two days before Sony’s PS5 models come out, in a holiday-shopping season battle royale between the two big console makers.
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According to Microsoft, other streaming apps on the new Xbox models — which have already been on Xbox One — include Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Spotify, YouTube and YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video and Twitter, Hulu, NBCUniversal’s Peacock, Vudu and FandangoNow, and Sky’s Sky Go, Now TV and Sky Ticket.
Apple TV also will be available on Sony’s PlayStation 5 consoles, along with other media apps including Netflix, Hulu and YouTube. There’s also an optional $30 remote control for the PS5s. (Not coming to PlayStation 5, as of now, is HBO Max, for which WarnerMedia also is still trying to reach distribution deals with Amazon Fire TV and Roku.)
The Apple TV app provides access to the Apple TV Plus subscription service, regularly priced at $4.99 per month, with access to several dozen Apple originals including series “Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Morning Show,” “See,” “Servant” and “Tehran,” and movies like “Greyhound” starring Tom Hanks and the documentary “Beastie Boys Story.”
Apple TV also lets users subscribe to channels including Showtime, CBS All Access, Starz and AMC Plus. The app’s Family Sharing feature lets up to six accounts share subscriptions to Apple TV channels using their personal Apple ID and password. You can also buy or rent more than 100,000 movies and shows from iTunes (with titles you’ve previously purchased from Apple available through the Apple TV app, too).
Apple for years had a long-held strategy of keeping its services stovepiped to its hardware products, before breaking that via a pact with Samsung in January 2019 to bring the video app to Samsung connected TVs. The Apple TV app is now available on Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV, and TVs from LG, Samsung, Sony and Vizio, alongside Apple’s own iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch and Mac devices.
According to Microsoft, the new Xbox S and X series consoles support Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on select apps including Netflix, Disney Plus and Vudu. In addition, Xbox recently introduced a new Entertainment block (on both Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S) that showcases new movies, TV, and music content across entertainment apps. For new Xbox owners, the Entertainment block is automatically pinned to their Home screen.