New Apple Services and Apps Are Rolling Out On Windows 11 and Xbox (arstechnica.com) 15
Today, Microsoft and Apple announced a number of deeper integrations of Apple services on both Windows PCs and Xbox game consoles, including Music and TV apps for both platforms and the ability to browse your iCloud Photo Library within the Windows 11 Photos app. Ars Technica reports: The Apple Music app for Xbox is already available. Existing users can download the app and start listening to their playlists and stations, while new users can sign up for a one-month trial. The user interface for Apple Music on the Xbox is almost exactly the same as the one we've used before on Apple TV hardware. It doesn't add any new features we haven't seen before, but it's nice to see parity between the platforms. The Music and TV apps for Windows aren't available yet, but the companies say they'll both be available next year.
The Windows iTunes app lets users listen to songs and watch TV and movies purchased through Apple's online store. Even though Apple Music will arrive on Windows, iTunes will continue to be available, and users will still be able to access Podcasts and Books there. While you'll have to wait until next year to download the Music and TV apps in Windows, the iCloud Photo Library integration is available right now. You'll have to download the iCloud Windows app (which is already used to sync a variety of things, like browser bookmarks) and opt into syncing your iCloud Photo Library. After that, both videos and photos should be available within the Windows 11 Photos app.
The Windows iTunes app lets users listen to songs and watch TV and movies purchased through Apple's online store. Even though Apple Music will arrive on Windows, iTunes will continue to be available, and users will still be able to access Podcasts and Books there. While you'll have to wait until next year to download the Music and TV apps in Windows, the iCloud Photo Library integration is available right now. You'll have to download the iCloud Windows app (which is already used to sync a variety of things, like browser bookmarks) and opt into syncing your iCloud Photo Library. After that, both videos and photos should be available within the Windows 11 Photos app.
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Wake me when they have Messages support. I am sick of sending URLs to people who have iPhones and Windows and respond: can you send that to my email so I can view it on my desktop?
This could be just what Microsoft needs (Score:2)
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SwiftUI on Windows? (Score:2)
What is interesting to me about this story is that I see another clue for my theory that SwiftUI is Apple's Flutter. Granted any UI can create a certain look and feel, but that screenshot sure looks like SwiftUI to me. And I write SwiftUI code every day.
Remember how Swift became officially supported on Windows recently? Well obviously SwiftUI runs on Swift, so does Apple have SwiftUI working on Windows? My guess is yes. Why? Apple is a services company more and more. And as illustrated by this article they
Several Reasons for This (Score:2)
As I see it, there are a few reasons for this:
1. The obvious one: Increased Potential "Services" Revenue.
2. Possible Halo Effect.
3. To allow Apple Users with a toe in both Macos and Windows-worlds a more familiar experience with those Apps and Services, regardless of which OS they are using at any one time.
None of these seem particularly nefarious.
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None of them seem particularly important to me, either.
And so, of course they cannot possibly matter to anyone else, right?
Moron.
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Whoa whoa whoa, take it easy, I'm snarkin' heeah!
You were missing your Sarcasm Tag!