Microsoft just scored a big win with Apple - Digital Trends

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Microsoft is gearing up to person Apple TV and Apple Music beryllium the adjacent applications disposable for download connected its Microsoft Store.

The apps are presently disposable arsenic preview versions, which are compatible with Windows 11, according to @ALumia_Italia (via Thurrott).

Alongside Apple TV and Apple Music is different preview app called Apple Devices, which allows you to “manage Apple devices from your Windows PC,” according to the description.

You tin download the apps straight from Microsoft’s App Store alternatively of done a manual download, which was the brand’s accustomed strategy for galore non-native apps, in particular Win32 apps. Microsoft promised astatine its 2022 Build Conference and Surface lawsuit to expand compatibility for apps extracurricular of its ain ecosystem.

Microsoft besides added its ain Microsoft Teams arsenic a downloadable app connected the Microsoft Store successful May 2022, aft 5 years of it being a chiefly manual download program.

According to Engadget, Apple has been moving connected standalone Windows media apps for astir arsenic long, having been investing successful engineers to physique apps to archetypal regenerate iTunes connected Mac since astatine slightest 2019. Now, the marque has acceptable its sights connected different platforms.

For compatibility specifics, the apps necessitate Windows 11 Build 22621 oregon higher, according to 9to5Mac.

Those who person handled the apps study nary issues and assertion the Apple TV app is akin to the Xbox oregon Smart TV app, meantime Apple Music shares similarities with its macOS version.

You should support successful caput that downloading these apps volition regenerate iTunes and media volition nary longer sync and backup to the bequest app. The caller Apps volition instrumentality over, allowing you to backmost up Apple devices, sync section media, and reconstruct firmware.

Engadget besides noted that erstwhile launching the caller Windows apps for the archetypal clip you volition get a announcement that iTunes for Windows volition halt working. Because of the syncing issues, the apps cannot relation connected the aforesaid strategy astatine the aforesaid time. You would person to uninstall the Apple TV and Apple Music to proceed utilizing iTunes.