YouTube and Spotify is not going to supply standalone apps for the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional when the system launches on February 2, in line with a report. The corporate’s first new {hardware} class in almost a decade is scheduled to reach within the US within the coming days, however it is going to reportedly ship with out help for 3 of the most well-liked video and audio streaming platforms — YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix. Clients who’ve lively subscriptions may have the ability to watch content material by way of the built-in Safari browser, with sure limitations.
The Alphabet-owned streaming platform told Bloomberg in an announcement on Thursday that the corporate has no plans — for now — to launch a devoted app for the Apple Vision Pro. Apple additionally lets builders permit customers to entry the iPad model of their apps on the blended actuality headset, however this is not going to be an choice for YouTube customers, in line with the corporate.
In the meantime, the publication additionally stories that widespread music streaming platform Spotify may even neither supply a standalone streaming app for the Imaginative and prescient Professional, nor will it permit customers to entry the iPad app on the headset, citing an individual accustomed to the matter. With over 600 million customers and 30 p.c market share, the absence of Spotify on the platform is prone to be felt by Imaginative and prescient Professional homeowners.
It’s value noting that each companies may ultimately roll out help for the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, with devoted apps that run on visionOS, the working system designed by Apple to run apps optimised for the blended actuality headset. The businesses may additionally merely supply their present iPad apps, that are usually up to date, on the Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Till that occurs, customers of each platforms who buy the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional headset, priced at $3,499 (roughly Rs. 2,91,000), must entry YouTube and Spotify by way of the built-in Safari browser. The shortage of standalone apps from these platforms may even imply that customers will not have entry to immersive ‘Environments’ across the content material they’re watching.
When the headset launches within the US on February 2, clients can have entry to a number of streaming apps and companies, together with Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, ESPN, and Apple TV+. You possibly can learn the full list of supported streaming services right here. Apple additionally introduced that clients will have the ability to view purchased or rented motion pictures in 2D and 3D utilizing the blended actuality headset.
