Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Devices have formally been launched on Windows. These standalone apps have been first previewed by the corporate in January 2023. After remaining within the testing section for a yr, the Cupertino-based tech big has now eliminated the Preview tags from these apps and is letting customers obtain them for their PCs. This transfer was reportedly made to cut back the reliance of customers on iTunes, which beforehand acted as a one-stop store for the mixed functionalities of those apps, bar the streaming providers.
A Support web page of Apple now highlights that customers with Windows 10 or later can now entry these devoted apps. Apple Music permits customers to hearken to and handle their iTunes library, entry iTunes purchases, and get entry to Apple’s streaming service. Similarly, Apple TV permits folks to look at films, documentaries, and TV collection from their iTunes library, in addition to affords the Apple TV+ streaming service. Apple Devices, then again, helps replace, again up, restore, and handle their iPhone and iPad gadgets, in addition to allow them to sync content material from PC.
The Apple apps for Windows help x86-based PCs working on Windows 10 or Windows 11. However, if customers do not need the required working system, they’ll proceed to make use of iTunes. Further, these downloading the devoted apps should obtain all three of them, as downloading only one or two will immediate a message to obtain the remaining apps first. Once all of the apps have been downloaded, iTunes will solely provide entry to audiobooks and podcasts. The iPhone maker has additionally urged customers to not delete their iTunes app as each Apple Music and Apple TV apps learn the content material of the iTunes library.
As per studies, Apple determined to separate iTunes to reflect how the apps work on Mac. The devoted apps additionally provide a extra streamlined interface and not too long ago added options that could be lacking within the older app. Further, this additionally permits the tech big to develop its streaming providers to Windows customers.
Separately, Apple researchers not too long ago launched a man-made intelligence (AI)-powered picture modifying software referred to as MGIE (MLLM Guided Image Editing), which is able to modifying pictures utilizing easy textual content prompts. As per the preprint paper, it’s able to making Photoshop-style edits, international optimisation, and native edits.
