YouTube and Spotify won’t supply standalone apps for the Apple Vision Pro when the system launches on February 2, in accordance to a report. The firm’s first new {hardware} class in practically a decade is scheduled to arrive in the US in the coming days, however it can reportedly ship with out help for 3 of the hottest video and audio streaming platforms — YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix. Customers who’ve energetic subscriptions may find a way to watch content material through the built-in Safari browser, with sure limitations.
The Alphabet-owned streaming platform informed Bloomberg in an announcement on Thursday that the firm has no plans — for now — to launch a devoted app for the Apple Vision Pro. Apple additionally lets builders enable customers to entry the iPad model of their apps on the combined actuality headset, however this won’t be an choice for YouTube customers, in accordance to the firm.
Meanwhile, the publication additionally experiences that widespread music streaming platform Spotify will even neither supply a standalone streaming app for the Vision Pro, nor will it enable customers to entry the iPad app on the headset, citing an individual aware of the matter. With over 600 million customers and 30 % market share, the absence of Spotify on the platform is probably going to be felt by Vision Pro homeowners.
It is value noting that each providers may ultimately roll out help for the Apple Vision Pro, with devoted apps that run on visionOS, the working system designed by Apple to run apps optimised for the combined actuality headset. The corporations may additionally merely supply their present iPad apps, that are often up to date, on the Vision Pro.
Until that occurs, customers of each platforms who buy the Apple Vision Pro headset, priced at $3,499 (roughly Rs. 2,91,000), could have to entry YouTube and Spotify through the built-in Safari browser. The lack of standalone apps from these platforms will even imply that customers will not have entry to immersive ‘Environments’ round the content material they’re watching.
When the headset launches in the US on February 2, clients could have entry to a number of streaming apps and providers, together with Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, ESPN, and Apple TV+. You can learn the full checklist of supported streaming providers right here. Apple additionally introduced that clients will probably be ready to view purchased or rented motion pictures in 2D and 3D utilizing the combined actuality headset.
