Apple has finally opened the App Store to cloud gaming services such as GeForce NOW and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Now iPhone and iPad users will be able to access the applications of these services with all their features.
Apple announced today that it will make historic changes to its services. These changes, which include downloading apps from third-party stores, were made under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). So they will only be valid for users in Europe.
However, the company also had good news that concerns Apple users all over the world. the doors of the App Store, opened to cloud gaming services announced.
Services like GeForce Now are being added to the App Store
GeForce Now, Xbox Cloud Gaming Cloud gaming services such as were not available on the App Store. iOS users could only access these applications via the browser. The reason why the company did not add it to the store was that they “did not comply with the App Store rules”. According to Apple, these services are applications that cannot be examined one by one It offered access.
However, with today’s announcement, this situation has changed and it has been announced that such applications will come to the App Store. So iPhone and iPad users can access these applications. They will be able to access all its features. Even better, this decision will be valid not only in Europe but all over the world. So we will see the GeForce Now iOS application in Turkey as well. We should point out that Xbox Cloud Gaming is not offered in our country.
Apple also made a statement about its previous concerns. Accordingly, the App of each application in these services Compliance with store rules It will be necessary. Additionally, the age limit will have to be included in the main application.
Finally, the company will also allow mini-apps, mini-games and chatbots. We can think of these as small services added within an application. For example, Microsoft can add cloud gaming service to the Game Pass application. The technology giant also adds that these mini applications can use Apple’s own in-app payment system. An example of this is subscribing to a single chat bot within a main chat bot application.
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