iOS Apps on M1 Devices

[Zazoh]

Is this going to be a big deal with further implications? Chrome OS did this with Android apps a few years ago with mixed results. It has not been as popular as one would think. Many apps designed to use all the hardware features of a handheld device with location awareness and accelerometers can’t transfer that experience.

I’m also wondering what may become of iPad OS, and if we think the OSes become merged at some point?

 

[ww1971]

Is this going to be a big deal with further implications? Chrome OS did this with Android apps a few years ago with mixed results. It has not been as popular as one would think. Many apps designed to use all the hardware features of a handheld device with location awareness and accelerometers can’t transfer that experience.

I’m also wondering what may become of iPad OS, and if we think the OSes become merged at some point?

its possible we could see mac os for arm on iPad Pro in the future.

 

[Allards]

I'm curious if iPad / iPhone banking Apps will work on M1 macOS devices! Seems more safe and convenient than a webpage!?

 

[Magnificent]

will ios apps work on old macs downloaded MacOS Big Sur or only M1 Macs?

 

[Scarboose]

will ios apps work on old macs downloaded MacOS Big Sur or only M1 Macs?

Only m1 Macs since iOS and MacOS will be running on the same hardware now

 

[pshufd]

will ios apps work on old macs downloaded MacOS Big Sur or only M1 Macs?

The people doing Beta Testing should know. I should try it out.

 

[pshufd]

From a user-facing standpoint, Big Sur’s most obvious changes may be cosmetic, as the user interface has been refreshed to incorporate transparent panes and bolder icons with depth shadowing, visual cues that weren’t as prominent in recent macOS releases. Notification Center, Control Center, and the traditional icon dock now have more in common than not with iPads. But there’s another bonus for users of Macs with Apple’s new M1 chips: They’ll also be able to run iPad and iPhone apps and games, which will now be downloadable from the Mac App Store, complete with resizable windows and support for trackpad/mouse controls.

macOS Big Sur supports Apple M1 and Intel Macs, runs iOS apps and games

Five months after the first developer betas, Apple is finally releasing macOS 11 -- also known as Big Sur -- in final form to the public.

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Looks like you can't run iOS Apps on Intel Macs.

 

[LonestarOne]

I'm curious if iPad / iPhone banking Apps will work on M1 macOS devices! Seems more safe and convenient than a webpage!?

Sure, but why would you want to, unless your phone battery is dead?

 

[LonestarOne]

I see iOS apps functioning a lot like “deck accessories” on the original Mac operating system.

I am a little concerned, though, because there are a lot of iOS apps from independent developers that are rarely updated. Basically, orphans. Many of those probably won’t work well under MacOS and should be marked “iOS only”, but because they aren’t being actively updated, that won’t happen.

 

[snomys]

I'm looking forward to lumafusion which should work well. Not sure if there's much else I'll use.

 

[Lord Hamsa]

Is this going to be a big deal with further implications? Chrome OS did this with Android apps a few years ago with mixed results. It has not been as popular as one would think. Many apps designed to use all the hardware features of a handheld device with location awareness and accelerometers can’t transfer that experience.

I’m also wondering what may become of iPad OS, and if we think the OSes become merged at some point?

The difference here is that Apple has full control of the entire stack, and the hardware platform underpinning iOS and macOS are essentially two branches of the same family. So that's going to help the overall experience remain the same.

Where the difficulties arise will be in apps that use sensors, and those that rely on multi-touch input (single touch can be easily replicated by mouse or trackpad). The former might not be able to work at all, based on how integral the sensors are, and the latter may have to include new keyboard shortcuts to compensate for the inability to do multitouch, would would require app updates.

That said, for a simple application (HBO Max is an excellent example), it should be pretty much seamless.