New Apple laptops and computers will be able to run iOS applications for the first time

The main news of Apple’s presentation last week was the transition to its own chips.

ARM M1 processors are already installed in the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini.

Thanks to this, in Big Sur, the new version of the operating system, users will be able to run iOS applications on their computers. During the presentation, Apple has already shown how the iPhone versions of HBO Max and Among Us work in the new macOS.

Developers will not need to make additional changes to their products — all applications have already been adapted to the new architecture. However, at the moment, not all companies have used the new feature.

According to 9to5mac, there are no iOS versions of Google products, including Maps, Drive and YouTube, in the App Store for Mac computers. The same applies to Facebook, Snapchat and Amazon apps. Perhaps these companies will add support later.

Theoretically, Mac users on the M1 processor will also be able to run any games developed for iOS. However, while trying to install titles like Candy Crush or Real Racing 3, users are informed that these applications are “not verified for macOS”. Over time, the list of supported games may expand.

Also, applications developed for Apple computers on Intel chips and not yet optimized for the new architecture will be launched on new devices via the built-in Rosetta 2 emulator.

In the future, companies will be able to unify their programs to allow them to run “natively” on new Macs. For example, MS Word already has such support, and at the beginning of next year a version of Photoshop for ARM processors will appear.

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