Microsoft’s updated Windows App will soon allow Windows apps to run on Apple devices such as Macs, iPhones, and iPads without requiring a local PC to act as a host.
The new Windows App is partly a rebrand of the company’s longstanding Microsoft Remote Desktop, which saw a significant update on the Mac in 2021. That app is still available while the Windows App is in a beta test, but Microsoft is at least deprecating some of its features, if not the whole service.
The app, which is currently available for the Mac via TestFlight, requires macOS Monterey or later to run on the Mac end. For the iPhone or iPad, it requires iOS 16, iPadOS 16, or later.
Windows App can also be run through a web browser, although Microsoft has ted that it “doesn’t support mobile web browsers.” The software currently supports Safari version 11 (from 2017) or later, plus Firefox 55, Chrome 57, or Microsoft Edge 79 or later.
If you’ve had a chance to try this feature via the beta of Windows App, please let us know about your experience in the comments.
Via AppleInsider
One reply on “Windows App update will allow for Windows apps to be run remotely through Macs, iPhones, and iPads”
Who wants to run Windows on a Mac? I purposely left Windows and went to a Mac so I wouldn’t have to run a shoddy OS and from all the crap I have read about hackers hacking windows, I am glad I did.