There is Apple it will allow iPad users in the EU to install third-party app stores on their tablets (without sideloading them) from September 16. To do this, you need to install iPadOS 18, which will be widely available on Monday. .
Back in April, the European Commission designated iPadOS as an “essential platform service,” meaning the operating system, like iOS, the App Store and Safari, is subject to stricter rules under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act. as TechCrunch notes that Apple had six months to update iPadOS to make it DMA-compliant, which included opening the platform to third-party app markets.
Epic Games has already committed to bringing the app marketplace to iPadOS, meaning people in the EU should be able to do so. to play Fortnite and Autumn Children natively on compatible iPads in the near future. Since Apple, several other third-party app stores in the EU have come to iOS .
If they like it and the Epic Games Store are not subject to Apple’s normal app review policies, which are notarized by the company for security purposes. Developers of third-party software markets should do the same certain limits (EU to this payment in March).
Another major change coming to iPads with the introduction of iPadOS 18 is under the surface, but could ultimately change the way EU users browse the web on iPads. Apple will allow third-party browsers to use their own engines in iPadOS instead of using its own WebKit. This means that companies like Mozilla and Google will be able to offer iPad versions of Firefox and Chrome .
