Microsoft has announced that the photos application of Windows 11 already supports integration with iCloud Photos after being made available to users in the Insiders program. The feature should begin to be deployed normally from the end of this month of November.
Dave Grochocki, Lead Product Manager for Windows Inbox Applications, said that Microsoft knows “that many Windows customers have photo and video collections on their iPhones that they would like to be able to view on their PC. This integration with iCloud Photos will make it easy for those with an iPhone to have direct access to all their precious memories in one organized place, and is another step in our ongoing efforts to make experiences in Windows 11 seamless.”.
Of course, the integration of iCloud in the Windows 11 photos application is not total, since requires downloading and installing the iCloud app for Windows. This means that the Microsoft application does not act as a client, but as an intermediary with the official Apple client for Windows.
Apple has made changes to its business model in recent years to support it more in services. Obviously, limiting its services to users of its devices is something that would greatly reduce the number of customers, so the Cupertino giant has made Apple TV capable of working through a web browser and is once again taking development seriously. of applications for Windows.
On the other hand, and For more than a decade, the iPhone has been Apple’s true flagship product.clearly above Mac computers. Consequently, it is not uncommon to see people who prefer to use iOS on their smartphone and Windows on their personal computer, so Apple could be interested in its services being able to work on competing systems in desktop area.
