The Apple Vision Pro is now up for pre-orders in the US starting today. The shipments and in-store availability is from February 2. The mixed-reality headset will offer an immersive audio-visual entertainment. However, there’s a disappointing news (well at least for now) before the Vision Pro makes its way to the consumers. Google’s YouTube, Netflix, and Spotify are snubbing support for their native apps on Apple’s headset.
YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix steer clear of the Apple Vision Pro
Netflix, YouTube, and Spotify are the world’s most popular video and music streaming platforms. All three companies announced that they have no plans of launching a new native application for the Vision Pro. YouTube and Netflix said that they won’t allow their iPad application to work on the mixed-reality headset. However, users can stream content on their platforms in the Vision Pro using a browser, although the experience will be entirely different. A person familiar with the matter revealed that Spotify is also following the same path.
YouTube did not rule out its chances of supporting the Vision Pro but stated that it has no further plans to share at this time. The popular video sharing platform along with Spotify did not explicitly reveal the reason for not supporting the mixed-reality headset. The later also does not offer app support on Meta’s Quest headset.
Developers with iPad software in the regular App Store will see apps appear in the Vision Pro store by default. If they don’t want to participate they will have to opt out. As per searches conducted by MacStories several iPad and iPhone apps including the ones owned by Meta, Roku, Tidal, and more aren’t set to work with the headset. However, that could change by the time the Vision Pro is released on February 2.
Although YouTube, Netflix, and Spotify’s snub of the VIsion Pro is a setback, there are several entertainment apps that will be available. These include Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Max, ESPN etc.
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