Today at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, Craig Federighi, SVP, Software Engineering, announced Apple is working to bring the best of the iPhone to the Mac. But this will not happen overnight, Federighi basically said. This is a multi-year project, he stressed, adding the first iOS apps Apple will bring to macOS will be made by Apple.
“There are millions of iOS apps out there, and some of them would be great on the Mac,” Federighi said.
It’s important to note that Apple is not merging the two operating systems. In fact Federighi started out this announcement by stating loud and clear that they will continue to be separate products.
Developers will have access to this feature in 2019 and it’s clear even from this distance that bringing the best of iOS to macOS could revive the app ecosystem over the coming years.