Microsoft will launch its own app store for iOS in July

The last major updates of iOS have had as their central objective the adaptation of all the changes required by the European Union to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In fact, the next step for the European Union was to demand the same changes but with iPadOS, the operating system for Apple iPads. One of all the changes was allowing third-party app stores and Microsoft will launch its own online store for iOS in July.

A store that will initially only include its applications and, later, will open to other developers to download their applications and games, thus being a real alternative to the App Store.

Microsoft’s App Store arrives in July thanks to LMD

The first major alternative application store arrived on iOS a few weeks ago with all the news related to LMD. It’s about Altstore and in iPhone News we have already told you about it several times. Let us also remember that Apple allows developers to offer their applications via their websites, as well as in alternative stores. And all that still in the European Union and not in the rest of the world,

since all these changes aim to comply with this European law.

Microsoft confirmed last December that they were already working on an application store where they could offer all their games, being a real alternative to the App Store. A few hours ago, Bloomberg published on its website that internal Microsoft sources They have confirmed the arrival of the App Store for the month of July.

This store will be based on Navigator, and not really an app, and will start offering all Microsoft games, like Candy Crush Saga.

We will see what the implementation of this new way of installing applications will be and if Microsoft manages to capture the attention of iOS users and very soon iPadOS users. Some users have to change their habits and leave the App Store aside, to immerse themselves in other routines to install their favorite applications or games to discover.