Apple has opened an App Store for cloud gaming services applications. This means Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce Now and similar game streaming services can now offer full apps for iOS; whereas previously it could only be used via the browser. And the important thing is that this change works worldwide!

“Developers will now be able to offer a single application with the ability to stream all the games offered in their catalog,” Apple wrote on its blog.

Apple seemed to make room for cloud gaming services in the App Store in 2020. But in fact everything turned out to be wrong, since all games offered by each service had to be presented and evaluated as separate applications. Therefore, the current permission for an app with a large catalog of games marks a big change for iPhone and iPad users.

As part of the announcement, Apple said that “every experience available in an app on the App Store will be required to meet all App Store Review Guidelines and the host app will be required to support an age rating that matches the highest age.” rating of the content included in the application “. That is, developers will need to coordinate all games available on iOS with Apple through cloud gaming services. If the site contains only adult games, its application will receive a rating for adult users only.

Apple also added that developers can now “offer enhanced discovery capabilities for games, mini-apps, mini-games, chatbots, and add-ons within their apps” and that “mini-apps, mini-games, chatbots, and add-ons will offer their users paid digital content, such as a subscription to a personalized chatbot, for the first time.” or may use Apple’s In-App Purchase payment system to provide services.”

The news is part of a series of changes aimed at making Apple’s ecosystem more open. Other changes announced include: Allowing the use of alternative app stores and browser engines in the EU.