“Apple’s first pair of applications for Android, Apple Music and Move to iOS, may be the start of Apple opening up even further to Google’s mobile platform,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“According to a new job listing on Apple’s website, the Cupertino-based company is ‘looking for engineers to help [Apple] bring exciting new mobile products to the Android platform,'” Gurman reports. “The presence of the word ‘new’ seems to indicate that Apple’s plans go beyond the already announced Apple Music and Move to iOS apps.”
“Perhaps Apple is considering bringing over its popular iMessage platform over to Android. Apple could also be planning an iTunes Store app for Android to accompany Apple Music,” Gurman reports. “Lastly, with Safari as one of the first Windows apps by Apple, perhaps the iPhone maker is eyeing opening up its web browser to other mobile devices.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Messages (iMessage) would make sense and it would also help out iOS users who are trying to communicate with the great unwashed who’ve shackled themselves with fragmandroid and have yet to upgrade to real iPhones and iPads.
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