Netflix isn’t planning to make a native Vision Pro app yet
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6D75E)
Image: Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Netflix isn't planning to make a native version of its app for the Vision Pro, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman in today's Power On newsletter. Instead, he says, the company will allow its existing iPad app to run, unmodified, on Apple's forthcoming mixed reality headset.
As Gurman's piece points out, developers who don't want to build Vision Pro software from the ground up have two choices: let their iPad apps run as is on the device or tweak them for the Vision Pro. Netflix has chosen the former, though whether pointedly or not, we don't know.
Of course, very few companies have actually pledged dedicated software for the Vision Pro at this point, but Netflix's reticence carries some baggage. The streaming giant was one of the most...