Apple Now Allows Game Streaming Apps

Apple has announced that it will now allow developers to submit a single app with the capability to stream multiple games.

The changes Apple is announcing reflect feedback from Apple's developer community and is consistent with the App Store's mission to provide a trusted place for users to find apps they love and developers everywhere with new capabilities to grow their businesses. Apps that host this content are responsible for ensuring all the software included in their app meets Apple's high standards for user experience and safety.

Apps will also be able to provide enhanced discovery opportunities for streaming games, mini-apps, mini-games, chatbots, and plug-ins that are found within their apps. Additionally, mini-apps, mini-games, chatbots, and plug-ins will be able to incorporate Apple's In-App Purchase system to offer their users paid digital content or services for the first time, such as a subscription for an individual chatbot.


Each experience made available in an app on the App Store will be required to adhere to all App Store Review Guidelines and its host app will need to maintain an age rating of the highest age-rated content included in the app.

Today's change means that services like Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia's GeForce Now will be able to launch on iOS.