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Apple approves 1st PC emulator for iOS

iPhone maker approved ‘UTM SE’ after initially rejecting and banning it from being notarised for third-party app stores in the European Union (EU)

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Apple approves 1st PC emulator for iOS
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15 July 2024 7:15 AM IST

App is built from QEMU:

  • It is now available for free for iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS
  • It can run classic software and old-school games for Windows
  • It’s a PC emulator that allows people to run classic software and old-school games

New Delhi: Tech giant Apple has approved the first PC emulator for the iOS ecosystem to run classic software and games.

The iPhone maker approved ‘UTM SE’ after initially rejecting and banning it from being notarised for third-party app stores in the European Union (EU).

The app is now available for free for iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS.

It can run classic software and old-school games for Windows, Mac OS 9, and Linux on your iPhone.

“We are happy to announce that UTM SE is available (for free) on iOS and visionOS App Store (and coming soon to AltStore PAL),” the app posted on X social media platform.

“Shoutouts to AltStore team for their help and to Apple for reconsidering their policy,” it added.

UTM SE is a PC emulator that allows people to run classic software and old-school games.

It supports both VGA mode for graphics and terminal mode for text-only operating systems.

It emulates x86, PPC, and RISC-V architectures and run pre-built machines or “create your own configuration from scratch”.

The app is built from QEMU, a powerful and widely used emulator.

PC emulator iOS ecosystem classic software old-school games UTM SE Apple approval notarisation third-party app stores European Union (EU) iOS iPadOS visionOS AltStore PAL Windows Mac OS 9 Linux VGA mode terminal mode PPC RISC-V architectures QEMU 
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