Report: Apple planning to combine MacOS and iOS apps into one by 2021

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Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is planning on combining its MacOS an iOS apps into one platform by 2021. This could mean that what you currently have on your iOS device could also work on your Mac and visa-versa.

A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman suggests that Apple is serious about combining apps across the iOS and macOS App Stores. The iPhone maker is reportedly planning on expanding Project Marzipan, a multistep initiative that will allow developers to create an app only once and have it work across iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices. Apple may reveal the first steps of this program as early as June 2019 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

We first heard about Marzipan back in 2017, but this is the first hint of Apple’s tentative schedule for its rollout and application. The company may debut an SDK later this year that will allow developers to port iPad apps to Mac computers. While they will still have to submit two separate apps to the iOS App Store and the Mac App Store, the SDK reportedly makes it so developers only have to write the underlying code once.

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