Microsoft announced a new Windows app for Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Android devices a little over a year ago, and today the company finally delivered.
Microsoft’s replacement for Remote Desktop is finally here and it’s the Windows app which will be a hub for a collection of virtualized Microsoft services that include Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, many of the functions of Remote Desktop, and more.
By its virtualized nature, the Windows app isn’t simply a portal that sits on your Mac or mobile device with access to your current consumer-grade Windows desktop as many might think, instead it’s a streaming app that designated for Microsoft 365 and school accounts.
For now, Windows prosumers will have to just take Microsoft at its word that it plans to move its flagship OS to the cloud sometime in the future as part of a long-term strategy to make it accessible anywhere and everywhere.
In the meantime, customers with a M365 or student account can head over to their respective app stores, with the Android version being released in public preview, to download the new Windows app and get their virtualized OS environments up and running today.
