Apple responds to EU request, plans to enable sideloading function for iPad

News on May 6, recently, Apple officially issued a notice that it plans to introduce sideloading functionality for iPad devices in the EU later this year.

Based on previous reports, the European Union has listed iOS, Safari and App Store as key "gatekeeper" platforms and will impose stricter supervision on them. Over time, after Apple opened sideloading on iOS, the EU's regulatory focus gradually expanded to iPadOS. Today, April 29, Apple made it clear in a statement that it has received a request from the European Union and will make corresponding adjustments to iPadOS.

Data editors have analyzed that the EU has given Apple a six-month adjustment period, and it is expected that the iPad will be fully open to sideloading in November today at the latest. Thereafter, iPad users in the EU will be able to install and use third-party app stores to download apps. At the same time, they will also have the option to use other third-party browser engines and sideload apps directly from the developer's website.

For the majority of users, the opening of the sideloading function of iPadOS is undoubtedly positive news. Although this change was driven by external pressure, it undoubtedly marks the gradual opening of Apple's closed application ecosystem.

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