Will iOS 17 Allow Apps to be Installed Outside the App Store? Update on Apple’s Developer Conference

Before Apple’s developer conference, there were enough rumors that the next iPhone operating system would allow you to load apps outside of Apple’s App Store. The iOS 17 Beta version has been available for more than a week, but so far there is no sign of such a possibility.

Most of these changes are related to the European Union’s plans to limit Apple’s monopoly position by allowing apps to be installed only through its App Store. Therefore, on our side, it should be allowed in other ways as well. According to Apple, they are currently in close communication with the European Union authorities to address this issue.

Also, Apple wants to provide customers with the best and most convenient service, which currently allows them to wait with these changes. Of course, the iOS 17 Beta is still only in test mode and not officially available, so the company could hide this possibility. It is understood that Apple plans to advertise this possibility of not using the App Store as little as possible, if it really comes into force in the European Union. Yes, these changes would only affect those countries that will actually have to implement these restrictions.

It is also expected that Apple will not make this process easy either, pointing to the possibility of using the App Store. It is possible that iOS 17 will allow you to install apps outside of the App Store, but this could be announced very neutrally, so as not to create unnecessary hype.