While Apple is known for its exclusive, tightly integrated hardware and software, the company makes a ton of Android apps.
Android explained by an Apple user
Apple Music, Apple TV, Beats, AirTags support, and FaceTime video calling in the browser: These are all Apple apps running on Android devices. What’s going on? Two things: Apple loves services revenue, and Apple is afraid of government regulation.
"Apple is playing the market," Gadget Review CEO Christen da Costa told Lifewire via email. "The more attractive they are to Android users, the more money they can get from them. They're essentially pushing into Android-specific areas to gain more market share."
Two things seem to have defined the Tim Cook era at Apple. One is the ruthlessly efficient production of absurdly high-quality devices. The other is Cook’s love of services revenue. The iPhone money train won’t last forever, but if you can sign up all those customers for Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple TV, and so on, you can squeeze a tidy sum of money out of your most loyal customers every month.
