{"id":135991,"date":"2024-09-13T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=4sn7e783"},"modified":"2024-09-13T07:00:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:00:18","slug":"update-on-ipados-18-apps-distributed-in-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2024\/09\/13\/update-on-ipados-18-apps-distributed-in-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on iPadOS\u00a018 apps distributed in the European\u00a0Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/update-on-ipados-18-apps-distributed-in-the-european-union.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/app-store\/review\/guidelines\/\">App Review Guidelines<\/a> have been revised to add iPadOS to Notarization.<\/p>\n<p>Starting September&nbsp;16:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Users in the EU can download iPadOS apps on the App&nbsp;Store and through alternative distribution. <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=d0z8d8rx\">As mentioned in May<\/a>, if you have entered into the Alternative Terms Addendum for Apps in the EU, iPadOS first annual installs will begin to accrue and the lower App&nbsp;Store commission rate will apply.<\/li>\n<li>Alternative browser engines can be used in iPadOS apps.<\/li>\n<li>Historical App Install Reports in App&nbsp;Store&nbsp;Connect that can be used with our <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/support\/fee-calculator-for-apps-in-the-eu\/\">fee&nbsp;calculator<\/a> will include iPadOS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019ve entered into a previous version of the following agreements, be sure to sign the latest version, which supports iPadOS:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/support\/dma-and-apps-in-the-eu\">Learn more about the update on apps distributed in <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">the EU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sosumi margin-top-small\">Translations of the guidelines will be available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/support\/terms\/\">Apple Developer website<\/a> within one month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The App Review Guidelines have been revised to add iPadOS to Notarization. Starting September&nbsp;16: Users in the EU can download iPadOS apps on the App&nbsp;Store and through alternative distribution. As mentioned in May, if you have entered into the Alternative Terms Addendum for Apps in the EU, iPadOS first annual installs will begin to accrue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-developer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}