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Apple is shutting down Textures' Windows app from 30 June; to be available on Android and iOS

The digital magazines' Android, Amazon Fire, and iOS apps will continue to be supported.

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Indo Asian News Service|May 05, 2018, 12:40:19 IST
The Windows 'Texture' application — a digital magazine service — that Apple purchased in March, in an attempt to get in on an uncluttered media provider niche, is being killed by the iPhone maker.[caption id="attachment_4457065" align="alignleft" width="380"]Texture app. Image: Apple

Texture app. Image: Apple. [/caption]"'Texture' is an all-access pass to the world's best magazines. To keep things working smoothly, older versions of the app sometimes need to be retired. After 30 June, 2018, the 'Texture' Windows app will no longer be available," the company posted on its website.The digital magazines' Android, Amazon Fire, and iOS apps will continue to be supported."Your Texture subscription will continue to be available on compatible phones or tablets running iOS or Android and on Fire HD tablets along with ongoing access to all the magazines you have selected as your favourites," the company added.Users were informed of the discontinuation this week through emails and a note inside the app, according to The Verge."Texture" is not available on the web, so subscribers on Windows OS will have to pick up another device running either Android or iOS platforms to continue using the services.The iPhone maker acquired "Texture", also known as the "Netflix of magazines", for an undisclosed amount.The digital magazine subscription service lets readers access over 200 magazines for a monthly fee.

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First Published:May 05, 2018, 12:40:19 IST
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