Internet giant Google has expressed its lack of interest in developing
dedicated apps such as Google Maps, Gmail or Drive for the Windows 8 OS and
Windows Phone 8.
Instead the company has been quietly working on expanding the range of
features its iOS 6 apps can offer including a new YouTube update which saw
the video streaming app become iPhone 5 compatible.
Speaking to V3, Google Apps product manager Clay Bavor said, “We are very
careful about where we invest and will go where the users are but they are
not on Windows Phone or Windows 8,” but that is not to say Google has ruled
out Windows apps altogether. “If that changes, we would invest there, of
course.”
Although Google are not currently creating apps for Windows 8, they did
release a search application and metro version of Chrome specifically for
the Windows 8 platform when it launched back in October.
With Windows 8 sales reported as being ‘slow going’ last month, Google are
backing popular iOS and Android products such as the iPad Mini and Samsung
Galaxy S3.
The firm will continue committing their time to improving and updating
applications for these devices, such as the release of the new Google Maps
for iPhone 5 and iOS 6.
