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Apple is taking a bold new step to unify its gaming ecosystem with the upcoming launch of the Apple Games app, an all-in-one hub designed to bring together games, friends, and social features across iPhones, iPads, Macs—and even Apple TV in the near future. Announced at WWDC 2025, the new app is Apple’s latest move to make gaming more central to its devices. With more than 500 million iPhone users actively playing games, Apple’s gaming audience is massive. Apple’s newer devices now feature advanced chips capable of hardware-based ray tracing, elevating the visual experience of mobile games to console levels. With the Games app, Apple is signaling that it wants to offer not just a better gaming experience, but a more connected one. By transforming fragmented features into a cohesive platform, Apple is making gaming a first-class citizen across its ecosystem—one that rivals the social hubs found on consoles like Xbox and PlayStation. The feature will also expand beyond PC, with Microsoft confirming that Gaming Copilot will arrive on the Xbox mobile app for iOS and Android in October. Read more in our articles including "Apple’s New Games App Turns iPhones Into Social Gaming Hubs" and "Microsoft rolls out Gaming Copilot on Windows 11, Xbox mobile app coming next".