You will be able to watch Apple's upcoming event live using Microsoft Edge only in Windows 10

Apple just announced its upcoming event, where the company is expected to release the next iPhone. Now, if you’re a Windows 10 user, you’ll be glad to know that you’ll finally be able to watch Apple’s event without using any media player like VLC. Yep, Apple has added support for Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 – the company’s live event page states:

Requirements: Live streaming uses Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) technology. HLS requires an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with Safari on iOS 7.0 or later, a Mac with Safari 6.0.5 or later on OS X v10.8.5 or later, or a PC with Edge on Windows 10. Streaming via Apple TV requires a second- or third-generation Apple TV with software 6.2 or later.

If you’re planning to watch the company’s upcoming event, you’ll now be able to watch it “officially” using Microsoft Edge on Windows 10. To be honest, this is kind of surprising as the company didn’t allow Windows users (and Android users) to watch their live streams.

So is it Apple adding support? Nope. Windows previously didn’t have support for HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) – however, with Windows 10, Microsoft added support for HLS to Edge. This means that if other browsers also add HLS support on Windows 10, users may be able to watch Apple’s upcoming event using those browsers as well.

For those wondering, the company’s upcoming event is on September 9 at 10 a.m PDT.

Source: Apple