With the release of macOS Catalina, Apple completely got rid of iTunes, an application that in recent years had been reducing the number of functions it offered to remain a simple application to communicate with our iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
While with macOS Catalina, Apple offered the functions it had taken from iTunes in the form of standalone applications, on Windows users continue to suffer with iTunes. Fortunately, and according to the boys of 9to5Mac, that suffering will end by the end of the year.
According to this medium, Apple is working to launch both Apple Music and Apple Podcast as separate apps In the Microsoft Store, applications would be added to those that are available: iTunes, iCloud and Apple TV + (the latter has been available since last November).
9to5Mac claims Apple Music and Apple Podcast apps is in private beta phase, although they have not been able to confirm if they will only be available for Xbox or if they will also reach Windows 10, this being the most likely since when in 2019 he published a job offer looking for engineers to create applications for Windows, one of the requirements was who had experience with the Universal Windows Platform (UWP).
If we consider that the first indications of the possible launch of the Apple TV + application for Windows appeared in September, and that the application was launched in early November, it is likely that we don't have to wait until the end of this year Instead, for the March event (if held) Apple announce the launch of both services for Windows 10.
Windows users who want to enjoy both Apple Music and Apple Podcast, can do so today through their respective web, although logically it is not the most comfortable way to do it. In the case of Apple Music, they can also do it through iTunes although this leaves much to be desired, in addition, it has not been updated for a long time.