No, "Universal" apps in this context means these apps can run in Mac OS, either ...

capableweb · on Nov 10, 2020

Isn't that misleading marketing? I know that companies can call their new efforts whatever they want, but if someone sells a "Universal keyboard" that only works with Windows, isn't that just straight up misleading marketing?

The only thing that comes close to being "universal apps" would be applications that run in a browser.

alwillis · on Nov 12, 2020

An M1-based Mac will run:

* Universal apps (also known as "fat binaries") that run natively on Intel and M1 Macs

* ARM-native Mac apps

* Intel-based Mac apps via Rosetta 2

* iOS/iPadOS apps (developer’s choice)

* Unix/BSD command line apps (Vim, tmux, bash, zsh, etc.)

* Linux via’s built-in hypervisor

* Java

* Electron apps (VS Code, Slack, etc.)

* Windows via virtualization

* Web apps (Service Workers, WASM, push notifications, etc.) on Safari, Chrome, etc.

Safari is already a universal app; I'm sure Chrome, Firefox, etc. will follow shortly.