Isn't it more to do with safari doesn't run on Windows?
So Apple need to officially support a Windows browser as to not exclude all those windows users
Re:Apple March 2016 Keynote – 10am PDT
by netinstructions on Monday March 21, 2016 @01:11PM
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I checked that too. It's supported on Chrome 30 and onwards, but not for Chrome on desktop OSes.
PS: Wiki [1] says Apples's HTTP live streaming is supported on Chrome 30 and onwards.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming