Apfelpatient Weekly #14
Gatekeeper ruling, lawsuit against OpenAI, Broadcom deal through 2031 and an Emmy record – the week's most important Apple news in review.
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Apple Services
Apple Services is Apple's rapidly growing services business, encompassing all of the company's software subscriptions and digital offerings—including Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness+, iCloud+, Apple News+, and Apple One. This portfolio is complemented by payment services like Apple Pay and Apple Cash, the App Store, AppleCare, and features such as Find My, Apple ID, and Family Sharing. Behind these services lies one of Apple's most important revenue generators, with over one billion subscriptions worldwide and consistently record-breaking quarterly results.
On apfelpatient.de, this tag brings together all news, rumors and background information on Apple's services strategy: new features in iOS, watchOS and macOS, price adjustments for subscriptions, bundle options via Apple One, regulatory battles around the App Store, and strategic decisions out of Cupertino. Quarterly results, market share and comparisons with competitors such as Spotify, Netflix and Google are also continuously analyzed here.
Anyone wanting to understand where Apple's services division is heading, which new services are in the pipeline and how to get the most out of their subscriptions will find a complete editorial overview here.
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Apple is testing significantly larger AI models directly on the iPhone
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iOS 27: Translate app gets nine new languages
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Apple TV achieves Emmy record: 87 nominations
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Apple loses in EU court: Gatekeeper status confirmed
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Nocturne: Apple TV adapts Lars Kepler's bestseller into a film
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