iOS 27 Beta 3: These are the new features included
Beta 3 activates Siri's voice controls – but they will remain disabled in the EU for now. All the new features of the third beta...
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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.
Julia Garner stars in Apple's new true-crime thriller
Apple TV has ordered the thriller "Guilty Creatures" starring Julia Garner. What the series is about – and what Apple TV is offering...
Home AI in iOS 27 requires the 2TB iCloud+ plan
Apple's new AI features for the Home app in iOS 27 require iCloud+ with 2 TB – in Germany from €9.99...
Apple asks via a popup before AI data is sent to Google
Apple sends data to the Google Cloud for some AI features – a popup asks for your consent beforehand. Here's why this specifically affects EU users.
Create Genmoji: Custom emojis with Apple Intelligence
Custom emojis with Apple Intelligence: Create, combine, customize and delete Genmoji – plus a solution if the feature malfunctions.
Image Playground: Create unique images on your iPhone
Create your own images with Image Playground: Apple styles, ChatGPT styles, Genmoji and, from iOS 27 onwards, photorealistic motifs on the iPhone.
“Where is it?”: Find lost Apple devices, AirTags and objects
Locate, lock, and protect lost iPhones, AirTags, and Apple devices with the "Find My" app – here's how to search for them on iOS...
Apfelpatient Weekly #13
Tim Cook is personally negotiating with the EU about Siri AI, plus a record order for the foldable iPhone and the iPhone leak week in...
Apple Intelligence: Multiple languages possible?
Apple Intelligence German: 16 supported languages, automatic text recognition, live translation and the Siri language limit from iOS 27.
Using Apple Intelligence with Siri: Features and iOS 27 Outlook
Siri with Apple Intelligence: an overview of typed queries, successive commands, ChatGPT and the major Siri overhaul from iOS 27 onwards.