“Apple Pay Later”: Apple is working on a new service
Apple Pay Later: Apple is preparing a new service that will allow users to purchase products and pay for them in installments...
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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.
iCloud Mail: Apple confirms outage [Update – resolved]
iCloud Mail outage: Some customers are unable to log into their mail account via the Mail app or third-party apps.
iOS 15: All new features in iMessage at a glance
Under iOS 15 - new in iMessage: Apple has integrated a new "Shared with you" function and improved some interface elements ...
iCloud Private Relay: End of fingerprinting on iOS devices?
Fingerprinting of iOS devices: Apple's iOS 15 will be released in the fall and will include iCloud+ with the so-called "Private Relay" function.
Cloud storage: Apple is said to be Google's biggest customer
Google Cloud Storage: Apple has dramatically increased the amount of data it stores on Google's cloud services.
iCloud users continue to be plagued by calendar spam
iPhone: Despite various attempts to resolve the issue, some iCloud users continue to be plagued by spam calendar invitations.
Germany launches antitrust investigation against Apple
The announced proceedings against Apple are intended to clarify whether the tech giant has "outstanding cross-market significance".
Apple Podcast subscriptions are now live
Apple Podcast Subscriptions: Users of Apple's Podcast app will see options to subscribe to shows starting today.
For hardware purchases: Apple TV+ trial version is reduced
Apple is running a promotion that gives buyers of a new Apple device access to Apple TV+ for free for one year.
The Morning Show Season 2: Apple releases trailer
The award-winning newsroom drama "The Morning Show" prepares for its second season with a new two-minute teaser video.