Apple Pay: Is the German launch imminent?
With Apple Pay, iPhone and Apple Watch can replace debit or credit cards. Simply holding the device to the terminal...
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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.
Apple Pay: Germany launch in September?
With Apple Pay, iPhone and Apple Watch can replace debit or credit cards. Simply holding the device to the terminal...
Will Apple soon acquire Shazam?
On December 11, 2017, Apple announced via press release that it wanted to take over the music recognition service Shazam. The EU then expressed concerns that Apple...
Apple Pay: Over 250 million users
With Apple Pay, iPhone and Apple Watch can replace debit or credit cards. Simply holding the device to the terminal...
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There is a lot of news in the Apple world. However, there are even more rumors circulating about new products from Apple. Of course...
Apple Pay Cash in the test: Much better
Apple Pay was introduced at a keynote on September 9, 2014 and launched in the United States on October 20, 2014. ...
Apple Music: Apple rolls out new feature
The streaming service was introduced on June 8, 2015 at WWDC 2015 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Apple Music ...
Apple Pay Cash: Apple releases funny commercial
Last week, Tim Cook confirmed that Apple Pay will be introduced in Germany by the end of the year. Apple Pay is currently...
Apple Pay in Germany in 2018
Finally some good news again, right? Well, it's officially confirmed by the Apple boss himself, now we have to...
Apple Pay: Sparkasse demands the opening of Apple's NFC
After Apple Pay was announced for Germany, the first voices are calling for Apple to open up its NFC interface. So...