Apple Services Archive

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.

Siri AI languages: Apple Vision Pro, MacBook, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch showing the new assistant on screen

Siri AI: Five new languages, German still missing

by Milan Jovicic

October 26, 2026 - 8:47 PM CET

Siri AI now speaks French, Spanish, and three other languages. There is no date set for German support, and EU iPhones remain locked.

Apfelpatient Weekly #29: The iPhone Duo Is Now on Sale

by Milan Jovicic

October 25, 2026 - 4:18 PM CET

The iPhone Duo is on sale, Apple jumps to second place in China, and the office AI only speaks US English. The ...

Scene from Servant: the nanny leans over a pram in a dark hallway, the series at the centre of the Apple lawsuit

Servant: Apple wins again in the appeals court

by Milan Jovicic

October 23, 2026 - 03:05 CEST

A US appeals court has upheld Apple and M. Night Shyamalan's victory in the copyright dispute over Servant. The court explained why the lawsuit failed.