Everything You Need to Know About Apple’s New Services
- Mehedi Hassan
- Mar 25, 2019
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Apple’s big Services-focused event just ended, and you probably just want to know exactly what they are all about. The company announced a bunch of new services. Here are the details:
Apple TV+
This is the company’s new video streaming service that will compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video:
- What It Is: Apple’s new video streaming service will come with Apple’s own original content, as well as content from third-parties through a “channels” feature.
- Original Shows: At launch, Apple is announcing: Oprah’s Toxic Labor and yet another multi-part story focusing on mental health, Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, The Morning Show starring Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, and Steve Carell, Steven Knight’s See starring Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard, Kumail Nanjiani’s Little America, Sesame Street’s Helpsters (for kids), and JJ Abrams and Sara Bareilles’ Little Voice.
- TV Channels:Â HBO, Starz, SHOWTIME, CBS All Access, Smithsonian Channel, EPIX, Tastemade, Noggin and new services like MTV Hits
- Availability: The new service will be available through the newly redesigned Apple TV apps on Apple devices, and the company is working with third-party companies like smart TV makers to bring the service to your TVs and other non-Apple devices. Apple TV+ will be available in 100+ countries this Fall. As for Apple TV Channels, they will launch this May.
- Pricing:Â Pricing details for Apple TV+ is yet to be revealed.
Apple News+
And then there is the magazine/news subscription service:
- What It Is: Apple’s new news subscription service Apple News Plus gives you access to magazines and news publishers for a monthly subscription. The service is built on Texture, a digital magazine service Apple acquired back in 2018.
- Availability: The new service will be available through the Apple News apps on Apple devices, and Apple isn’t talking about whether the service will be made available outside of its own devices. It launches in the United States and Canada today and coming to Europe (starting with the UK) and Australia later in the year.
- Pricing:Â The service will cost $9.99 a month, giving you access to around 300 magazines. It works with Family Sharing, so you just have to pay once and all your family members will get access to the same magazines and news publishers.
- Publishers: At launch, Apple is announcing some big name publishers that will be available through the news subscription service:Â theSkimm, TechCrunch, The Cut, Los Angeles Times, The Star, and The Wall Street Journal.
Apple Arcade
Here’s the new game subscription service from Apple:
- What It Is:Â a monthly subscription that gives you access to 100+ new and exclusive games across all of Apple’s devices
- Availability: Available this Fall in 150+ countries.
- Pricing:Â Unkown for now.
- Everything Else:Â It will have a dedicated tab on the App Store, and have a pick-up-where-you-left-off feature that lets you play games across all your devices.
Apple Card
Apple is also getting into the finance industry with a new credit card today:
- What It Is: a credit card built in partnership with Goldman Sachs that is deeply integrated into the iPhone
- Features:
- No fees
- Daily Cash that lets you get cashback on your daily spending. You get 2% of your purchase amount every day you spend with Apple Pay, and 3% for spending directly on Apple products.
- Includes machine learning features that help you track spending and spend money wisely
- A physical titanium card with no card number, no CVV code, no signature, no expiry date. Just your name and an Apple logo.
- Availability: Available later this summer in the United States
Aaaaand that’s about it. No AirPower.
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dontbe evil
<p>apple fans get ready to be milked even more, to help your beloved company</p>
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dontbe evil
<blockquote><em><a href="#415619">In reply to blackcomb:</a></em></blockquote><p>"think different"</p><p>"good artists copy, great artists steal" (s. job… ehm p.picasso)</p>
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m_p_w_84
<p>Three words: Apple. Cash. Grab.</p>
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Bats
<p>The credit card is pretty good. I like it! If people want this card or need a card, then I would recommend this card for you. However, for someone like me, I am going to pass unless there is a really cool promotional bonus such as $500 back if one spends $4-5K in 90 days. If that happens, then I am on it and just tuck the card away in a drawer since there is no annual fee associated with the card……unless Medhi printed fake news. </p><p><br></p><p>2% Cashback is a very good multiplier. If it doesn't sound much to you, then you are a bonehead who knows nothing. If one uses it as his/her "workhorse" credit card, the points add up. My question is….is this a Visa or Mastercard?</p><p><br></p><p>The titanium card is cool. One of my main cards, the American Express Gold, is made out of metal. LOL…none of this cheap plastic for me. So is my Amex Platinum and my Chase Sapphire Reserve. All metal. </p><p><br></p>
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provision l-3
<p>The Apple TV+ bit here isn't really correct and to be fair I think Apple did a gawd awful job explaining it. Once I read it on their website it all made more sense. </p><p><br></p><p>Basically there are two components to it. The TV app and Apple TV+.</p><p><br></p><p>The TV App will do the following:</p><p class="ql-indent-1">Act as a front for the iTunes store and allow you to buy/rent content as well as be the home for your iTunes content</p><p class="ql-indent-1">Aggregate content from other streaming services (Hulu, Amazon Prime …)</p><p class="ql-indent-1">Allow for live TV if you have a cable provider</p><p class="ql-indent-1">Sell channel subscriptions </p><p><br></p><p>It will also be added to the Mac, smart TVs, Roku and Amazon Fire products.</p><p><br></p><p>AppleTV+ is basically a channel in the TV app that people can subscribe to and will have Apple original content. </p>
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dontbe evil
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