Apple News

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Introduced with iOS 9, Apple News is Apple's dedicated app for reading news sites, blogs, and other content. It aggregates stories from a variety of sources and displays them in a mobile-optimized format, often accompanied by photo galleries, videos, and animations.

Each Apple News user selects favorite topics and content channels to create a curated, personalized news feed that is based on individual reading preferences. Apple has partnered with dozens of content sites for Apple News, but any RSS feed can be added to the Apple News app. Readers can choose from more than a million topics to create a customized feed.

Apple News also includes tools that are found in other content-aggregating apps, such as options to share stories or read content offline. Apple News is a default app that is included in the iOS operating system.

Apple News How Tos

How to Clear Your Apple News Reading History

Friday April 26, 2019 12:46 pm PDT by
Apple News keeps track of all the articles you read within the news app's interface to create a personal reading history. This provides you with a handy way of returning to a story, and avoids you having to trawl through the news to look for it. To access your reading history in the Apple News app on iPhone or iPad, simply tap the Following tab, scroll down, and then tap History. In Apple News ...
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How to Reset Your Apple News Recommendations

Friday April 26, 2019 12:45 pm PDT by
The Apple News app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac automatically recommends stories for you based on your reading habits within the app. You can find these stories in the Today tab under the For You section, divided into topics and channels you've selected. The recommendations feature isn't infallible, and it can become confused if a friend or family member uses the Apple News app on your device or ...
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How to See Content Downloaded for Offline Reading in Apple News+

Tuesday April 9, 2019 3:34 pm PDT by
With an Apple News+ subscription, you can download magazines for offline reading, but Apple doesn't provide an easy way to see what's downloaded and what's not. You can tell on an individual magazine basis by checking to see if a download icon (cloud and arrow) is available, but there's no section in Apple News+ for managing offline content. You can, however, still check to see what's...
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How to Download a Magazine for Offline Reading in Apple News+

Tuesday April 9, 2019 2:05 pm PDT by
Apple News+ includes a feature that lets you download your favorite magazines for offline reading so you can check them out even when you don't have a WiFi or cellular connection, such as while on a flight. Here's how to do it: Open up Apple News+ on iPhone or iPad. Choose a magazine, either from your My Magazines list, the search feature in Apple News, or the browse feature in the...
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How to Access Back Issues of a Magazine in Apple News+

Tuesday April 9, 2019 1:18 pm PDT by
The Apple News+ service lets you access current and past issues of more than 200 magazines, but the interface for the app is a bit confusing and it can be hard to find past issues. There are a couple methods that will let you see back issues of magazines, which we've outlined below. Accessing Back Issues Through a Magazine's Overview Page Every magazine has an overview page in Apple News+, ...
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How to Read Any Paywalled Article From The Wall Street Journal Using Apple News+

Monday April 8, 2019 1:34 pm PDT by
Apple News+ includes a full subscription to all content from The Wall Street Journal, but because Apple restricts the WSJ articles that are shown in Apple News+, it can be hard to access certain paywalled content. Luckily, a Reddit user recently shared a useful solution that gives you a straightforward way to read any WSJ article on your iPhone or iPad, though you'll need to use Safari to get...
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How to Add a Magazine to 'My Magazines' in Apple News+

Monday April 8, 2019 12:43 pm PDT by
Apple in iOS 12.2 introduced Apple News+, a subscription service that provides access to hundreds of magazines and some paywalled news content for $9.99 per month. Apple has some work to do with the Apple News+ interface, and it's not obvious how to do simple things like add a magazine to "My Magazines" to make sure you receive new issues of your favorites. In this guide, we'll walk you...
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How to Sign Up For an Apple News+ Subscription

Monday March 25, 2019 3:48 pm PDT by
Apple today unveiled its rumored premium Apple News subscription service, Apple News+. Apple News+ provides access to more than 300 magazines and a handful of paywalled news articles from sites like The Wall Street Journal all for $9.99 per month. Signing up for an Apple News subscription can be done in the U.S. or Canada on an iPhone or iPad running iOS 12.2. Here's how: Open up the...
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How to Take Control of Apple News Alerts in iOS 11

Monday March 5, 2018 12:04 am PST by
Apple News is the built-in news app for iOS 11 that aggregates and curates stories and topics from a variety of third-party news sources. The service is only available in the U.S., Australia, and the U.K. at the time of writing, so not all new iPhones and iPads will come with the stock app installed. Apple News aims to offer a cleanly presented and personalized news service that caters to your ...
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Apple News Guides

Apple News+ Guide: Everything You Need to Know

Monday March 25, 2019 6:00 pm PDT by
Apple News+ is Apple's paid subscription service for the Apple News app. Apple News+ lets you access magazines and paywalled content from some news sites. You have to pay a subscription fee to access Apple News+, and it is an add-on service that lives right alongside Apple's existing free Apple News content. This guide covers everything that you need to know about Apple News+, from pricing and...
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Apple News Articles

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Track 2024 U.S. Election Results Live on Your iPhone Lock Screen

Tuesday November 5, 2024 5:02 am PST by
Apple News is providing Live Activities support for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, allowing iPhone and iPad users to track electoral results in real time directly from their Lock Screen. The feature is rolling out for U.S. users over the course of Election Day, November 5, providing continuous updates of the electoral count. So if you're interested, you don't need to repeatedly check...
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iOS 18.2 Adds Daily Sudoku Puzzles for Apple News+ Subscribers in U.S.

Friday October 25, 2024 8:36 am PDT by
Starting with iOS 18.2, Apple News+ subscribers in the U.S. have access to daily sudoku puzzles, with easy, moderate, and challenging difficulty levels. A scoreboard tracks your sudoku stats, including your total number of puzzles solved, fastest completion times per difficulty level, and more. Sudoku is also available in Apple News+ on iPadOS 18.2, and likely macOS Sequoia 15.2. It is...
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Apple Lays Off Around 100 Services Staff Across Apple Books and News

Wednesday August 28, 2024 4:42 am PDT by
As part of a "shift in priorities," Apple has made cuts to its workforce across senior VP Eddy Cue's Services division, Bloomberg reports. About 100 employees impacted by the cuts were reportedly given a 60-day window to secure another position within Apple before their termination becomes effective. The scope of the layoffs extended beyond a single team, with some employees working across...
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iOS 17.5 Adds New 'Quartiles' Word Game for Apple News+ Subscribers

Wednesday April 10, 2024 10:00 am PDT by
While the first iOS 17.5 beta is slim on new features, there is one fun addition for Apple News+ subscribers: a daily word game called Quartiles. Quartiles tasks you with combining tiles to form words and earn points. Each puzzle starts with a grid of 20 tiles, and words can be formed with one to four tiles. A quartile is a four-tile word, and if you find all five in each puzzle, you earn...
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Apple News+ Subscription Now Includes 'The Athletic' Sports Coverage

Tuesday December 19, 2023 4:12 am PST by
Apple has announced that Apple News+ subscribers now have access to daily sports news from The Athletic, which delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across the major sports leagues globally. Owned by The New York Times, The Athletic's coverage includes the English Premier League, NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLS, PGA, National Women’s Soccer League, NCAA...
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Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases

Wednesday October 25, 2023 7:46 am PDT by
Apple today announced that it is increasing the prices of some of its subscription-based services, including Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+, for new and existing subscribers in the U.S. and many other countries around the world. The price changes in the U.S. are as follows:Apple TV+: $6.99 per month → $9.99 per month Apple Arcade: $4.99 per month → $6.99 per month Apple News+:...
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Offensive Apple News Notifications Sent to Fast Company Followers After Website Hacked

Wednesday September 28, 2022 2:28 am PDT by
Apple was forced to disable Fast Company's Apple News account overnight after hackers gained control of it and sent two offensive push notifications to the channel's followers. Tweeting from its Apple News Twitter account, Apple said it had disabled Fast Company's channel following the "incredible offensive alert" that its subscribers had received on their Apple devices. An incredibly...
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Apple News Rolls Out Local News Coverage in Canada

Friday February 25, 2022 2:46 am PST by
Apple News has rolled out local news coverage in Canada, according to Apple blogger and YouTuber Rene Ritchie. The first local news content will be available in Toronto and Montreal and will feature coverage from CTV News, Toronto Star, La Presse, Narcity, and other news outlets. Apple News’ curated local news experience is now available in Canada, starting with:🍁 Toronto: https://t.co/gCQjUaNg ...
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Sports Scores and Favorite Team Selection Likely Coming to Apple News App

Monday January 31, 2022 12:34 pm PST by
Apple is planning to expand the sports content available in its Apple News app, based on code MacRumors found in the first beta of iOS 15.4. To offer a more tailored news experience, users will be able to select their preferred sports leagues and their favorite teams, with Apple then providing the appropriate news. Code suggests that it's possible the feature will sync with the team...
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Apple News+ Offering Three-Month Free Trial for New Subscribers Through Cyber Monday

Friday November 26, 2021 2:58 am PST by
Apple News+ is offering new subscribers an extended three-month free trial of its service through Cyber Monday, an increase from the normal one-month trial offered to new subscribers, the service announced on Apple's website and on Twitter. The new offer will only be offered to new subscribers in locations where ‌Apple News‌+ is available and will run until Cyber Monday, November 29. Apple...
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Publishers Who Adopt Apple News Now Qualify for Reduced Commission on In-App Subscriptions

Thursday August 26, 2021 9:47 am PDT by
Apple today announced a News Partner Program that will allow publishers who are committed to publishing their content through Apple News to qualify for a reduced 15% commission rate on qualifying in-app subscriptions. In exchange for maintaining a "robust" presence on Apple News, publishers enrolled in the program will receive 85% of the revenue from readers who subscribe through the...
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Apple News Gaining Apple Music Editorial Content

Wednesday April 21, 2021 9:06 am PDT by
Apple is bringing Apple Music editorial content into Apple News as a way to offer readers even more content about the artists, songs, and more that they love. Apple has started a new Apple Music channel within Apple News, as first spotted by MacStories, that currently has a limited selection of articles, but seems to be frequently posting. Based on the current posts, Apple plans to publish...
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Apple Highlights Services in 2020 as App Store Sets Single-Day Spending Record on New Year's Day

Wednesday January 6, 2021 6:14 am PST by
Apple has today announced that New Year's Day saw a new single-day spending record of over $540 million on the App Store, as the company celebrated a number of highlights from its various services in 2020. Recapping 2020, Apple announced that the year's most downloaded apps were Zoom and Disney+, and games on the ‌App Store‌ "became more popular than ever." Apple revealed that developers...
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Apple News+ Offering Extended Three-Month Free Trial Through Monday

Thursday November 26, 2020 8:39 am PST by
First-time subscribers to Apple News+ can receive an extended three-month free trial of the service from today through Monday in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the UK, the four countries where News+ is currently available. Apple typically offers a one-month trial to News+, so this offer triples the length of free access. The extended trial can be initiated on the Apple News...
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Apple One is Now Available: Save Money by Bundling Apple Music, iCloud Storage, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and More

Friday October 30, 2020 8:47 am PDT by
Apple One bundles are now available in the United States and over 100 other countries, allowing customers to subscribe to multiple Apple services through a single plan, including Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud, and more. To sign up for Apple One on an iPhone: Open Settings App Tap on Your Name at the top Tap on Subscriptions Tap on Apple One The prompt for Apple One...
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iOS 14: Smart App Banners Point Safari Users to Apple News Instead of Publisher Apps

Wednesday September 9, 2020 4:26 am PDT by
Apple has added Smart App Banners to the latest iOS 14 beta that prompt Safari users to open its News app when viewing the website of a publisher that is part of Apple News+. First spotted by AppleInsider, the new in-app Safari prompts use Apple's Smart App Banner API, first introduced in iOS 13, which allows developers to prompt users to download their third-party app from the App Store or...
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Some Publishers Concerned About Apple News+ Intercepting Traffic From Websites in iOS 14

Thursday August 13, 2020 9:00 am PDT by
Apple did not inform three large publishers about a change in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur that directs users who tap on an Apple News+ story in Safari to the ‌Apple News‌ app instead of the publisher's website, according to Ad Age. The report claims that two of the publishers are evaluating whether to terminate their relationship with Apple News+ as a result of the change, but for now are taking a...
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Apple to Launch Bundled Subscription Services Called 'Apple One'

Thursday August 13, 2020 4:41 am PDT by
Apple will launch a new range of subscription service bundles called "Apple One" as soon as October, according to a new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The series of bundles would allow customers to subscribe to several Apple digital services together. This is expected to result in a lower monthly price than when the services are subscribed to individually. Bloomberg reports that the ‌Ap...
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Wall Street Journal Sticking With Apple News Because It Brings 'Genuinely Different Audience'

Wednesday August 12, 2020 5:05 pm PDT by
The Wall Street Journal has been one of the few newspaper publishers to participate in Apple News+, and according to statements from the company's CEO, Robert Thomson, The ‌Wall Street Journal‌ has no plans to end its Apple partnership. As relayed by The New York Post, ‌Apple News‌ has brought the newspaper a "significantly new audience" that includes more women and younger people who might...
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Apple News+ in iOS 14 Opens Article Web Links in Apple News, Intercepting Traffic From Websites

Monday August 10, 2020 11:01 am PDT by
Apple News in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur has a toggle that's designed to open web links from ‌Apple News‌+ publishers directly in ‌Apple News‌, which has the effect of directing users who tap to read a news story in Safari to the ‌Apple News‌ app instead of to the publisher's website. Enabled by default in the Settings app, the option to open web links in ‌Apple News‌ is an ‌Apple News‌+...
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