App Store: Apple blocks over 2.2 billion dollars in fraudulent transactions in 2025
Apple releases its 2025 App Store Security Report with record numbers on fraud prevention, fake reviews, and account shutdowns.
Tag: Apple Services
Apple Services is Apple's fast-growing services business and covers 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. The portfolio is rounded out by payment services such as Apple Pay and Apple Cash, the App Store, AppleCare and features like Find My, Apple ID and Family Sharing. Together, these services have become one of the most important revenue streams on Apple's balance sheet, with more than a billion paid subscriptions worldwide and regular records in quarterly earnings.
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 TV makes summer 2026 Snoopy's season
Apple TV will bring Camp Snoopy Season 2, two streaming premieres and a new Snoopy special in summer 2026.
Apple Sports 4.0 is here: World Cup mode for the iPhone
Apple Sports is getting a World Cup update: groups, lineups, live scores for the 2026 FIFA World Cup – plus 90 new countries.
Apple's voice control reveals what the new Siri will be able to do
Apple's new voice control in iOS 27 shows for the first time what the revamped Siri with agentic AI capabilities will be able to do.
Apple Brings Apple Intelligence to Its Accessibility Features
Apple brings Apple Intelligence to VoiceOver, Magnifier, and voice control – plus automatic captions and wheelchair control.
iOS 27: Grammar check, voice shortcuts and new wallpaper options
iOS 27 brings three new features: system-wide grammar checking, voice-controlled shortcuts, and new wallpaper options.
New Siri app launches with beta label and auto-deleting chats
Apple is launching a standalone Siri app with auto-deleting chats – and it will still launch with a beta label this fall.
Apfelpatient Weekly #6
Apfelpatient Weekly #6: OpenAI Weighs Lawsuit, Federighi in Court, Intel Manufactures Apple Chips, Safari Closes 20 WebKit Vulnerabilities.
iPhone 18: Apple Modem Brings a Hidden Privacy Benefit
With the switch to Apple's own modems, the iPhone 18 series receives an inconspicuous privacy feature that hardly anyone knows about so far.
OpenAI is preparing legal action against Apple over its Siri partnership
OpenAI is considering legal action against Apple over the Siri partnership – the dispute escalates shortly before WWDC 2026.
