Apple Arcade’s headline addition on Thursday, October 1, 2026 is Pusheen’s Place, an exclusive built around the cartoon cat Pusheen. The same day, Terraria+ receives an update Apple calls Bigger & Boulder, which adds crossover content from Dead Cells and Palworld. Apple named both, along with three other titles, in a newsroom post dated September…
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Hi-Res Lossless Comes to Apple TV, and Apple Hasn't Said What It Takes to Hear It
Apple Music’s Hi-Res Lossless audio tier is coming to tvOS, Apple confirmed as part of its June 9, 2026 services announcements. Apple named the feature outright. It did not say which Apple TV model, which speakers, or which connection a viewer needs to actually hear the difference. Apple's tvOS audio update names a format, Hi-Res…
Apple Music Replay 2026 Adds an All-Time View of Your Most-Played Songs
Apple Music’s annual Replay recap is live for 2026, and it now includes a new view called Replay All Time, which totals the songs a listener has played most since the day they joined Apple Music rather than just the past year. Apple named it alongside two other 2026 additions to the app, Library Pins…
Chris Pratt's Way of the Warrior Kid ends Apple TV's 2026 film slate November 20
Way of the Warrior Kid is Apple TV’s next original film, starring Chris Pratt and Jude Hill, and it premieres Friday, November 20, 2026. Apple named the film, its two leads and the date in its 2026 slate release, alongside a dozen other series and films for the year. Apple's 2026 Apple TV film slate…
Nocturne's Ten Episodes Run Weekly on Apple TV Through Christmas Day
Nocturne premieres on Apple TV Friday, October 30, 2026, with its first two episodes, then adds one new episode every Friday until its tenth and final episode lands on Friday, December 25, 2026, Christmas Day. Apple published the entire pattern itself, in a July 2026 Apple TV press release. Apple's Apple TV press releases run…
Apple TV Has Five Dated Premieres Between Now and November 20
Apple TV has confirmed five premiere dates between Wednesday, September 23 and Friday, November 20, 2026: the comedy series Brothers, the comedy series Small Prophets, the film Matchbox The Movie, the crime drama Nocturne and the film Way of the Warrior Kid. Every date below comes from an Apple newsroom or Apple TV press release,…
Apple Has Not Set a Commission Rate for App Store Link-Out Purchases in the US
A federal appeals court’s ruling already requires Apple to let App Store developers in the United States link customers out of an app to finish a purchase on the web. What that same ruling left open is whether Apple may charge a commission on those purchases at all, and if so, how much. As of…
Apple's Other Antitrust Fights: Where the DOJ Case and the UK's CMA Stand Now
Apple’s Supreme Court appeal against Epic Games is not its only antitrust fight. The Department of Justice’s civil monopolization suit against Apple is heading toward a 2027 trial with no date yet set, and the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority has spent the past year building out a regulatory framework under a formal designation…
Apple's App Store Link-Out Injunction Is Live, and Here Is What Changed for Developers
The injunction requiring Apple to let App Store developers link out to outside payment options is in force right now. It has been since the Supreme Court declined to pause it in August 2026, and it stays in force while Apple’s separate appeal to the Supreme Court proceeds on a different, narrower question. The injunction…
The Supreme Court Took Apple's Epic Appeal, but Only on One Narrow Question
On June 30, 2026, the Supreme Court granted Apple’s petition in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc., No. 25-1311, with one limiting phrase: “limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.” That phrase excludes Apple’s App Store commission and steering rules from review, even though the grant is widely treated as the Court agreeing to…
Apple's Supreme Court Brief in the Epic Case Is Due Monday, September 14
Apple’s opening merits brief at the Supreme Court in Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc., No. 25-1311, is due Monday, September 14, 2026. The single question the Court agreed in June to decide is the standard for imposing a civil contempt sanction, not whether Apple’s App Store rules violate antitrust law. The App Store on…
App Store Age Ratings: Every Deadline on Apple's 2026 Compliance Calendar
Apple’s App Store age-rating questionnaire now includes new social media questions, and developer responses to them became required in September 2026, the most current entry on a rolling compliance calendar that runs back to July 2025. Apple has published eight separate age-rating and age-assurance changes over that period, each with its own publish date and…
Apple's Developer Program License Agreement: Two Updates Due Before October 1
Apple has published two separate updates to its Developer Program License Agreement this year, one carrying new European Union terms and one carrying new Brazil terms, and both require a developer’s signature before Thursday, October 1, 2026. Apple’s developer news dated the EU version August 18, 2026, and the Brazil version June 18, 2026: two…
Apple's EU App Store Deadline: What Developers Must Do Before October 1
Apple’s new business terms for apps in the European Union take effect Thursday, October 1, 2026, which by September 12 leaves developers under three weeks to act. Apple’s own pages point to four things to check before then: sign the updated developer agreement, choose payment options with a 12-month lock-in in mind, confirm marketplace eligibility…
Apple's EU Link-Out Rule: Only Sales Within 7 Days of a Tap Face a Commission
Under Apple’s new EU business terms, effective Thursday, October 1, 2026, a purchase made after a customer taps a link out of an app counts toward Apple’s Store Services Commission only if it happens within 7 days of that tap. Apple’s developer support page states the window as a flat number, with no separate figure…
Apple's New EU App Store Terms Lock In Payment Choices for 12 Months
Apple’s new EU business terms, effective Thursday, October 1, 2026, require a developer to select its payment options for the European Union and keep that selection in place for 12 months. The choice covers Apple In-App Purchase, alternative in-app payment processing, linking out to the web, or a combination of those, and Apple’s developer support…
Apple's EU Marketplace Rules: The $1,000,000 Letter of Credit Requirement Explained
From Thursday, October 1, 2026, a company qualifies to run an alternative app marketplace in the European Union, or to distribute an app from its own website, if it meets any one of seven tests Apple lists on its developer support page. One of those seven is a letter of credit of USD 1,000,000, a…
Apple's New EU App Store Terms Take Effect October 1: The Full 26/20/15/5 Rate Card
Apple’s new business terms for apps distributed in the European Union take effect Thursday, October 1, 2026. The change replaces the Core Technology Fee with a flat 5 percent Core Technology Commission, eliminates two other fees outright, and folds everything into a single rate card of 26, 20, 15 and 5 percent depending on how…
Apple priced Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, but not their bands or materials
Apple Watch Series 12 starts at $399 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 starts at $799, and both have full sensor lists, battery ratings and color options published. What neither watch has, on any Apple page, is a band price, a titanium or ceramic configuration price, a per-device AppleCare+ price, or a repair cost. This is…
iPhone Duo has a price but no fold-cycle rating, battery mAh, or repair cost
iPhone Duo has a press release, a full display and camera spec sheet, and a price ladder running $1,999 to $3,199. What it does not have, on any Apple page, is a fold-cycle rating, a battery capacity in mAh, a RAM figure, a repair price, screen-protector guidance, or an Apple Pencil date more specific than…
iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max went on pre-order without AppleCare+ or repair prices
Three days after Apple’s September 9 event, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have complete spec sheets, a full price grid and open pre-orders. What they do not have, on any Apple page we can find, is a per-device AppleCare+ price, a repair cost, or a number for the gap between the carrier-connected…
What Else Happens in October: Apple Arcade's Five Games and Two Apple TV Premieres
October carries five confirmed Apple dates beyond iPhone Duo’s own calendar: new Apple Arcade games on October 1 and two Apple TV premieres.
Apple's Calendar From September 12 to October 30: Every Confirmed Date, iPhone and Beyond
Ten confirmed Apple dates fall between today, Saturday, September 12, and Friday, October 30. Most calendars being published this week track only the iPhone. This one also carries the Mac’s return to general sale, a Supreme Court filing deadline, and the day the European Union’s new App Store rules take effect. iOS 27 and four…
Insuring $129 AirPods 5: Apple Prices Coverage for Three Devices at Once, and None for AirPods Alone
AirPods 5 cost $129, or $149 with the Wireless Charging Case. Apple has not published a per-device AppleCare+ price for either model, and the only coverage figure that exists for this launch, AppleCare One at $19.99 a month, was built to cover up to three products for that price, not one pair of earbuds. A…