Apple closed a historic 2019 for its Services offering, the year it introduced Apple Arcade, Apple TV +, Apple News + and Apple Card, as well as celebrating the continued success of the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud and more experiences that only Apple can create and deliver.
Apple offers customers the highest quality services with an unsurpassed commitment to privacy and security and offers creators and developers the opportunity to bring their creative vision to audiences around the world.
Thanks to Apple's ongoing work to seamlessly integrate hardware, software and services, its platforms have reached new milestones in 2019.
App Store
THE App Store is the safest and most dynamic app marketplace in the world, with over 500 million visitors every week.
It continues to offer users the safest place to find apps and provides developers of all sizes with access to customers in 155 countries.
Since the App Store launched in 2008, developers have earned more than $ 155 billion, a quarter of which from last year alone.
As a sign of the enthusiasm with which 2020 is welcomed, App Store customers spent a record $ 1,42 billion between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, 16% more than last year, and 386 millions of dollars on New Year's Eve alone. compared to last year and a new one-day spending record.
Apple Music
Apple Music is the most complete music experience, with over 60 million songs and fantastic experts and trendsetters, producing thousands of playlists and daily selections in 115 countries.
Apple Music is the best music service for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Mac, HomePod and CarPlay.
Among the novelties of 2019 stood out the provision of lyrics synchronized with music, used in iOS 13 by over 50% of listeners.
The innovative Beats 1 radio station offers exclusive shows from Frank Ocean, Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd, DJ Khaled and Elton John.
With Apple Music, artists and songwriters, no matter where they are in their careers, have a global platform to reach new and existing audiences.
Apple TV e Apple TV +
Apple TV + offers Apple Originals from the brightest minds in film and television, including "The Morning Show", "Dickinson", "For All Mankind", "See" and "Servant". Apple TV + made history by being the first streaming platform to receive multiple Golden Globe and Actors Guild nominations in the year of its launch, and is the first and only streaming service that has managed to debut more than 100 simultaneously. countries and regions.
THE Apple TV app brings together the different ways to discover and watch series, movies and more in one app, is available for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, iPod touch, Samsung smart TV and Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, and this year it will be also available on smart TVs from LG, Sony and VIZIO.
The Apple TV app now offers more than 30 Apple TV channels, including direct subscriptions to premium video services, so customers can watch content online or offline, ad-free and on demand, all in one app.
Apple game room
Apple Arcade is a revolutionary subscription video game service integrated into the App Store, which gives users unlimited access to a catalog of more than 100 new and exclusive games, all compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac and Apple TV. Apple Arcade includes award-winning titles such as “Sayonara Wild Hearts”, “Assemble with Care” and “Mini Motorways” and throughout 2020 the service will expand with new games and expansions every month.
Apple news
Apple News, with over 100 million monthly active users in the US, UK, Australia and Canada, it has revolutionized the way users access news from their favorite sources. Apple News + offers a full subscription to hundreds of the best magazines and newspapers in the world.
In 2020, Apple News will provide live coverage of key moments of the US presidential election in partnership with ABC News.
Podcast
Apple podcasts offers free audio stories that entertain, inform and inspire, and today offers listeners more than 800.000 shows in 115 countries and on more devices than ever.
Listeners can search by topics and people to discover new programs and episodes.
Apple Card e Apple Pay
Apple Card e Apple Pay they offer customers innovative ways to pay for goods and services and access everyday experiences.
Since last month, customers have been able to use the monthly conditions of Apple Card to buy the iPhone and pay for it in 24 months without interest.
In 2019, more than 150 stadiums and venues around the world were accessible via contactless tickets on the iPhone and Apple Watch.
Customers have been able to pay for public transportation with Apple Pay in some of the largest cities in the world, including Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Moscow, London and New York.
In 2020, customers will be able to easily use their iPhone and Apple Watch to pay for trains and buses in even more cities, such as Washington DC, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Foshan, and access residences and services at more universities across the United States.
iCloud
With iCloud, the customer enjoys a seamless experience that protects and keeps their videos, photos, files and app data up-to-date and also allows them to access them from all their devices.
Over 75% of iCloud users are protected by two-factor authentication, an additional layer of security designed so that no one else can access your account or data.
With En Familia, up to six family members can share access to Apple services, such as Apple TV +, Apple News +, Apple Arcade, Apple Music and an iCloud storage plan, as well as individual purchases of music, movies, television, books and app.
In 2020, Apple will continue to delight customers and partner with developers and creators, delivering new levels of creativity, variety and innovation in original series and movies, podcasts, music, news, video games, apps, payments and exclusive experiences that only Apple can provide. .
