Thu. Mar 28th, 2024
In today’s Apple Daily:
0:00 Introduction
0:29 Apple expands online store to India
1:19 iOS 14.2 Beta released to developers
2:33 Apple Fitness+
6:45 Breakdown of Apple One pricing

Apple Online Store expands to India
Tim Cook tweeted that Apple is expanding its online stores to cover India from next week, which also brings improved support for Apple Products as well as the potential for Apple Certified Refurbished products. It will be interesting to see if Apple adjusts their pricing in the country or emphasises different lines to their other international stores.

iOS 14.2 Beta released to developers
Its interesting that we’re skipping right to 14.2, with two competing theories that 14.1 is simply reserved for any last minute bug fixes and doesn’t need developer input, while Jon Prosser previously mentioned that there would be APIs required by the new iPhone 12 & Pro models which would be preloaded at the factory with 14.1.

So far, developers have discovered the addition of Shazam Music Recognition in Control Centre as well as a feature called ‘Person Detection”. When activated, users can use Magnifier to determine the distance to any nearby person.
There are also updates to Music controls in Control Centre with recommendations and a new Apple Watch App icon.

Apple Services Breakdown

Apple Fitness+, the first fitness experience built for Apple Watch, arriving later this year. Apple Fitness+ intelligently incorporates metrics from Apple Watch for users to visualize right on their iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV, offering a first-of-its-kind personalized workout experience. Everyone from beginners to committed exercisers can access studio-style workouts delivered by inspiring world-class trainers and underscored by motivating music from renowned artists.

Apple One – 30 Day Free Trial
* Individual includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 50GB of iCloud storage for $14.95 per month.
* Family includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 200GB of iCloud storage for $19.95 per month, and can be shared among up to six family members. 
* Premier, where available, includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, Apple Fitness+, and 2TB of iCloud storage for $29.95 per month, and can be shared among up to six family members.