How to watch Apple's 'iPhone 12' release event at 1:00 PM ET today

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in General Discussion edited October 2020
Apple's "iPhone 12" release event will be streamed live and available to watch online at 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time on October 13. Here's how to tune in.

Apple's event on YouTube
Apple's event on YouTube


As with its September 15 "Time Flies" event, though, Apple is limiting exactly where you can watch its "iPhone 12" launch online. Although it has increasingly embraced YouTube, the company has also scaled back streaming across its own worldwide sites. One again, only Apple's US site will show the presentation live.

Watch on YouTube

Apple is using YouTube's feature of marking a forthcoming streaming video as a premiere, meaning that there is already a placeholder there with a countdown to the event. There's nothing to watch yet, but you can set a reminder, and some few hundred people already have.






YouTube may be the most convenient way to watch as it's available to all, without any issues over international viewing. Plus you have the option of watching via the iOS YouTube app -- or on the YouTube app for Apple TV.

Watch on Apple TV

Watching the event via the YouTube app on your Apple TV is as convenient as it is in the iOS one, but oddly more so than using Apple's own app. The event will be streamed via the Apple TV app on your Apple TV, but finding it is absurdly tricky.

That's because, at least at time of writing, there is no placeholder for it the way there is online or on YouTube. There also isn't a dedicated section for these kind of events. Instead, you have to search -- and when you do, you only find past events.

If you tune in as the October 13 event is underway, a search ought to find it for you. And it's possible that Apple will promote it on the Apple TV app.

Currently the least convenient way to watch is via Apple TV. Where previously there was a dedicated Apple TV app for Apple Events, now you're expected to use the regular Apple TV app for everything.

One benefit of watching via the Apple TV app, though, is sign language. While it's not clear whether Apple provides this service anywhere during the original broadcast, the September 15 event video is now available with an ASL interpreter in-vision.

Apple's events page
Apple's events page

Watch in a browser

It's a shame that there isn't a web browser on Apple TV. However, there is just about everywhere else, so you can go directly to Apple's site and watch there.

During the event, it's likely that you'll be able to watch it streamed directly on the front page. For a time afterwards, it will probably be available there, but you may have to scroll down more as Apple hands over the top spot to its latest launches.

You can instead, though, just go straight to where it will be available from the launch until some months from now. That's the official Apple Events page online.

Or rather, there is if you're on the US site. Currently that events page is still showing the September 15 keynote if you're viewing from any other country.

Keep track of what's announced

AppleInsider already has a guide to the event, which is being continually updated. From the 10am PT, 1pm ET start of the event, though, AppleInsider will also have indepth coverage of all that's happening.



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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 12
    Totally ridiculous how it works on the Apple TV. Why did they get rid of the Events App? Anyways, if you open the Events App it will tell you it’s move to the AppleTV App. Click on the go to AppleTV app and it’ll open the events page. But there is no place holder for tomorrow’s event. 
    edited October 2020
  • Reply 2 of 12
    killroykillroy Posts: 281member
    The last event would not play in Safari. It only played in Firefox. Apple support could not get it to play.
    Sure hope they fix it this time.
    GeorgeBMac
  • Reply 3 of 12
    lkrupplkrupp Posts: 10,557member
    killroy said:
    The last event would not play in Safari. It only played in Firefox. Apple support could not get it to play.
    Sure hope they fix it this time.
    Juts because ti wouldn’t play for you doesn’t mean everybody experienced the same thing. So the only thing that needs fixing is your hosed installation.
  • Reply 4 of 12
    dewmedewme Posts: 5,674member
    JBSlough said:
    Totally ridiculous how it works on the Apple TV. Why did they get rid of the Events App? Anyways, if you open the Events App it will tell you it’s move to the AppleTV App. Click on the go to AppleTV app and it’ll open the events page. But there is no place holder for tomorrow’s event. 
    Yeah, it’s a bit ugly at the present time and clearly not what Apple intends to keep going forward. They moved the Events functionality to the TV app but probably realized that nobody would even think about  looking for it there so they left the Events app there with a dumb redirect. 

    It’s rude and crude and a reminder that even Apple can miss the target on user experience at times. In my opinion it also highlights the fact that the purpose and meaning of the TV app is still unintuitive to everyone except the Apple designers. Without a natural discovery mechanism Apple has to find a way to “educate” users about the TV app but they either haven’t figured out how to do it or their current efforts missed the mark. 
  • Reply 5 of 12
    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele Posts: 6,918administrator
    killroy said:
    The last event would not play in Safari. It only played in Firefox. Apple support could not get it to play.
    Sure hope they fix it this time.
    It ran fine in Safari.
  • Reply 6 of 12
    How about this:  On your iPhone, open Apple TV app and scroll down a tiny bit until you see the large Apple Event banner.  Click on that.
  • Reply 7 of 12
    hentaiboyhentaiboy Posts: 1,252member
    How about this:  On your iPhone, open Apple TV app and scroll down a tiny bit until you see the large Apple Event banner.  Click on that.
    Only event showing for me there is a replay of September 15.

    Anyhoo, clicking on the event on Apple’s home page gives you some freaky AR shit.
    edited October 2020
  • Reply 8 of 12
    hentaiboy said:
    How about this:  On your iPhone, open Apple TV app and scroll down a tiny bit until you see the large Apple Event banner.  Click on that.
    Only event showing for me there is a replay of September 15.

    Anyhoo, clicking on the event on Apple’s home page gives you some freaky AR shit.
    That’s odd. 


  • Reply 9 of 12
    hentaiboyhentaiboy Posts: 1,252member
    hentaiboy said:
    How about this:  On your iPhone, open Apple TV app and scroll down a tiny bit until you see the large Apple Event banner.  Click on that.
    Only event showing for me there is a replay of September 15.

    Anyhoo, clicking on the event on Apple’s home page gives you some freaky AR shit.
    That’s odd. 
    Maybe because I’m non U.S.
  • Reply 10 of 12
    hentaiboy said:
    hentaiboy said:
    How about this:  On your iPhone, open Apple TV app and scroll down a tiny bit until you see the large Apple Event banner.  Click on that.
    Only event showing for me there is a replay of September 15.

    Anyhoo, clicking on the event on Apple’s home page gives you some freaky AR shit.
    That’s odd. 
    Maybe because I’m non U.S.
    Ah.  That makes sense.
  • Reply 11 of 12
    killroykillroy Posts: 281member
    lkrupp said:
    killroy said:
    The last event would not play in Safari. It only played in Firefox. Apple support could not get it to play.
    Sure hope they fix it this time.
    Juts because ti wouldn’t play for you doesn’t mean everybody experienced the same thing. So the only thing that needs fixing is your hosed installation.

    Wrong, Apply could not find what was wrong and the newer version of Safari did not fix it. But it play the newer event fine. So Apple fixed it.
    edited November 2020
  • Reply 12 of 12
    killroykillroy Posts: 281member
    killroy said:
    The last event would not play in Safari. It only played in Firefox. Apple support could not get it to play.
    Sure hope they fix it this time.
    It ran fine in Safari.

    For you but Apple was on my Mac Pro and could not get it to work for the last three events. All older ones worked. FYI the new event now works and others now work too.
    No changes were made to the Mac setup.
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