Apple offering free three-month Apple News+ trial through November 30
Apple launched a promotional Apple News+ offer this week that nets new users free access to the service for three months, two months longer than the typical one-month trial.
Announced in a tweet posted to the official Apple News+ Twitter account, Apple's limited trial offer went live on Wednesday and is valid through Monday in Australia, Canada the UK and the U.S.
The standard Apple News+ trial period is capped at one month. Apple's news service is available for $9.99 a month or as part of the $29.95 Premiere Apple One bundle.
This week's promotion arrives as Apple struggles to gain new subscribers amid a tepid response from both customers and participating publications. In July, Apple issued a similar program to woo back former subscribers.
Apple rarely publicizes figures for Apple News, but in April said the service had 125 million users across its free and paid tiers.
Apple News+ launched in March 2019 with access to a number of publications, including The Wall Street Journal. Also included is access to a host of magazines previously offered through Texture, which Apple purchased in 2018.
Announced in a tweet posted to the official Apple News+ Twitter account, Apple's limited trial offer went live on Wednesday and is valid through Monday in Australia, Canada the UK and the U.S.
The standard Apple News+ trial period is capped at one month. Apple's news service is available for $9.99 a month or as part of the $29.95 Premiere Apple One bundle.
This week's promotion arrives as Apple struggles to gain new subscribers amid a tepid response from both customers and participating publications. In July, Apple issued a similar program to woo back former subscribers.
Apple rarely publicizes figures for Apple News, but in April said the service had 125 million users across its free and paid tiers.
Apple News+ launched in March 2019 with access to a number of publications, including The Wall Street Journal. Also included is access to a host of magazines previously offered through Texture, which Apple purchased in 2018.
Comments
The ad does say new subscribers only, but since Apple obviously knows who’s already tried it then I don’t see why they send the offer to everyone. Just send it to people who’re eligible.
Thanks for the tip on Readly. I checked it out and the first thing I saw was “5000 magazines”. Damn! I’ll definitely be giving that a try whenever my iPad Air finally arrives.
But, I notice that if I go to Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions, I can't set Apple News+ to not auto renew without cancelling the subscription. This is different from all non-Apple subscriptions, which you can opt out of auto renew and continue using for the remainder of the period.
I'll set myself a Reminder to cancel after 2 months and 20 days, but that's a bit shady of Apple.
I don’t remember it cancelling straight away when I tried it, but it was a while ago.
All Apple free trails work this way... including Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple Music, etc.