App stores should provide flexible monetisation options, including subscriptions, in-app purchases, and tailored advertising solutions to fit various app types.
Apple changes App Store rules after a US court decision, letting developers link to external websites for in-app purchases with added commissions.
Apple has announced the winners of their 2023 App Store Awards. These awards recognise innovative and entertaining apps and games. Out of almost 40 finalists, 14 were chosen for their creativity.
App Store Editors are recognizing 40 different app and game developers across 10 different App Store Award categories for their excellent performance. Here are the details.
For ChatGPT Plus subscribers, there's an added benefit of switching between standard (GPT-3.5) and GPT-4 language models as per their preference. Regardless of the user's subscription tier, Android 6.0 or higher is required to access and use the app.
Reportedly, three years ago, Android users had a massive choice of 295 million apps. However, by the end of 2021, that number drastically reduced to only 2.7 million, and the decline kept going.
Apple Music and Apple Music Classical for Android now have the same features. Users can access Apple Music Classical by subscribing to Apple Music or Apple One. The app provides ad-free classical music with high-quality lossless audio and supports spatial audio.
As of 2022, Apple had 1,783,232 apps in total on the App Store, according to the report. The tech giant reviewed 6,101,913 app submissions and rejected 1,679,694 last year for violating App Store policies.
Apple introduced a new free tool named 'Apple Business Connect' which will allow businesses of all sizes to customise the way their information appears across Apple applications like Maps, Messages, Wallet and Siri.
With this new tool, all businesses can now directly manage their information in the interactive Apple Maps place card, such as inviting customers to take actions like ordering food or making a reservation directly from Maps, the tech giant said in a blog post on Wednesday.
A man in Texas (USA) tracked down his stolen car with the help of a tracking application and service called 'Find My'. It was reported that the police were able to arrest four men who stole the car by tracking them via AirPods, reports stated.
WhatsApp has started to roll out a new picture-in-picture mode for video calls over the iOS beta version of the platform. The new feature was made available for some beta testers who installed the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.24.0.79 update from the TestFlight app.
Apple will add more app-related advertisements on the App Store from October 25 onwards. The news was confirmed through an email to the developers, where the the tech giant claimed that more advertisements are on its on the way to the App Store in all the nations, except China.
SwiftKey Keyboard will be removed by Microsoft on October 5. The action has been taken after receiving a number of complaints from the user. As per the user's complaint, the keyboard app did not roll out any update for the past year because of which they are facing a lot of issues on the app.
This week, the UK government enacted new sanctions on Russian oligarchs in response to Moscow's recent sham referendums in parts of occupied Ukraine. The sanctions affect 23 executives at Gazprombank, a Russian bank with ties to VK.
"You can change the price of your apps and in-app purchases (including auto-renewable subscriptions) at any time in App Store Connect. If you offer subscriptions, you can choose to preserve prices for existing subscribers," said Apple.
According to data from app intelligence firm Apptopia, with the consumer price index up 8.5 per cent YoY in the US, people are seeing prices rise almost everywhere.
Facebook has been struggling to maintain its position among the Top 10 apps on the US App Store this year, know why?
TikTok Music App: The TikTok app (Brazil) further comes with a touch button which redirects the users to the Resso app- enabling the user to hear the full version of a song which they have been listening to or are interested in.
Apple also stated the issue of wrong ratings and reviews on various apps available on the App Store. This might affect the decision of the user to buy or download the app which is untrustworthy, but have claimed to have processed more than 1 billion ratings and reviews through 2021.
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