Coming off Apple’s ‘It’s Show Time” event, the company has pushed out an update to its operating system, now at iOS version 12.2.
This update officially brings Apple News, and the newly announced Apple News+, to Canada. Apple News+ comes with 30 Canadian magazine titles and costs $12.99 CAD per month.
In addition, iOS 12.2 also loads up your iPhone and iPad with a bunch of new Animoji characters, specifically the owl, boar, giraffe, and shark.
Here’s the complete list of release notes that also comes with the usual unknown ‘bug fixes and improvements.’
Apple News+
- Apple News+ is a new subscription service that extends the Apple News experience with hundreds of magazines and top newspapers
- Our editors handpick top articles and magazine issues, and you also get personalized recommendations on the topics most interesting to you
- Automatic downloads make it easy to read magazine issues offline
- Apple News is now available in Canada, with a free experience that includes handpicked Top Stories, a personalized Today feed, and support for both English and French
- Apple News+ is available in the U.S. and in Canada, with dozens of additional Canadian magazines
Siri
- Ask Siri on your iPhone or iPad to play any video, show, movie, sports game, or channel on Apple TV. For example, “Hey Siri, play Free Solo on my TV”
Animoji
- Four new Animoji—owl, boar, giraffe and shark—are included for iPhone X and later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) and iPad Pro 11-inch
AirPlay
- Dedicated TV controls in Control Center and on the Lock Screen give you quick access to TV controls
- AirPlay multitasking for video allows you to browse other apps, as well as play other short form audio and video files locally on your device without interrupting AirPlay
- AirPlay destinations are now grouped by content type making it faster for you to find what device you want to play to
Apple Pay
- Apple Pay Cash customers can now transfer money to their bank accounts instantly using their Visa debit cards
- Wallet app now conveniently displays Apple Pay credit and debit transactions right below the card
It’s worth noting that, at this time, Apple Pay Cash isn’t available in Canada — although it did appear in the iOS 12.2 beta.
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