<s>
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
is	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
app	O
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc.	O
,	O
for	O
its	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
watchOS	B-Device
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
launched	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Newsstand	O
app	O
included	O
in	O
previous	O
versions	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
iOS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
the	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
release	O
on	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reported	O
in	O
2014	O
that	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
had	O
acquired	O
the	O
Netherlands-based	O
digital	O
magazine	O
company	O
Prss	O
,	O
developers	O
of	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
simplified	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
iPad-compatible	O
magazines	O
using	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
did	O
n't	O
require	O
any	O
knowledge	O
of	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prss	O
was	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
magazine	O
version	O
of	O
iBooks	B-Application
Author	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
Prss	O
came	O
after	O
entrepreneur	O
Michel	O
Elings	O
and	O
longtime	O
travel	O
writer	O
and	O
photographer	O
Jochem	O
Wijnands	O
designed	O
their	O
own	O
iPad	B-Device
publication	O
called	O
TRVL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
13	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
keynote	O
address	O
at	O
WWDC	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
with	O
the	O
forthcoming	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
update	O
the	O
News	O
app	O
would	O
undergo	O
new	O
icon	O
and	O
app	O
redesigns	O
along	O
with	O
an	O
improved	O
For	O
You	O
section	O
organized	O
by	O
topics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
WWDC	O
2018	O
keynote	O
address	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
app	O
would	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
be	O
available	O
to	O
users	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
and	O
United	O
States	O
starting	O
in	O
macOS	B-Device
10.14	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
Apple	O
added	O
a	O
new	O
Audio	O
tab	O
for	O
US	O
News+	O
subscribers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
CarPlay	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
app	O
works	O
by	O
pulling	O
in	O
news	O
stories	O
from	O
the	O
web	O
through	O
various	O
syndication	O
feeds	O
(	O
Atom	B-Application
and	O
RSS	O
)	O
or	O
from	O
news	O
publishing	O
partners	O
through	O
the	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
descriptive	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
Format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
news	O
publisher	O
can	O
submit	O
their	O
content	O
for	O
inclusion	O
in	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bot	O
fetches	O
feeds	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
web	O
pages	O
and	O
images	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
version	O
distributed	O
with	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
made	O
it	O
hard	O
to	O
differentiate	O
traffic	O
originating	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
app	O
from	O
traffic	O
originating	O
from	O
other	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
version	O
2	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
began	O
identifying	O
itself	O
using	O
its	O
own	O
User-Agent	O
string	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
measure	O
the	O
reach	O
of	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
using	O
web	O
analytics	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traffic	O
analytics	O
was	O
previously	O
only	O
available	O
to	O
paying	O
publisher	O
partners	O
through	O
iAds	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
WWDC	O
2018	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
News	O
app	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
12.2	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
the	O
updated	O
News	O
app	O
that	O
introduced	O
subscriptions	O
through	O
Apple	O
's	O
"	O
Apple	O
News+	O
"	O
service	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
icon	O
for	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
also	O
changed	O
,	O
putting	O
the	O
N	O
in	O
the	O
icon	O
front	O
and	O
center	O
with	O
a	O
slightly	O
changed	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
preceded	O
by	O
the	O
digital	O
media	O
subscription	O
app	O
Texture	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Apple	O
acquired	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
audio	O
stories	O
in	O
Apple	O
News+	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
subscribers	O
to	O
listen	O
to	O
narrated	O
versions	O
of	O
articles	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
to	O
a	O
podcast	B-Operating_System
under	O
a	O
new	O
Audio	O
tab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Apple	O
announced	O
that	O
Apple	O
News+	O
would	O
be	O
bundled	O
in	O
the	O
Premier	O
package	O
of	O
Apple	O
One	O
alongside	O
iCloud	B-Application
,	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Music	I-Operating_System
,	O
Apple	O
Arcade	O
,	O
Apple	O
TV+	O
and	O
Apple	B-Application
Fitness+	I-Application
.	O
</s>
