Streaming & Games: Two Big Premieres As We Look To 2020

Streaming & Games: Two big premieres as we look to 2020

- Benjamin Kerry & Gavin Lenaghan

ARCADE, TV+, iPAD AND WATCH WERE ALL AREAS OF FOCUS

By now, there’s a good chance that you will be at least vaguely aware of the various launches and announcements that took place at Apple’s latest big keynote on Tuesday, September 10 at Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino. You will have almost certainly read or heard a fair bit already about the new iPhones, not least “that” camera system. But what about the other hardware and services covered? Well, there was a lot to get excited about there, too.

Granted, you might have easily overlooked this, given that even the most cursory glance at the results for the #AppleEvent hashtag on Twitter serves up all manner of assorted hilarity about the new smartphone’s snapper.

But this was actually one of the best-rounded Apple keynotes we’ve seen for some time, with the likes of Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, iPad and Apple Watch all starring. So, let’s put the iPhone 11 momentarily to one side, and delve into all of the other essential details explaining why this may just have been one of the most classic Apple launch bashes of the last few years.

APPLE ARCADE: THE CALIFORNIAN GIANT GETS TRULY SERIOUS ABOUT PLAY

In an early sign of just how crammed with big announcements the latest Apple keynote was to prove to be, we didn’t see the company’s usual statistics-focused introduction this time around. Instead, we were given updates on two upcoming services that we already know something about: Apple Arcade and Apple TV+.