Apple TV Plus Extended Free Trial for First-Time Users - Here's When It Will Expire

Apple TV Plus Extended Free Trial for First-Time Users - Here's When It Will Expire
Apple has extended its one-year free trials of the Apple TV Plus streaming service that were scheduled to expire on November 1. assuming your trial expires before then. If, for example, your trial started on November 16, 2019, your free trial would end on February 16, 2021, three months after your original renewal date. However, if your initial trial started in January 2020, your trial will end in February 2021, only giving you one month of free streaming instead of three. If you're not sure when to sign up or when your trial ends, you should be able to check your next official renewal date on Apple's Manage Subscriptions page. We also learned from TechCrunch that this extension also applies to anyone who paid out-of-pocket for an annual Apple TV Plus subscription during the same period from November 2019 to January 2020, which postponed their renewal payments until February. . 2021. In addition, current Apple TV Plus monthly subscribers will also benefit from Apple's extension: it looks like anyone who starts paying for Apple TV Plus before November 1, 2020, will receive a credit of € 4,99 per month applied. automatically credited to your account until February 2021, which will offset the cost of the service. As of now, signing up for a free trial of Apple TV Plus will only give you seven days before you have to pay. However, if you buy an Apple device, the one-year free TV Plus offer is still valid. Buy the new iPhone 12, for example, and you should be able to get Apple TV Plus for free through November 2021.

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Will Apple TV Plus justify a 2021 subscription?

Apple TV Plus has struggled to differentiate itself among an increasingly crowded area of ​​streaming platforms. And while we can applaud Apple's decision to give users a few months of free content, it's mostly a business move that keeps their subscriber base intact for a few more months. The more people get the service for free, the more likely they are to watch content and, ideally, be hooked on shows with season two coming in 2021. The Morning Show, Dickinson, For All Mankind, Mythic Quest, Ted Lasso, and See are just a few of the shows with a second season slated for 2021. Unfortunately, filming on shows like The Morning Show has been delayed by more than six months due to the pandemic, so free extended memberships are one way for Apple to keep informed users as they rush to create new content compelling enough to keep them on board. Apple will also launch Apple One, the all-in-one subscription offering that includes TV Plus with iCloud, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus, and Apple Fitness Plus. Apple is no doubt hoping to get some of its current free subscriber base to test out the new full service.