Apple Announces 2025 Pride Band, Watch Face, and iPhone Wallpaper

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced its 2025 Pride Collection, including a new Apple Watch band, watch face, and a matching wallpaper for the iPhone and iPad.

Ahead of Pride Month in June, Apple says its Pride Collection celebrates the strength and beauty of LGBTQ+ communities around the world.

The new Pride Edition Sport Band is now available to order on Apple.com and in the Apple Store app in 40mm, 42mm, and 46mm sizes, and it will be available at Apple Store locations starting next week. In the U.S., the band costs $49.

Apple says the band features rainbow stripes that vary in shape and size, with no two bands looking exactly alike:

Featuring a tapestry of rainbow stripes that vary in shape and size, each Pride Edition Sport Band is assembled by hand from individual stripes of vibrant color that are compression-molded together, creating subtle yet striking variations. No two bands are exactly alike, reflecting the individuality of all members of the LGBTQ+ community.

A matching Pride Harmony watch face features rainbow stripes that dynamically shift to form large hour numerals as users raise their wrist to check the time.

A matching iPhone and iPad wallpaper features colorful stripes that change position as users move, lock, or unlock their devices.

The watch face and wallpaper will be available in upcoming watchOS 11.5, iOS 18.5, and iPadOS 18.5 software updates, according to Apple. The watch face will be available through the Apple Watch and Apple Store apps, and on Apple.com.

In addition to the Pride Collection, Apple said it is proud to financially support organizations that serve LGBTQ+ communities.

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[Pitogyro]

Are we allowed to say it's ugly?

 

[ralph_sws]

Are we allowed to say it's ugly?

yes

 

[chrono1081]

I think mixing all these different flags is just ugly. The original rainbow was completely fine. My favorite that I still wear is a white one with the original flag colors in pin stripes that Nike created.

 

[tonywalker23]

I wish they would release a rainbow wallpaper and band (and phone case?) that reflected the the original six colors logo. Closest I can come to that is making a six stripes Apple Watch face but the colors still don’t quite match the original six colors.

 

[vertsix]

Are we allowed to say it's ugly?

I'm part of the LGBTQ+ community. Yes you are. I think it is hideous.

 

[TechWhisperer]

Are we allowed to say it's ugly?

Yeah it’s pretty fugly

 

[DeftwillP]

Not a member, but will proudly and loudly stand as an ally. This is ugly.

edit: and since this is news forum.....everybody take a chance now to start doing deep meditative breathing exercises. There are going to be some very, very charged and ignorant statements and executive orders thrown out there in the next few weeks pertaining to this subject matter

 

[Spike1999]

Didn't they do this last year? Surely last year's version and the one before was fine?

 

[IceCool]

Given the sheer number of available wallpapers since iOS 16 that just continues to grow, I really think Apple should offload every wallpaper except the default iOS XX one. That way, every other wallpaper is still there so that users who want to use them can just tap to download. They already do this on macOS and iPadOS, so it just doesn’t make sense to continue to bloat iOS even more. I remember when iOS was only several hundred MB and now it’s closer to 10GB.

 

[jarman92]

Glad Apple is still doing this given everything going on but damn it gets uglier every year 😂 2020 was the peak and they haven’t released a good one since.

 

[Vangeli]

Reminds me of the Hermès Casaque bands and I love it! Instant pre-order.

 

[Spike1999]

Not a member, but will proudly and loudly stand as an ally. This is ugly.

You don't need to announce you're an 'ally'. Just don't be homophobic/commit a hate crime and you're all good.

 

[Daalseth]

As time has passed I’ve been less and less impressed with Apple’s Pride collection. Honestly this year it feels like they just phoned it in. No real effort.

 

[sergekills]

I think mixing all these different flags is just ugly. The original rainbow was completely fine. My favorite that I still wear is a white one with the original flag colors in pin stripes that Nike created.

An updated flag is more inclusive, what is the positive trend, in my mind. You are still free to use the original rainbow flag, because it’s not banned or restricted or whatever

 

[addamas]

Resemblance is uncanny
Edit: Still first gen was IMHO the best

 

[nfl46]

This looks like a mess!

 

[nfl46]

Resemblance is uncanny
Edit: Still first gen was IMHO the best
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[CmdrLaForge]

This looks like a mess!

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I like it but would not have the watch face and the band at the same time. With a simple just black watch face this band looks special. Same for the watch face, combine it with a just black band...

 

[chrono1081]

An updated flag is more inclusive, what is the positive trend, in my mind. You are still free to use the original rainbow flag, because it’s not banned or restricted or whatever

I disagree. The original flag includes everyone.

 

[chrono1081]

This looks like a mess!

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I wouldn’t even know that’s a pride band. It looks like something that escaped a late 80s JC Penny Christmas catalog.

 

[DrJR]

Wish they would stop shoving this stuff down our throat. The social engineering has jumped the shark in modern society. Stick to building devices. Nobody cares about your support of "the new thing" or old in this case..... nobody cares what your preferences are.

 

[Will Tisdale 🎗]

I think mixing all these different flags is just ugly. The original rainbow was completely fine. My favorite that I still wear is a white one with the original flag colors in pin stripes that Nike created.

Agreed. The original rainbow included *everybody* rather than being focused on the parts of the so called “community” that have the loudest and most obnoxious activists.

 

[chrono1081]

nobody cares what your preferences are.

If this were true pride month wouldn't exist, but unfortunately half the country thinks we shouldn't exist.

 

[Blackstick]

Wish they would stop shoving this stuff down our throat. The social engineering has jumped the shark in modern society. Stick to building devices. Nobody cares about your support of "the new thing" or old in this case..... nobody cares what your preferences are.

The reality is, the reason why many in the LGBTQIA community are out, loud and proud is because this sentiment of "shut up about it" you hold led them to suffer in silence and be treated horribly by the hetero majority, sometimes to the point of suicide.

Nobody has ever been hostile or violent to you for kissing your heterosexual wife/girlfriend in public. Gay people born before about 2000 cannot always say the same.

Conservatives have this nasty little trait where if something hasn't happened to them yet, they cannot empathize. "Oh I started caring about the LGBTQ community when my son/daughter came out -- not before then." It's a character defect worth working on.