I hope this change also brings some much needed functionality. Please let us merge Apple IDs. Those of us from the .mac days are left in this weird limbo of having to maintain two Apple IDs.
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Apple ID Could Be Rebranded to 'Apple Account' Later This Year
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Why? And will this make the people with multiple ID’s from mobile me era have even more problems?
Apparently Apple want it to be more self-explaining.
Apple appears to be gearing up for a major rebrand of the well-known Apple ID, with plans to rename it to "Apple Account." Sources familiar with Apple's work have told MacRumors that Apple is experimenting with the new Apple Account name, and it could be introduced as soon as this year.
An Apple ID is an account that allows Apple users to access services such as iCloud and the App Store. The option to create and log in to an Apple ID is available across all of Apple's platforms and has been accessible to users for over a decade. With an Apple ID, users can purchase apps and music, sync data wirelessly between devices using iCloud and make purchases on Apple's online store, among other things.
The rebrand from Apple ID to Apple Account is expected to occur later in 2024, likely alongside the release of iOS 18 (Codename Crystal) and macOS 15 (Codename Glow). System applications will receive modifications to reflect the change, as will Apple's website -- assuming the company chooses to implement the new branding.
Although instances of the term "Apple Account" can be found on Apple's website, and as part of larger phrases such as "Apple Account Balance," our sources have said that Apple intends to replace existing mentions of "Apple ID" with "Apple Account" as a means of rebranding the feature.
It is currently unclear why Apple is considering this change, and it's important to consider that Apple often has multiple marketing names ready before new services or products launch. With the operating system for the recently released Vision Pro headset, for instance, Apple used three different names in its internal testing –- realityOS, xrOS and visionOS. Consequently, there is a possibility that we may not see the Apple Account branding come to fruition, for one reason or another.
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Who care honestly. We all know (whole planet earth) that Apple ID is account.
Agreed. And now that Apple has a wallet with support for ID cards, it avoids any confusion about what "Apple ID" may refer to in that context.
I don't like it though. The word Account is too tightly linked with money, while ID implying security.
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Please let us merge our TWO Apple accounts into a single account, without using family sharing.
Don't be ridiculous. They don't have anyone there with the skillset.
They should do a google. EOL apple id and start apple account. Require everyone to create an apple account.
A lot of people have become vary wary of attempts to introduce digital identification. Rebranding Apple ID to something that isn't associated with this trend of digital ID may be a clever marketing move to distance Apple from this. Or it could just be to reduce confusion.
As reported, renaming it to Apple Account sounds unnecessary. It's possible Apple has a good reason, but this proposed change tingles my Spidey senses when it comes to corporate bulls**t. From my experience, it sounds like an ambitious mid-level new hire wants to "shake things up" and get credit for their impact on the company.
It only makes sense if the "actual account" is combined and centralized. It doesn't make sense if Apple ID is used to sign into various services (single sign-on) and on each of them you have an account.