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Apple News+ Gains Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, and More in iOS 18.4

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With iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, Apple plans to introduce new features for the Apple News+ subscription service. Apple is adding Apple News+ Food, a section that features tens of thousands of recipes, stories about restaurants, tips for healthy eating, kitchen essentials, and more.

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Content will come from top food publishers such as Allrecipes, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Good Food, and Serious Eats.

Apple News editors will curate food-related stories, and there will be a dedicated Recipe Catalog section where new recipes are added regularly. An included cook mode provides step-by-step instructions, and users can save favorite recipes for offline access.

Apple News+ Food is coming to Apple News+ subscribers with the launch of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 in April.

Article Link: Apple News+ Gains Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, and More in iOS 18.4
 
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Why not just break Recipes out to its own app? It seems a bit odd to merge news and recipes together... "breaking news: a city-killer asteroid has an 11.7% chance of striking Earth next month... and here's a recipe to some delicious, quick & easy snacks to enjoy while watching the fiery show." ;)

Curated content is fine and all but this seems like it should be its own app to me. Else, why don't we just fold Music & podcasts into this too... maybe movie trailers... tax prep software... todo lists... etc.
 
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Don't most people read their news[paper] on the toilet? I guess they will be prepping food in there now as well.
 
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As someone with zero interest in sports, it would sure be nice if we can finally remove that sports tab at the bottom.

Edit: Doesn’t appear to be a way to switch it out or remove it. I would have loved to replace it with either Food or Puzzles. I anticipate using the new recipe section a lot.
 
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HobeSoundDarryl said:
Why not just break Recipes out to its own app? It seems a bit odd to merge news and recipes together... "breaking news, a city-killer asteroid has an 11.7% chance of striking Earth next month... but here's a recipe to some delicious -quick-make snacks to enjoy while watching the fiery show." ;)

Curated content is fine and all but this seems like it should be its own app to me.
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Maybe they're still going for that digital newsstand idea? Have newspapers, magazines, now cookbooks, all within arm's reach?

At this rate they'll just reinvent Barnes & Noble.
 
It makes perfect sense for a News app to now include games, recipes and reviews !

Seriously though, those are appreciated features, but is News becoming the new iTunes that they'll have to split someday ?
 
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Well at least it's on the iPad too but it's not on Sequoia? I prefer to read my news BIG!
 
Seems odd, but they have to provide more value…
I had a free trial and did not find the News app worthy for me, YMMV
 
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I like Apple News but I don’t subscribe to News+ because it has a very limited number of magazines and newspapers from my country.
 
HobeSoundDarryl said:
Why not just break Recipes out to its own app? It seems a bit odd to merge news and recipes together... "breaking news: a city-killer asteroid has an 11.7% chance of striking Earth next month... and here's a recipe to some delicious -quick & easy snacks to enjoy while watching the fiery show." ;)

Curated content is fine and all but this seems like it should be its own app to me. Else, why don't we just fold Music & podcasts into this too... maybe movie trailers... tax prep software... todo lists... etc.
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That would save me some time. Honestly, I would have no idea what snack to put together for an asteroid strike.
 
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HobeSoundDarryl said:
Why not just break Recipes out to its own app? It seems a bit odd to merge news and recipes together... "breaking news: a city-killer asteroid has an 11.7% chance of striking Earth next month... and here's a recipe to some delicious -quick & easy snacks to enjoy while watching the fiery show." ;)

Curated content is fine and all but this seems like it should be its own app to me. Else, why don't we just fold Music & podcasts into this too... maybe movie trailers... tax prep software... todo lists... etc.
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I agree it should be broken out into a recipes app that also includes video support. If they really are going to have some kind of HomePod with a screen built into it this will be key for home cooks.
 
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