iOS 16 Will Show Live Scores From NBA, MLB, and Premier League Games on iPhone's Lock Screen

[jamcgahey]

This is the first iOS update I've been excited for in a few years. This is super cool.

*here is to hoping they starting releasing info on an improved music app*

 

[jwilson25]

I'm excited about this, but less excited about yet another exciting new feature shown at the keynote, only to be pushed down the road into a .X release. Seems to be the way more and more.

 

[RedRaven571]

What about the Rugby? (mostly the UK teams and Ireland)

 

[ghostface147]

Excellent. I can keep track of the Astros from my Lock Screen.

 

[hans1972]

I thought MR had a typo for the Premier League Live Activities being in US/Canada only.
Says the same on Apple.com fine print too!

Surely that's incorrect?! Not having UK Premier League LiveActivities available in the UK?
Fingers cross it's a typo; or they manage to implement it for release come September.

Next, cricket results will be available worldwide except for Commonwealth nations.

 

[andrewxgx]

1. put on even more distractions on the screen
2. advertise focus mode

like, do you see any logic here?

 

[Mr Todhunter]

Pfff. Just support the biggest sport competitions all around the world, make it available to all users. Choose your sports/teams in the settings app, instead of the News/TV app in those countries that do not have those apps.

Sorry pal. Anglosaxons first.

 

[madrigal77]

Needs NHL.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Will it, though?

I added a baseball team to my “favorite” teams in Apple TV as a source for the Siri watch face. It showed the card when the game was playing. I tapped on it once and it did a Siri query for the score. Cool.

Except that ever since it worked that once, now tapping the card brings up the Wikipedia entry for the word ”Sport.” Every time. Every time they have a game, every game. I can ask Siri manually for the score, and it works. But even after making that query right there on the watch, the card still doesn’t work.

Maybe this isn’t the same thing, but everyone loves a good Siri story.

 

[AppleUser2]

This is the first iOS update I've been excited for in a few years. This is super cool.

*here is to hoping they starting releasing info on an improved music app*

That would be cool - artists you follow new releases etc

 

[Westside guy]

Yeah but to do what, manage the team?

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

 

[boston04and07]

Anyone know if this is available on the iPad? Or is this another iPhone only thing?

 

[alexandr]

I wonder if I can have my chess.com game work this way. Would be sexy!!

 

[MrGimper]

I thought MR had a typo for the Premier League Live Activities being in US/Canada only.
Says the same on Apple.com fine print too!

Surely that's incorrect?! Not having UK Premier League LiveActivities available in the UK?
Fingers cross it's a typo; or they manage to implement it for release come September.

Came to say exactly the same. I imagine they’re round the wrong way as it says the MLB stuff will be available to the UK, where we really don’t care!

 

[cocky jeremy]

Just give me college football and I'll be good.

 

[posguy99]

2. advertise focus mode

Is Focus Mode supposed to be good for something?

 

[The Game 161]

hope we do get PL for UK. shame won't apple for NBA

 

[aliaxos]

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[mark-in-mk]

Came to say exactly the same. I imagine they’re round the wrong way as it says the MLB stuff will be available to the UK, where we really don’t care!

But the MLB is a WORLD Series.........Made up of lots of different countries............or not.

 

[shirwan]

So living in the UK, I will initially get MLB scores but not Premier league, makes total sense.

No doubt it will be down to Premier league licensing.

 

[CarlJ]

Would rather have interactive widgets so they wouldn’t be useless

How, exactly, is something that provides constantly updated information on something that you want to monitor, "useless"?

 

[CarlJ]

Surely that's incorrect?! Not having UK Premier League LiveActivities available in the UK?
Fingers cross it's a typo; or they manage to implement it for release come September.

I'm sure it all comes down to licensing and contracts.

 

[Jammers]

I thought MR had a typo for the Premier League Live Activities being in US/Canada only.
Says the same on Apple.com fine print too!

Surely that's incorrect?! Not having UK Premier League LiveActivities available in the UK?
Fingers cross it's a typo; or they manage to implement it for release come September.

Agreed - no one outside of the US could care less about MLB.

 

[throwaway572937]

The hopes and dreams of Pat Bev being crushed, memorialized in Apple marketing materials? I see this as an absolute win

 

[svish]

Good to hear. Hopefully Live Activities will be released at least this year.