Apple has introduced its services to multiple new countries and regions in total of 72 new markets. The expansion of services provides App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Podcast and iCloud launch in 20 new countries and Apple Music is available in 52 additional countries.
We’re delighted to bring many of Apple’s most beloved Services to users in more countries than ever before
Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and International Content.
The App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Music, Apple Podcast and iCloud is now available in countries and regions below:
- Africa: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Libya, Morocco, Rwanda, and Zambia.
- Asia-Pacific: Maldives and Myanmar.
- Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.
- Middle East: Afghanistan (excluding Apple Music) and Iraq.
- Oceania: Nauru (excluding Apple Music), Tonga, and Vanuatu.
Whilst the extension of Apple music is yet provided to the following countries and regions:
- Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Chad, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Tunisia.
- Asia-Pacific: Bhutan.
- Europe: Croatia, Iceland, and North Macedonia.
- Latin America and the Caribbean: the Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Turks and Caicos, and Uruguay.
- Middle East: Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen.
- Oceania: Solomon Islands.
We hope our customers can discover their new favorite apps, games, music, and podcasts as we continue to celebrate the world’s best creators, artists, and developers.
Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and International Content
With the press release, word has spread with speculations tats the company is widely expected to launch a media services bundle within the next couple of years, which would offer a combination of Apple Music, Apple News+, Apple Arcade and Apple TV+ for a lower monthly fee than buying each service individually.
This comes as a happy news to the majority of the population in Maldives. Maldives as country known to have half of its population hooked on Apple products, this shall give them an extra mile to go with the products and services provided by Apple.
