29 August 2024
UPDATE
Apple Sports is ready for football season
The free app lets fans follow games, leagues, conferences and teams and will soon receive real-time updates on iPhone and Apple Watch lock screens with live activity.
Apple Sports—the free app for iPhone that gives sports fans access to real-time scores, stats and more—today unveiled a new way for fans to stay up to date on the NFL and college football seasons.
New updates for NFL and college football games include improvements to game management that provide quick access to scoring drives displayed alongside the view of each play. Additionally, a new dynamic drive tracker will allow fans to visualize where the ball is on the field at any time. As with other leagues in Apple Sports, fans can follow their favorite teams to ensure those games are just a tap away. For college football, in addition to their favorite teams and conferences, fans can now follow the Top 25, updated weekly. Each game will also feature real-time scores, stats and live betting odds, similar to all other leagues in the app.1
With iOS 18 and watchOS 11, the Apple Sports app offers live action for the first time for all teams and leagues available in the app, delivering live scores and match reports at a glance on the user’s iPhone and Apple Watch lock screens.2
In an app update later this year, Apple Sports will also introduce new dropdown navigation for the main scorecard views, making it even faster to switch between My Leagues, My Teams and users’ feeds for their favorite leagues. A new improved search will make it easier to view games for leagues fans don’t currently follow.
Apple Sports delivers season-long scores, updates, betting data and more for the following leagues:
- NFL
- NCAAF
- MLS
- MLB
- NBA
- NBA
- NCAA Basketball (Men and Women)
- NHL
- NWSL
- Premier League
- Bundesliga
- LaLiga
- League MX
- League 1
- Series A
More leagues will become available on Apple Sports over time, including the Champions League and Europa League, starting with the league phase in September.
Apple Sports offers fans a simple and fast way to stay up to date with their favorite teams and leagues. The app’s personalized experience is designed for speed and simplicity, putting users’ favorite leagues and teams front and center. The app features an easy-to-use interface designed by Apple. Users can customize their scoreboards on Apple Sports by following their favorite teams, tournaments and leagues. Fans can easily navigate between scores and upcoming games, explore game information and lineup details, and tap to the Apple TV app to watch live games from Apple and connected streaming apps.3 Apple Sports also syncs seamlessly with favorites selected in the My Sports experience, including the Apple TV app and Apple News. Apple Sports is available to download from the App Store in the US, UK, and Canada.
- Users have the option to disable live betting odds in the settings at any time.
- To get Live Activity, fans must be using iOS 18 and watchOS 11 or later. Live Activity will no longer be available in the Apple TV app with iOS 18.
- Some services require a subscription.
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Apple
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