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CTOnews.com January 11 news, Apple officially issued a press release to celebrate the company in the past 2022, breakthrough achievements in the entertainment field. These include App Store, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, Apple Fitness+, Apple News+, Apple Maps, Apple Pay, Apple Card, Apple Podcasts, iCloud and more.

CTOnews.com is accompanied by Apple's official press release as follows:

In 2022, Apple achieved unprecedented success in entertainment. Over the past year, you may have discovered new apps, songs, movies, episodes, or games that surprised you. These experiences may have made you laugh, taught you new things, helped you see the world in a whole new way, or touched you deeply and shared them with others.

The sheer volume of content at our fingertips is a testament to the excellence of creators around the world. Never before have we enjoyed so many original episodes, great movies, global music, creative apps, news coverage, and immersive gaming and game-watching experiences at any time. Wherever you are, enjoy these experiences on your favorite devices.

At Apple, we're privileged to work with a wide variety of creators and inspire more great ideas through our products and services. Our mission has always been to enrich the lives of our users and make the world a better place. We understand that this requires more than technical competence. To accomplish this mission, we must apply our values in all our actions. We believe that our products and services should work for everyone. We believe privacy is a fundamental human right and security is our highest obligation to our customers. We believe innovation is driven by a culture that embraces everyone, and Apple embraces that culture and wants to lead innovation and change.

Eddy Cue, Senior Vice President of Apple Services

In 2022, the number of users visiting the App Store reached a record high. They explore and download the world's most innovative cutting-edge apps and games in a safe and trusted environment. The App Store drives a dynamic global economy, connecting developers of all sizes, from fledgling independent creators to large multinational teams. It attracts 650 million visitors from 175 countries and regions every week. Since the App Store launched in 2008, developers have generated more than $320 billion in revenue by selling digital products and services on the platform, with revenue reaching a record high in 2022. This figure is only the tip of the iceberg of total transactions generated by the App ecosystem. Over the past year, new apps and games have helped us connect in new ways, with some winning the 2022 App Store Awards. With more than 900 million paid subscriptions, the App Store accounts for a significant share of Apple's services, reflecting the continued efficiency, entertainment, social and other aspects of the service that apps provide to users.

The App Store offers great apps and games to 650 million users from 175 regions worldwide every week. The developers behind these works come from different backgrounds and sizes.

For Apple Music, 2022 was a fruitful year. Our global music library already contains hundreds of millions of songs, almost the entire history of recorded music. That's 100,000 times the number of songs in your pocket. With spatial audio, Apple Music sets a new quality benchmark for music streaming, allowing fans to experience great music in a more immersive way. Since the launch of spatial audio, monthly listening has more than tripled, with more than 80% of global subscribers enjoying the experience and monthly playback of spatial audio tracks rising more than tenfold. In addition, Apple Music partnered with Mercedes-Benz during the year to bring spatial audio to drivers worldwide for the first time. Apple Music Live brings fans exclusive live performances from the world's top music stars like Harry Styles, Lil Durk, Mary J. Blige, Billie Eilish, Luke Combs, Wizkid and Alicia Keys. After each broadcast, fans can enjoy each performance at any time through immersive spatial audio on-demand. Just last month, Apple launched Apple Music Singing, which allows subscribers to sing along to their favorite songs. With adjustable vocals and Apple Music's unparalleled real-time lyrics experience, users can easily sing duets, backup or lead vocals, and the number of global hits they can sing along to is still expanding.

By tweaking the original vocals and real-time lyrics, Apple Music Songs gives fans more control over how they can sing along to their favorite songs more accurately.

2022 is also a milestone year for Shazam: the service celebrates its 20th anniversary and has passed the 70 billion song search mark. Last year, Shazam released 17 new country charts and 58 new city charts, bringing the world's most searched music to more places around the world. Users discovered more than 40 million different songs during the year, and more than 1 million artists were searched by Shazam for the first time. Last year, Shazam's Global Top 200 chart featured more diverse songs than in previous years, reflecting a new generation of fans who are increasingly focusing on older classics. The oldest song to top the charts this year was Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill"(1985). Shazam also introduced a host of new features, including a new library with iCloud syncing, enhanced Siri integration, and the ability to search for concert details, making it easier for users to explore upcoming live shows while also increasing exposure for artists. Last week, Shazam released its 2023 forecast song list. Dozens of songs are included in the song list to predict the year when the list is expected to take off. Shazam's predictions often spot talent around the globe one step ahead of other services. Ayra Starr, for example, one of the five artists Shazam identified in its 2022 forecast, broke into Shazam's top 10 global charts last fall.

Apple Podcasts continue to help users discover great new podcasts, enjoy favorite shows, and support creators.

Apple Maps has been completely redesigned to provide more accurate navigation and detail, and to add "Look Around" and Natural Language Guidance. In 2022, the new map App will be released in 13 countries and regions around the world, including France, Germany, Israel, new Zealand, Singapore, etc. The 3D City Experience is now available in Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, Montreal, Las Vegas, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver, allowing Map App users to explore more cityscapes in vivid detail. In iOS 16, the map App launched a multi-stop route, and the transportation card function was updated, allowing passengers to easily check the toll required for the whole journey, add transportation cards to the wallet app, receive low balance reminders, and recharge transportation cards, all in one stop within the map app.

Apple Maps brings visually stunning 3D city experiences to users in cities across the U.S. and Canada, including Las Vegas.

In the 2022 holiday shopping season, users around the world paid with Apple Pay at a record high. Last year, Apple introduced Apple Pay order tracking to help users track the shipping progress of products purchased using Apple Pay by merchants who support this feature, further enhancing the user shopping experience. Apple Pay reaches millions of merchants in nearly 70 countries and works with more than 10,000 banks and online partners worldwide.

iCloud keeps important information like your photos, files, and apps safe, up-to-date, and accessible on all Apple devices. iCloud includes powerful features like iCloud Photos, which makes it easy for users to browse, search, and share photos and videos. iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura's iCloud Shared Photos Gallery lets up to six users smoothly share photos with their families in a separate iCloud library, where each user can collaborate with others to edit, add and enjoy photos. In addition to these and other useful features, iCloud uses industry-leading privacy-preserving security technologies, including two-factor authentication, which is adopted by more than 95 percent of iCloud users.

With iCloud+, customers get more storage space to keep all their information, plus more features, including hidden email addresses (easily generate unique random email addresses to forward messages to users 'personal inboxes);iCloud mail custom addresses;HomeKit security video recording expansion support, and more.

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