Welcome to 995 Mac Daily for Wednesday, April 29th, 2026.

I'm your host, Chance Miller.

We are sponsored this week by Bitwarden.

Leading off today, a couple weeks ago, we talked about a change in iOS 26.5, hinting at new App Store subscription options.

Now, Apple has made that official. Developers can now set up and test monthly subscriptions with a 12-month commitment. This will give users a way to split

annual style plans into smaller monthly payments, but while still requiring users to commit to the full term.

So you'll be able to pay a lower price like you generally can with an annual plan and split that

payment into 12 months with the requirement that you must make all 12 of those payments before

you can cancel. Apple also says that to provide transparency,

people can easily view the number of completed and remaining payments for the subscription

in their Apple account, and that it will send emails and push notifications when applicable to

remind the user of the upcoming renewal. So you can proactively cancel the renewal at any time,

but you have to finish out that 12-month commitment.

But with that said, there's an interesting asterisk to this.

Apple says the new subscription type will be available worldwide

once iOS 26.5 is released next month. However, that does not include the United States or Singapore.

The feature will be unavailable in those two countries. Apple's press release doesn't mention why

monthly subscriptions with a 12-month commitment won't be available in the U.S. or Singapore,

or if or when, the feature will roll out in those regions.

It could be something to do with regulatory rules around click-to-cancel laws,

or it could just be that there's not demand for this feature in those regions.

Again, this will roll out everywhere but Singapore and the U.S. as part of iOS 26.5

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