Welcome to 995 Mac Daily for Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025.

I'm your host, Chance Miller.

We are sponsored this week by Backblaze.

Leading off today, Apple has announced another new partnership for Apple TV,

its streaming service formerly known as Apple TV Plus.

Apple is teaming up with NBC Universal for a partnership where customers in the United States will be able to subscribe to a combined Apple TV and Peacock bundle at a discounted price.

For $15 a month, you can get Apple TV and Peacock Premium, or you can get Apple TV and Peacock Premium

Plus, which is their ad-free tier for $20 per month.

This represents a roughly 30% discount compared to subscribing to both services individually.

And for the first time, Apple has also arranged a special deal for Apple One subscribers.

If you subscribe to Apple One Family or Apple One Premiere, you'll also now be able to add

Peacock Premium Plus at a 35% discount compared to its normal price.

That's $11 per month instead of $17 per month.

You can subscribe to these new bundles by heading to the Apple TV

app on any of your Apple devices or going to the Peacock app or website. If you head to the Peacock

channel in the Apple TV app, that's where Apple 1 subscribers can find their exclusive offer.

Next up today, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Apple will release its first foldable

iPhone in 2026. But meanwhile, unforeseen circumstances seem to be defining development of Apple's

first foldable iPad. Mark German at Bloomberg reports that Apple's foldable iPad could cost at around

$3,000 and not ship until 2029 at the earliest.

Bloomberg says that Apple has been working on the device for several years and had most

recently aimed for a 2028 launch, but engineering challenges tied to weight, features, and

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