Vision Pro live sports, Apple exec changes
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🗓️ 11 October 2025
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- Apple folds health and fitness into Services, splits Apple Watch oversight
- Apple Vision Pro to feature live immersive Lakers games
- Apple close to settling with the EU over Digital Markets Act – report
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 9 to 5 Mac Daily for Friday, October 10th, 2025. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm your host, Chance Miller. |
| 0:09.3 | We are sponsored this week by Backblaze. |
| 0:12.5 | Leading off today, we have a major announcement about the expansion of live sports for Applevision Pro. |
| 0:19.3 | Apple is gearing up to stream Select Los Angeles Lakers games this NBA season and Apple immersive video for Vision Pro. This marks the first time that we've seen live sports streamed for Apple's headset. Special cameras that support the immersive video format will be set up court side and under each basket, |
| 0:39.0 | so you'll have perspectives for full immersion for multiple spots on the court. |
| 0:44.0 | The Lakers games will be shot using a special version of the Blackmagic immersive live camera. |
| 0:49.3 | The immersive live streams will be limited to select games, and we're expecting more details from Apple and the NBA |
| 0:55.2 | before the end of next month. The first games are expected by early 2026. You'll be able to watch |
| 1:02.3 | through both the NBA app on Applevision Pro and an upcoming app from Charter Communications Spectrum |
| 1:08.4 | Sportsnet. There aren't any details about how exactly this will play |
| 1:11.8 | out in terms of pricing. Presumably, you'll need an active subscription to either charter or perhaps |
| 1:17.6 | NBA League Pass to tune in. Streaming live immersive video will require a strong internet |
| 1:23.0 | connection, with Spectrum saying you'll need at least 150 megabits per second download speed to watch. In addition to watching live, Spectrum saying you'll need at least 150 megabits per second download speed to watch. |
| 1:29.3 | In addition to watching Live, Spectrum says you'll also be able to tune in on-demand |
| 1:33.7 | and see highlights in the Spectrum app. |
| 1:36.3 | So while we are still waiting on some key details about the implementation of this partnership, |
| 1:40.7 | it is a major milestone in Apple's immersive video format to have a live |
| 1:45.6 | sporting event available for Vision Pro users. Next up today, although Apple is on record as saying |
| 1:51.4 | it wants to see the European Union's Digital Markets Act either repealed or substantially revised, |
| 1:57.3 | it's reportedly close to reaching a settlement with the regulator. |
| 2:03.9 | In public, the two sides have engaged in a war of words, |
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