Apple is launching itself into services such as music or Apple Pay and enhancing its native applications, but the truth is that there are several that we cannot enjoy yet in Spain and it is doubtful whether or not they will arrive and when it will happen.
Today we talk about these apps that for one reason or another we do not have in Spain or we cannot use it for one reason or another.
iOS and its partial exclusivity
More than a year has passed since Apple presented us with the last update of its mobile operating system, iOS 9, which surprised us with interesting news such as the multiscreen on the iPad Air 2 and the current Pro, the keyboard and its new functions, the battery saving mode and new native apps of bitten manzanita: News, Apple Pay, etc. To which it has been added in iOS 10 Home, the app to control electronic devices and devices that we can control from the iPhone.
The problem with these services and their functions is that in Spain we cannot take advantage of them, and even in some cases, we cannot even see them on the home screen if we do not establish our location with that of a country where the apps are available, like America, and of course the news is in English only. When will they officially arrive in Spain and we will be able to enjoy the software that we pay with the price of the device?
Apple Pay: So Close and So Far
Pay in stores from your iPhone or Apple Watch, something comfortable, direct, easy and safe. Stores are beginning to implement the NFC technology carried by smartphones to allow payments with them, not only with Apple Pay, but also with Samsung Pay and Google Pay, although it is Apple's service that controls 97% of the current market of mobile payments.
Tim Cook promised, or at least assured us, that this year this function would arrive in Spain and they would begin to implement it at least in some places like McDonald's and others like it. In general, businesses whose origin is in the United States or English-speaking countries and that are already working with Apple to adapt mobile payment in their stores. Now, when will it arrive in Spain? Some think they could say something in September, during the keynote, which would be a hoot. After all, they would not have made us wait more than a year, although others think that it will be at the end of 2016, for Christmas.
The problem with this is that banks do not earn as much from this as they could from credit cards and current methods. Apple is tough on its terms and won't stop negotiations While there is hope, but if the banks do not end up giving ground, they will leave us waiting for a long time.
Apple News and the news in Spain
Google, the great search engine that became a company to try to dominate all markets, withdrew its news application in Spain. You can download it, but what is the service does not work. They did so due to changes in Spanish legislation in recent years. Apple did not comment on its new news app, but for now it has not arrived in Spain. The funny thing is that we have seen some news in spanish in the interface of iOS 9 and the betas of iOS 10. We would like this September to open to more countries and to spread at least throughout Europe.
Home, Apple Car and others
Not all cars are compatible with Apple Car, and not all of us can afford to adapt our home with lamps and lights that can be controlled with mobile phones, compatible security cameras and other home automation devices. I don't know how they will have their houses in the United States, but in my opinion, Home in Spain will not be used by almost anyoneOnly the most tech-savvy and innovative, as well as those who can afford it, because it's not cheap at all.
All these things are in Spain but not with the same ease than in other countries, so I include them in the list of apps or utilities that we cannot use. Perhaps in the future we can see it in Spain, but I am almost convinced, and this is my personal opinion, that they will continue to launch functions, services and even products that will be exclusive to the United States, at least for a while. You can already read the post with all the news that we think they will present in the september keynote this year.