Tim Cook kicks off iPhone 7 event with Apple Music, App Store updates

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Following a hilarious intro video with musician Pharrell and Late Late Show host James Corden, Tim Cook kicked off today’s iPhone 7 event with a barrage of stats and updates. As usual, we’ve rounded up some of the more interesting points for you below.

  • Apple Music now has 17 million subscribers
  • Over 30 million songs now available
  • App Store has crossed 140 billion app downloads
  • App Store now has 500,000 games
  • As part of ConnectED program, Apple giving iPads to more than 50K students
  • Apple also donating iPads/Macs to over 4,500 Teachers
  • Pokemon GO has been downloaded more than 500 million times, coming to Apple Watch

Stay tuned to iDB for my coverage of today’s iPhone 7 event.