App Store Updates Now Propagating as Holiday Shutdown Ends
Following the
holiday shutdown that saw updates to the App Store and developer access to iTunes Connect temporarily halted in order to provide Apple employees with some time off, things are up and running again, with access to iTunes Connect now available for developers. This means that official App Store sales numbers are now available for the lucrative Christmas weekend.
In addition, application changes (version updates and price changes) are moving through the review process once more, as our sister site AppShopper began picking up new and updated applications appearing in the App Store over the past few hours.
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iOS 27 should be available around 10 a.m. Pacific Time / 1 p.m. Eastern Time today via the Settings app, under General → Software Update.
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