Apple’s extended one-year AppleCare + option available for all devices, works with subscriptions

Earlier this week, Apple changed its AppleCare + policy in the United States and Canada to give customers up to one year to purchase AppleCare after purchasing a device, and MacRumors has now learned additional information about the program that may be useful for those who want to know their ‌AppleCare‌ + options.

‌AppleCare‌ + can now be added to a device up to one year of purchase, for iPhones, iPads, Macs, iPods, HomePods, Beats (minus urBeats3 and Pill +), AirPods, AirPods Pro, Apple Watches, and the Pro Display XDR. Basically all devices that offer ‌AppleCare‌ +, with the exception of Apple TV, which already offers a one-year standard ‌AppleCare‌ purchase plan option.

For up to 60 days after the date of purchase of a device, ‌AppleCare‌ + can be purchased using the settings section of the iPad, iPhone, or iPod, via the Apple Support app, the Apple Support page, or Checkcoverage.Apple.Com for Apple Watch, HomePod, ‌iPhone‌, ‌iPad‌, iPod and Mac. It can also be purchased through a contact center or an Apple retail store.

After 60 days have elapsed (and for 365 days) ‌AppleCare‌ + can be purchased by taking a device to an ‌Apple retail‌ location with a Genius Bar appointment for an inspection, which is required to get coverage to the brand of 60 days. If a device is accidentally damaged during inspection, it must be repaired before ‌AppleCare‌ + can be purchased.

Extended purchase options apply when paying for ‌AppleCare‌ + fully in advance or when purchasing the monthlyAppleCare‌ + monthly subscription plan. The ‌AppleCare‌ + timer starts from the date of purchase of the cover.

The dayAppleCare‌ + purchase option on 365 days applies only to standard ‌AppleCare‌ +, and not to Apple’s ‌AppleCare‌ + Theft and Loss Plan for the ‌iPhone‌. This can only be purchased up to 60 days after you purchase a device.

With the new ‌AppleCare‌ + purchase options, customers can take advantage of their one-year automatic device purchase warranty, and then when that warranty expires, they choose to extend the warranty with ‌AppleCare‌ +. Please note, however, that the standard warranty does not cover accidental damage. ‌AppleCare‌ + covers accidental damage and allows customers to repair or replace their devices for a deductible, product-based fee.