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Apple's Extended One-Year AppleCare+ Option Available for All Devices, Works With Subscriptions

(https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2020/08/Applecare-200x200.png)Earlier this week, Apple changed its AppleCare+ policies (https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/17/applecare-plus-extention-1-year/) in the United States and Canada to give customers up to a year to purchase AppleCare (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/applecare/) after buying a device, and MacRumors has now learned additional information about the program that may be useful to those who want to know their ‌AppleCare‌+ options.





‌AppleCare‌+ can now be added to a device up to one year from purchase, and this applies to iPhones, iPads, Macs, iPods, HomePods, Beats (minus urBeats3 and Pill+), AirPods (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/airpods/), AirPods Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/airpods-pro/), Apple Watches, and the Pro Display XDR. Basically all devices that offer ‌AppleCare‌+, with the exception of the Apple TV (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/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 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad/), iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone/), or iPod, via the Apple Support app, the Apple Support site, or Checkcoverage.Apple.Com (https://checkcoverage.apple.com) for Apple Watch (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-watch/), HomePod (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/homepod/), ‌iPhone‌, ‌iPad‌, iPod, and Mac. It can also be purchased through a contact center or an Apple retail (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-retail/) store.





After 60 days has passed (and before 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 after the 60 day mark. If a device has any accidental damage during the inspection, it needs to be repaired before ‌AppleCare‌+ can be purchased.





Extended purchase options apply when paying for ‌AppleCare‌+ in full up front or when purchasing the ‌AppleCare‌+ monthly subscription plan. The ‌AppleCare‌+ timer starts from the date of purchase of the coverage.





The 365 day ‌AppleCare‌+ purchase option only applies to standard ‌AppleCare‌+, however, and not Apple's ‌AppleCare‌+ Theft and Loss plan for the ‌iPhone‌. That can only be purchased for up to 60 days after you buy a device.





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