Apple News API Release Notes

Learn about new features that require iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26.

Overview

These features were added in the latest Apple News API release:

The Create an Article endpoint throws a 400 error if you attempt to publish an article bundle exceeding 450 MB.
The Update an Article endpoint throws a 400 error if you attempt to update an article bundle exceeding 450 MB.

These features were added in a previous Apple News API release:

The Create an Article endpoint throws a 400 error if you attempt to publish an article with a publication date before 1970, and a warning if the publication date is before 2015.
The Update an Article endpoint throws a 400 error if you attempt to update an article with a publication date before 1970, and a warning if the publication date is before 2015.

This field is no longer supported in Apple News API:

accessoryText is deprecated in Create Article Metadata Fields and Update Article Metadata Fields. Use the authors property in the Apple News Format Metadata object instead.