If you don’t use Apple Sports as your default sports app, I’d highly recommend trying it.
Unlike other popular sports apps, like ESPN, Apple Sports cuts out the bloat — advertisements, news and rumor articles — and just gives you quick access to real-time game scores and stats. It’s a minimalist app that’s incredibly easy to navigate.
But the coolest thing about Apple Sports is that it makes using Live Activities — the feature where your favorite team’s games appear right on your Lock Screen — super easy. And, if you find a one-off game that you want to keep track of, a quick tap of the Live Activity icon will get it to show up on your Lock Screen, too.
That said, as somebody who uses Apple Sports every day, I’ll admit the app isn’t perfect. It’s pretty barebones and, most significantly, some popular sports haven’t been supported. Off the top of my head, tennis and golf, as well as some important competitions, such as FIFA’s current Club World Cup, have been notable omissions.
But that looks set to change. Today, Apple is adding a simple yet neat new feature to Apple Sports, as well as rolling out support for a new sport.
Apple Sports, upgraded
A new Home section
Apple has introduced a new “Home” section to the Apple Sports app, which will allow you to customize and better organize your favorite teams, leagues and competitions to appear in the app based on your preferences.
The press release states: “Events and matchups are now grouped by league, with intuitive controls for fans to set their preferred order, ensuring their top leagues appear first. Favorite teams always appear at the top, giving fans instant access to the scores and updates they care about the most.”
