Apple News+ 6 months free not working

[Cold]

Trying to activate the 6 months of free Apple News+

I keep pressing the button to activate but it keeps saying “we’re having tech troubles, try again later.”

I’ve been trying again for over 2 days and it’s not working. Same message. 

[Leanne_T]

Morning @Cold

Thanks for coming back to the community. 

Have you text NEWSPLUS to 150? 

Just to check, have you had the free offer previously for the same Apple ID? 

Thanks 🙂

Leanne.

[Cold]

I’m not sure as I’ve had the iCloud account for a while. 

if I text 150 will this activate 6 months free or just activate Apple news and I would start paying straight away!

[Leanne_T]

Hi @Cold

This would activate the free offer, you will get a text with an activation code and and a link to the Apple News+ app, where you can sign up to activate the offer.

Leanne.