Apple introduced its Emoji Game on July 17, otherwise known as World Emoji Day. But when Apple released iOS 18.2 in December, that update brought the popular puzzle game Sudoku to the News app.
Everyone can try a few sudoku puzzles free but Apple News Plus subscribers can play new puzzles every day. An Apple News Plus subscription is $13 a month and gives you access to daily sudoku and other puzzles, like Quartiles, as well as stories from publications like the New Yorker and the Wall Street Journal.
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Here's where you can find sudoku on your iPhone and what to know about the game.
Where can I find the sudoku puzzles on iPhone?
1. Open News.
2. Tap Following across the bottom of your screen.
3. Tap Puzzles.
4. Tap Sudoku.
There are three puzzles near the top of the menu marked as Free to Play that everyone -- even non-Apple News Plus subscribers -- can play. These puzzles are usually at least a week old and Apple marks these as Easy, Moderate and Challenging, denoting each puzzle's difficulty. Tap any of these to play. Below the Free to Play puzzles you'll find new daily puzzles and an archive of puzzles that Apple News Plus subscribers can play at their leisure.
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