ITunes 12.6 is a free update available through Apple’s App Store app on the Mac. Apple isn’t saying when they’ll transition out of beta, but we’re guessing that’s no more than about a week away. Since “rent once, watch anywhere” is a thing for the Mac now, it’s a safe bet Apple is close to the official release of iOS 10.3 and tvOS 10.2. Both OS versions are still in beta testing. You can rent items using your computer or Apple TV, or with your iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad, using a Wi-Fi network. You can play rentals in iTunes, on your iPod, iPhone, or iPad, or using Apple TV.

The catch is that you’ll need iOS 10.3 for your iPhone or iPad, and tvOS 10.2 for your Apple TV to truly free your movie rentals from a single device, and neither is available yet. Rent movies or TV shows from the iTunes Store The iTunes Store offers movies and TV shows you can rent. iTunes 12.6 lets you rent a movie and watch it on any of your devices iTunes 12.6 for the Mac adds what Apple dubbed “rent once, watch anywhere” which is exactly what it sounds like: You can watch a movie on any of your devices, not just the one where you made the rental. You're not restricted to the device you rent on, either you can watch on any supported device that you've logged into with your iTunes account.While Apple was painting iPhones red and rolling out new iPads on Tuesday, it also released an update for iTunes that lets you watch movie rentals on any of your devices. You can download the movies to watch offline, too, with a tap on the little cloud and down arrow button. The option is called Watch Later on Mac or PC. Once you hit the Rent button, you can then tap Rent and Watch Later (on Apple TV) or Not Now (on iOS devices). Movies can be rented via iTunes on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV and a Mac or PC with the latest version of iTunes. While the new 48-hour rental period is available in the US, we've reached out to Apple to see if it will be the same in other countries and regions that support iTunes movie rentals and will update this post when we hear back. The timer starts even if you're watching the film offline, too. This is perfect for those of us with young kids who want to watch a movie over (and over and over) or busy schedules that don't let us get to our movies right away.

Just a couple of weeks after Apple made 4K an affordable option, the company has doubled the rental time to 48 hours. You could start streaming the rental within 30 days of purchase, of course. It used to be that when you rented a movie from Apple's iTunes service, you'd have 24 hours to finish watching it.

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