Apple News+ subscribers get access to a new Quartiles puzzle every day. Players select tiles containing two to four letters from a four-by-five grid to form words, and you can use up to four tiles per word. The more tiles you use, the more points you score.

A word formed from four tiles is called a Quartile and is worth 8 points, and when you find all five Quartiles, you get an additional 40 points. The object of the game is to earn the 100 points necessary to reach the Expert rank, though you can keep forming words and accumulating points after that. Not all possible words qualify, either, like proper nouns and profanity.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Play Quartiles

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a Quartiles puzzle.
3. Tap tiles to create a word and then tap the Enter button to enter it.

   For example, to score a single point, tap “pear,” then tap the Enter button. To score 2 points, tap “ap,” then “pear” to form the word, “appear.” Go for 4 points by tapping “ap,” “pear,” then “ance.” Complete the Quartile and score 8 points by spelling “disappearance.”

   Completed words appear in the Words Found box, and any Quartiles you find appear in groups of four tiles.

   Not all possible words qualify in Quartiles puzzles. For example, obscure and technical terms, proper nouns, and profanity never appear in the word list.

4. Do any of the following:
   • Reorder your tiles: After you tap the tiles to place them above the grid, you can touch and hold. Then drag to reorder them.
   • See points needed to move to the next rank: Tap Next Rank.
   • Clear tiles you don’t want to use: Tap the Remove button.
   • See how many words remain: When you reach the Expert rank, the Words Found box shows how many words you haven’t found.
   • See each word’s points: Tap the Expand button in the Words Found box.

Quick tip: For a quick Quartiles tutorial, tap the More button, then tap How to Play. To open the Quartiles puzzle feed instead, tap More Puzzles.

Shuffle or group tiles

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a Quartiles puzzle and start finding words.
3. Quartiles you find are anchored to the bottom of the grid. If you’d rather anchor them to the top of the grid, tap the More button. Then choose Sort Found Quartiles.
4. Tap the Shuffle button to shuffle tiles that aren’t part of found Quartiles.
5. To shuffle all tiles in the grid, tap the Arrangement button to turn off anchoring. Tap the Shuffle button.

Reveal all words

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a Quartiles puzzle.
3. Tap the More button and tap Reveal All Words. The words you didn’t find are shown.
   • If you reveal before you reach Expert rank: The puzzle doesn’t count in your Scoreboard stats and streaks.
   • If you reveal after you reach Expert rank: Your stats or streaks aren’t affected.

See also

• Find puzzles in Apple News+ on iPad
• Solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles in News on iPad
• Solve sudoku puzzles in News on iPad
• How to subscribe to individual channels in News on iPad

In sudoku puzzles, you place the numbers 1 to 9 into squares in a grid of nine blocks with nine squares each, so that every number appears exactly once in each block, row, and column. Each grid comes with a few givens, squares already filled in.

Apple News+ subscribers get new sudoku puzzles every day in three difficulties: easy, moderate, and challenging. Easy puzzles include more givens, while challenging puzzles require more complex strategies to narrow down options for each empty square. You can also keep track of which numbers might work in each square with notes.

Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Solve a puzzle

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a sudoku puzzle.
3. Do any of the following:
   • Enter a number: With the Pen tab selected, tap a square and tap a number key near the bottom of the screen.
   • Delete an answer: Tap a square where you entered a number, then tap the Eraser button.
   • Step back through your actions: Tap the Undo button to undo.
4. Continue entering numbers until every square is filled correctly.

   Tip: Turn on Autocheck to indicate when you successfully complete a block, row, or column.

Track possible answers

Using notes within the puzzle is a way to keep track of which numbers might work in each square.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a sudoku puzzle.
3. Do any of the following:
   • Manually enter notes: Tap a square, tap Notes, and tap numbers to add them to the square. If your iPad is connected to an iPad keyboard, you can also press number keys. Tap the number again to remove it.

     When you enter an answer, any matching notes in that square’s block, row, or column are removed. To turn this feature off, tap the More button, tap Settings, then turn off Automatically Remove Notes.

   • Automatically show notes: Tap the Puzzles Options button, then tap Autofill Notes. Notes representing possible numbers appear in empty squares, based on all filled squares at that moment—givens and your answers (even if incorrect). You can still add and delete notes manually. Using Autofill doesn’t affect stats or streaks.
   • Play with or without notes: Tap the Puzzles Options button and then tap Show Notes or Hide Notes.

You commit a number in your notes that you think is the right answer by touching and holding it on the onscreen keypad.

Get help

If you’re unsure of an answer, you can get a little help.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a sudoku puzzle.
3. Do any of the following:
   • Highlight matching numbers: Tap a number on the keypad, or tap any square with a number in it. (The square you select can be a given or one where you entered or revealed the answer.) Matching numbers are highlighted in answers and notes. To turn this feature on or off, tap the More button, tap Settings, and then tap Highlight Matching Numbers.
   • Check for duplicated numbers: Tap the More button, tap Settings, and then turn on Show Conflicts. When you enter a number that already appears in a block, row, or column, the squares’ bottom-right corners are marked with red triangles.
   • Mark incorrect answers as you enter them: Tap the Puzzles Options button and tap Autocheck. All incorrect answers you already entered have a red slash through them. As you enter additional numbers, the app checks whether or not they’re correct.

     When you turn on Autocheck inside a puzzle, it stays on for that puzzle only. To turn Autocheck on for all sudoku puzzles, tap the More button, tap Settings, turn on Always Autocheck, tap the Done button, tap the Puzzles Options button, then tap Autocheck (if it’s not already on).

   • Check answers: Tap the Puzzles Options button and then tap Check Square or Check Puzzle. A red slash indicates incorrect answers. Checking a square or puzzle doesn’t affect stats or streaks.
   • Identify a solvable square: Tap the Puzzles Options button, then tap Get Hint. The square having the most information available to deduce its answer is highlighted. Tap the Hint button to learn the strategy and recommended actions, like obvious pairs and hidden triplets. Using hints doesn’t affect stats or streaks.
   • Reveal answers: Tap the Puzzles Options button and tap Reveal. Tap Square or Puzzle to display the correct answer.

     Note: When you reveal all or a portion of a puzzle, the puzzle isn’t counted toward stats in your Scoreboard or as part of a streak. To maintain a sudoku streak, solve at least one of the current day’s sudoku puzzles of any difficulty level without revealing answers. Revealing also prevents you from undoing previous actions.

   • Review the sudoku tutorial: Tap the More button, then tap How to Play.

Restart your puzzle

Clearing a puzzle’s answers and resetting the timer gives you a fresh start.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a sudoku puzzle.
3. Tap the Puzzles Options button and then tap Clear Puzzle.

Show or hide the timer

You can show or hide the timer that appears above your puzzle.

1. Open the News app on your iPad.
2. Open a sudoku puzzle.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Tap the Timer button.
   • Tap the More button, choose Settings, then turn Show Timer on or off.

You don’t have to finish puzzles all at once, since the timer pauses while you’re away.

See also

• Find puzzles in Apple News+ on iPad
• Solve Quartiles puzzles in News on iPad
• Solve crossword and crossword mini puzzles in News on iPad
• Customize sharing options in an iPad app

The Today feed in the News app presents top stories selected by Apple News editors, the best stories from the channels and topics you follow, and stories and issues from Apple News+.

It also includes stories suggested by Siri, trending stories, My Sports, and more. Depending on your location, you may see Apple News Today audio briefings, puzzles, and local news with your weather, too. You can refresh the feed for the latest stories anytime, and influence what appears in it by following and blocking channels and topics.

Note: Local news and puzzles aren’t available in all countries or regions.

Access stories in the Today feed

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Open a story: Tap the story.
   • Read more stories within a group: Tap the arrow next to the name of the group.
   • Play a video: Tap the Play button in the thumbnail.
   • Get newer stories: Next to Top Stories, swipe down to refresh the Today feed with the latest stories.

Follow, unfollow, block, and unblock channels and topics

By following and blocking channels and topics, you can influence what appears in the Today feed.

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Do any of the following:
   • Open a channel feed: Touch and hold a story, tap the channel name, and then tap Go to Channel. Or tap a story in the Today feed and tap the channel name at the top of the story.
   • Open a topic feed: Tap the topic title—Movies or Travel, for example.
3. At the top of the feed, do any of the following:
   • Follow: Tap the Add button.
   • Unfollow: Tap the More button. Then tap Unfollow Channel or Unfollow Topic.
   • Block: Tap the More button and then tap Block Channel or Block Topic.
   • Unblock: Tap the More button and tap Unblock Channel or Unblock Topic.

Note: Top Stories look the same for everyone, so if a story from a channel you blocked is in Top Stories, you’ll see the headline, but the channel stays blocked in the rest of your feed.

Manage your favorites

Favorites holds the channels and topics from your Following list that you like most, though you can have only a limited number of them. Adding them to Favorites makes them easier to access.

Note: You can add only channels and topics you currently follow to your Favorites.

Favorites appear in the sidebar.

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Edit at the top of the sidebar.

   If you don’t see the sidebar, tap the Sidebar button.

3. Do any of the following:
   • Add a channel or topic to your Favorites: Tap the Add Favorite button next to a channel or topic.
   • Remove a favorite: Tap the Remove Favorite button next to a channel or topic you no longer want as a favorite.
   • Reorder favorites: Touch and hold the Reorder button and then drag favorites to the order you prefer.
4. Tap the Done button.

Tell News what kind of stories you prefer

1. Start the News app on your iPad.
2. Tap Today in the sidebar or tab bar.
3. Tap the More button below a headline. Then tap Suggest More or Suggest Less.

See stories only from the channels you follow

1. Start the Settings app on your iPad.
2. Tap Apps, then tap News.
3. Turn on Restrict Stories in Today and then confirm your choice.

Note: When you restrict stories, the variety of stories in the Today feed is significantly limited, and Top Stories and Trending Stories don’t appear.

See also

• Read and share stories in News on iPad
• Search for channels, topics, stories, or recipes in News on iPad
• How to subscribe to individual channels in News on iPad