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Apple Wallet notifications for an F1 movie promotion ticked off iPhone owners

Cameron Faulkner

created: June 24, 2025, 7:15 p.m. | updated: June 25, 2025, 10:43 a.m.

Apple poured some good money into making F1 – a Formula 1 racing movie starring Brad Pitt – and it wants its customers to know that. To that end, many people, including some Verge staffers, noticed an unusual Apple Wallet notification this morning that’s both an advertisement and promotion for the film. The notification prompts users to save on movie tickets via Fandango with a promotional code, reading “Save on 2+ tickets to F1 The Movie with APPLEPAYTEN. More recently, Apple sent unwanted push notifications to promote Carpool Karaoke, one of the company’s first Apple TV Plus hits. The Verge has reached out to Apple to find out more about this notification, and we’ll update this post if we hear back.

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