Apple TV is preparing to broadcast a Major League Soccer match that it says will be the first major live professional sports event captured entirely with iPhones. Multiple outlets report that Saturday’s game—LA Galaxy versus Houston Dynamo—will be shot using only iPhone 17 Pro devices. Apple’s production plan includes capturing the match at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, and streaming it live on Apple TV. Coverage also notes that the effort builds on Apple’s broader use of iPhones in production for films, commercials, and earlier sports-broadcast experiments, including the use of iPhones in other MLB and MLS coverage.
While outlets focus on the novelty of smartphone-only capture, the reports describe the event primarily as a technical milestone and promotional use of Apple’s camera hardware for live broadcasting. The programming is scheduled for May 23, with Apple presenting the approach as a demonstration of iPhone capabilities in a live sports production setting.
