Yes — apple.news has IPv6.

Has both IPv4 (A) and IPv6 (AAAA) addresses.

Measured 2026-11-01 12:08 UTC. We reuse a result for up to a week, so we aren't testing the same site over and over. Check apple.news now

IPv6 readiness

Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.

Website over IPv6 apple.news has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested. ✓ 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a answers · 443✓ 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b12 answers · 443	yes
www over IPv6 www.apple.news has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested. ✓ 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a answers · 443✓ 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b29 answers · 443	yes
Mail servers (MX) have IPv6 No MX records, so mail goes to the domain's own address (implicit MX). It has an AAAA record.	yes
Nameservers have IPv6 2 of 8 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up. usw6.akam.net ✗asia3.akam.net ✗ns1-45.akam.net ✓usw2.akam.net ✗use1.akam.net ✗eur5.akam.net ✗asia2.akam.net ✗ns1-235.akam.net ✓	yes

First measured 2026-11-01; last confirmed 2026-11-01.

HTTPS over IPv6 · not part of the grade yet
Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate: HTTP 200.

https://apple.news/ via 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a → 200

works

Nothing keeping you from an A

Nothing to fix
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apple.news Has IPv6

A (IPv4)	23.218.218.160 23.218.218.133 23.218.218.182
AAAA (IPv6)	2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b12

www.apple.news Has IPv6

Alias of	apple.news
A (IPv4)	23.218.218.133 23.218.218.160 23.218.218.182
AAAA (IPv6)	2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b29

Browsers on dual-stack networks will usually pick IPv6 here (the "Happy Eyeballs" algorithm races both and prefers v6).

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IPv6 measurement: apple.news
Measured 2026-11-01 12:08:54 UTC by aaaa.bot (one server on Fly.io, region iad)

A (IPv4):    23.218.218.160, 23.218.218.133, 23.218.218.182
AAAA (IPv6): 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a, 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b12
www AAAA:    2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a, 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b29

Readiness grade A: Website, mail and DNS all work over IPv6.
- Website over IPv6: apple.news has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested.
    2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a: answers (TCP 443)
    2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b12: answers (TCP 443)
- www over IPv6: www.apple.news has 2 IPv6 addresses and answers on every one we tested.
    2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a: answers (TCP 443)
    2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b29: answers (TCP 443)
- Mail servers (MX) have IPv6: No MX records, so mail goes to the domain's own address (implicit MX). It has an AAAA record.
- Nameservers have IPv6: 2 of 8 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up.

Reachability = a TCP connection opened on port 443 (or 80).

HTTPS over IPv6 (not graded): Loads over IPv6 with a valid certificate: HTTP 200.
    https://apple.news/ via 2600:1408:5400:1c::173d:b2a -> HTTP 200, certificate: valid
DNS answers via DNS-over-HTTPS (Cloudflare). Method: https://aaaa.bot/method
Permanent link: https://aaaa.bot/r/WHbXb-QKRt

Permanent link: aaaa.bot/r/WHbXb-QKRt · How we measure

Checked 2026-11-01 12:08:54 UTC. Full DNS report: dns.pizza/domain/apple.news · JSON: /api/v1/apple.news