There's no new apps. They don't generally do a software update to add apps.
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What do you mean? There's no changes to streaming other than AirPlay in the cloud.
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Apple TV 6.0 Software Update Released with iTunes Radio and AirPlay from iCloud Functionality
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There's no new apps. They don't generally do a software update to add apps.
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What do you mean? There's no changes to streaming other than AirPlay in the cloud.
Love me some apple tv update 
I like the icloud queuing for one particular scenario: When Im at my parents, I can airplay a movie from my itunes purchases without it having to go through my phone and without having to add my account to their atv.
I like the icloud queuing for one particular scenario: When Im at my parents, I can airplay a movie from my itunes purchases without it having to go through my phone and without having to add my account to their atv.
I'm surprised they didn't follow the os7 UI shift, given that (numerically at least) this looks like a major update.
Native radio will be a welcome addition to our living room!
Native radio will be a welcome addition to our living room!
Never had that issue. When I do have an issue with streaming it usually takes a simple reboot of the cable modem. Not usually an Apple TV issue but rather a network issue. Just my experience YMMV.
I'm sure a new UI will come in time. All that glossiness looks really out of place. It's probably just a matter of resources, Apple's UI designers have had a ton to do lately, and we are still waiting on iBooks, iWork, Find My iPhone, etc.
When I had a 12Mbps uverse connection it was always within 30 seconds or so. Now I have a 30Mbps cable connection and it takes less than 15 seconds. Where are you located? You're sure you don't have any channel interference? Because that just doesn't make much sense. And Amazon isn't on AppleTV.
It's hard to really use a light color scheme for a TV UI. Users tend to not like the bright colors (especially at night). The UI does need a serious refresh though (the text based lists in Netflix are just ugly as can be). Navigation is pretty horrible and Apple desperately needs to add universal search.
Thanks! So, I'm understanding you this way: a guest on your network uses their iPhone/ipad/iPod touch to access something they've purchased from icloud, and then tells their device to play it on your AppleTV, at which point the AppleTV pulls it down from the internet directly, instead of it streaming it from the device through the access point. Sounds good! But what's the advantage exactly, over the way it works now?
You can still AirPlay music and movies stored locally on your iOS device to your AppleTV.
I thought/hoped for sure we'd at least see an Apple TV Amazon Prime app since they (Amazon) recently added true AirPlay ability to the iOS app. Usually the timing of the addition of those kinds of features are no coincidence... Oh well.
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And MediaCom is not an option on any of the services that require cable accounts... ESPN2GO, Disney, etc...
It will not kill your battery for one thing since it doesn't stream from your phone. And the advantage is you don't need to be logged into the Apple TV with your account to play a movie/tv show you have purchased. So it should work well with big families or people coming over to your house who want to play content. Of course, I haven't tested this so we will have to see how it really works.
Not yet. DirecTV has that under exclusive license until the end of the 2014 season.
I have this thing called a local network. It is my own PRIVATE cloud that contains a NAS full of video files that cannot be played within Apple TV because it isn't cataloged inside iTunes. My private cloud will forever be better than any other cloud service. More bandwidth, faster access, and practically unlimited space.
Tell that to Charter they tell me it is a glitch than again this is Charter a cable company based on lies.
I read a lot of people who said the same but I don't understand why adding AirPlay implies they would add an app to Apple TV. The two really have nothing to do with each other since AirPlay wouldn't use the app. I'm guessing Apple isn't going to let Amazon add such an app and that is why they added AirPlay.
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Just wish that there was a quick alpha list like on iOS to quickly jump to a particular letter of the alphabet when searching. I have a very large music collection and it is a pain when there are thousands of artists to scroll through to find the right one especially when it is further down in the alphabet.
Just wish that there was a quick alpha list like on iOS to quickly jump to a particular letter of the alphabet when searching. I have a very large music collection and it is a pain when there are thousands of artists to scroll through to find the right one especially when it is further down in the alphabet.
Do they now, how come they do not want to admit and they want to blame it on Apple? Seems like we got trolls in major businesses also.
I hate to break it to you buddy, but it is not a glitch. It was a conscious decision by Charter.
For example, I have Comcast. They support HBO Go on xbox 360 and Apple tv. However, HBO Go does not work on Roku. And that's just what it is, by decision.