Yes. Apple TV Channels are for subscriptions through the Apple TV app. It's essentially a cord cutter app. If you no longer subscribe to TV through a cable provider, you can subscribe to individual channels from within the Apple TV app.
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Apple Releases iOS 12.3 With New TV App and Channels Feature
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Yes. Apple TV Channels are for subscriptions through the Apple TV app. It's essentially a cord cutter app. If you no longer subscribe to TV through a cable provider, you can subscribe to individual channels from within the Apple TV app.
Edit: My bad, I pasted in the link for 12.2 instead of 12.3: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210118
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The new app will offer a unified design across multiple sources (tvOS, iOS, Samsung, LG, Sony, Roku, FireTV, etc.).
The new app offers Apple Channels, which can be subscribed to through the new version of the app, and can be played directly through the new TV app without the need for a secondary app. Roku and Amazon offers this as well.
You're talking about a non-secure apps store with apps that Apple can't check for security? Come on... Who wants that? I don't!
Only the opponents and envious ones of Apple's success need such a thing.
I'm not a fan either. They have improved some of the artwork since the first beta though, I'm happy to say it has improved, though like you said, the standard/extended releases are crappy, some artwork has Deadpool stuck on it, and some titles use Spanish language artwork, etc.
The new design of your personal library looks cheap!
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I was wondering why a few of my movies had Spanish titles in these new posters...Glad I'm not the only one.
After updating, I'm having issues with shared calendar events showing up. Most of them are missing on the iPhone, but they all show up on the iCloud webpage. Hard reboot, cycling the calendars, and soft reboot haven't fixed...
Anyone else? Or solutions?
Anyone else? Or solutions?
They've corrected a lot of mine since the original beta, when I probably had around 30+ with Spanish titles.
More detail please. Otherwise nobody is interested in your message.
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https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/13/samsung-smart-tvs-airplay-2-tv-app/
Why do we still need full OS updates for standalone stock app updates? Wasn't that the whole point of adding all the stock apps to the app store (other than being able to delete them)? Doesn't seem very logical to me.
The latest iOS is widely heralded as the most stable, bug free iOS ever, so they've already taken care of that as Craig F., told us was their plan. Kudos to him and his team. Meanwhile, tens of millions of people are anxiously awaiting even more improvements to Apple TV which works extremely well and is getting better all the time.
So... they updated 1 app? I've always been confused as to why they can't just update their own apps through the App Store. Why does it need to be a completely new .os version?
Apple never said they would be standardized as that is up to the different channels and there's no way they would all be able to agree on a price, and that may even be illegal price fixing. You're likely referring to speculation that Apple would charge $9.99 for each of its new services.
With my iPad connected hitting the 'check for updates' button started bringing up a 'contacting server' message for less than the blink of an eye. Finally it came up with the new update message. It eventually showed 12.3 for the SE too. That was close!
I'm staying on High Sierra on this [mainly used] MacBook, so won't have to redo iTunes itself today. Not today.They have release notes that address this, so sorry about your conspiracy theory.
iTunes isn't showing it for me either for iPhone 8, however I can update via OTA. Has yours shown yet?I wonder if iTunes will still be able to talk to it? I'll let you go first.
Works pretty well in Europe. Just try it instead of whining.
Aside from "bug fixes" and the like, it also includes updates to the Wallet app, etc. It's just that the TV app was a major redesign... some for the good, some for the bad.
Apple has unfortunately lost their way. I am hoping they find their way back.
Finally just showed up for me via iTunes. It took long enough though. Downloading now........
Eventually it did. I'm updating the iPad now, but the SE seemed to go well.
Ahh okay. Thank you. It just showed up for me as well. I don't know why it took over an hour and a half. That has never happened before. Oh well. At least it's working now.