Apple Sports App to Offer Live Scores and Play-by-Play for More Leagues on iPhone's Lock Screen

[Iscariote]

No premier league no mufc no deal

It does the Prem.

 

[alayal]

for all the other 200+ counties we use Sofascore

 

[Treble]

It does the Prem.

Really thought it was just for the yanks thanks

 

[JDabney24]

Try the app Sports Alerts. Works great on the lockscreen and dynamic island. Plus they have a lot more sports leagues, even tennis.

I do have this app and I agree, it’s great! All I’m saying is that I wish big name app developers would stop being lazy and support already existing api’s and features in their apps. It’s always the small app developers that go above and beyond (which I do appreciate).

 

[PsykX]

Eddie Cue must have come back from summer vacation.

Most likely - the teams seem to accomplish a lot more while he's gone.

 

[emmab2006]

STILL no respect for the Football League!! Championship League 1, Leauge 2,

 

[bsbeamer]

About time they added Apple Watch support to this app.

 

[rwilliams]

This is a much needed addition to the app. The Apple TV app was always great at providing Live Activities for MLB, so I'm looking forward to it doing the same for the NFL and college football. Now I don't need to have additional apps installed for those Live Activities.

 

[trip1ex]

I love the MLS app on ATV. It lets me not show scores so I can watch replays without them being spoiled. I just have to scroll down thru the highlight icons showing various goals and domination by one team or the other until I come to the replay icon showing a team with the medals around their neck holding the trophy in a joyous manner. Thank goodness they didn't show the score.

 

[spazzcat]

Why do the simplest things require a major iOS update to use? Live activities have been a thing for 2 years.

Add this app to the long list that will eventually get thrown to the corner and rarely updated.

It only exists because one guy…Eddie Cue wanted it.

Most likely new APIs, not everything is a conspiracy theory.

 

[spazzcat]

This! It’s just an app. Why is it tied to OS releases?

Live updates is a system level API call. I see a lot of people don't understand software and development.

 

[Allwordzaremadeup]

Maybe that explains why live activities for MLB have stopped working with the TV app for me recently, I guess they’re transitioning the capability.

Still works for me.

So they're going to transition the live activites to the sports app and the apple TV won't work anymore correct?

 

[spazzcat]

About time they added Apple Watch support to this app.

I'm still on the fence on how it works on the watch. Some days I like it others it just gets in the way.

 

[BaldiMac]

Most likely new APIs, not everything is a conspiracy theory.

Exactly! Another possibility is simply that they have to make sure the Apple TV app is updated before the Sports app to maintain continuity for Live Activities.

 

[Allwordzaremadeup]

STILL no respect for the Football League!! Championship League 1, Leauge 2,

Eh. I mean they're other top leagues they should prioritize before a lower level English league division.

 

[rwilliams]

Still works for me.

So they're going to transition the live activites to the sports app and the apple TV won't work anymore correct?

The Apple TV app stopped working reliably with Live Activities about two weeks ago for me. I had to start following MLB games from Spotlight Search to get the scores again.

 

[JFMarkham]

No premier league no mufc no deal

Premier League & MUFC are already available in the app!

 

[boston04and07]

Okay but how about an iPad app?

I also would like it if they’d add a static widget you could put on your Home Screen for current scores and the dates and times of upcoming games. Sometimes I like to know that stuff but I don’t need a detailed play by play on my lock screen.

 

[cocky jeremy]

Unless I can get rid of the sports I don't want to see, I have no interest. I want NFL, MLB, NBA, and college football. Nothing more.

 

[iStorm]

Finally! It was always awkward and confusing having to manage your sports teams and live activities in the News and TV apps. I never really did get the hang of it so stopped using it. Hopefully this will make it easier.

 

[PhilaPHL]

Fix notifications of scores please. It is horrible- no need to notify me at 2am when my team is on the west coast. Not in settings or notifications, had to delete the sports app.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Very nice updates for a free app. I will definitely make use.

 

[gsmornot]

They need a feature to delay the updates by 30-60 seconds. It's too on time! If I'm watching a game streaming, I'll get an alert on my phone when someone scores - before it happens on my TV! I have to turn these on and off for when I'm watching games and not watching them.

Same here. I leave the notifications on but I dont look. Still, sometimes it's obvious. Lined up for a long kick and my watch goes DING. Well, let's see how it looked at least. Ha.

 

[BigBlur]

Fix notifications of scores please. It is horrible- no need to notify me at 2am when my team is on the west coast. Not in settings or notifications, had to delete the sports app.

Isn't that what focus modes / 'Do Not Disturb' are for? Set up a schedule to have this turn on automatically during sleeping hours.

 

[mlayer]

Timing of the release is curious. They had to play a lot of catchup after the initial release and decided to put all their effort into getting the next rev out before the fall sports season starts. That meant no Olympics or individual sports like golf, tennis (US Open happening right now), or racing. There's still a lot of work to do, though kudos if they can catch up more without the result feeling bloated like ESPN.