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Apple to Announce New App Focused on TV Show Discovery at Tomorrow's Event [Updated]
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This is just another step towards their efforts to make Apple TV the interface to all TV. The long term goal seems to be using the Apple TV interface to find what you want whether it's live TV, a Netflix show or an on demand program.
So is this an app that a user has to launch or do I just turn on my TV and it gives me suggestions? I don't want to have to launch an app for everything.
You mean if you watch some late night HBO stuff at times (interesting Apple allows porn apps now), and then similar suggests to the rest of your family?
Apple's solution is always their devices are single user. Buy an AppleTV for each member of family. Make sure you keep track of which remote goes to which box.
What would have been more exciting, is a proper DVR style watch list. So that there was one place, where all my "subscribed shows" would show up. Some programs in Hulu, a show in HBOGo, a couple in ShowtimeAnytime, maybe a few in Netflix. And the ones I currently watch all show up as sort of like links in a list, and when I click on a selection it takes me to the prospective app that supports the show.
That functionality is similar to Tivo's One Pass. If Apple TV could help us from constantly having to hunt between apps, it would be a far more streamlined experience for us cord cutters. I think the biggest complaint to cord cutting, is how we have to navigate between all these apps, and when I was on Cable TV and a DVR, everything was just in one place.
A Genius Recommendation function in Apple TV is nice, but I feel is not that innovative....
That functionality is similar to Tivo's One Pass. If Apple TV could help us from constantly having to hunt between apps, it would be a far more streamlined experience for us cord cutters. I think the biggest complaint to cord cutting, is how we have to navigate between all these apps, and when I was on Cable TV and a DVR, everything was just in one place.
A Genius Recommendation function in Apple TV is nice, but I feel is not that innovative....
Apple TV Games for people over the age of 10 and use a real controller would be nice...
"I see you finished The Walking Dead season 3. Using my analytical powers, I'd like to recommend The Walking Dead season 4 to you"
They've never had an event under 90 minutes. Did you really want to watch 10 new videos about the new Magic Bar™?
Since I already ignore the recommendations in iTunes, I'll ignore this part of the event tomorrow as well.
Hoping - but not expecting - that it takes into consideration the programs and movies in Home Sharing.
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Some of us care about both Apple TV and Mac Pro. Personally I couldn't care less if they go all USB-C on the new MacBook Pro.
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Some of us care about both Apple TV and Mac Pro. Personally I couldn't care less if they go all USB-C on the new MacBook Pro.
This entire concept is pretty dead, Smart TVs does whatever Apple TV does without paying more for it.
Seriously, if they're bring up the Atv tomorrow, they really need to let us know what the hold up on this is... I have to reactivate apps every few days and it is not an enjoyable experience
When I see the innovation at Oculus, and at Windows, and I compare it to the tap dance that apple is doing with shaking money out of people a few bucks at a time with watch bands and "dual cameras" or "smart search" for TV content, and "touch strips" for laptops, it just makes me sad as hell. Someone has taken a bite out of my apple.![]()
Apple plans to announce a new app that will help viewers discover TV shows at its "Hello Again" media event tomorrow, according to Dawn Chmielewski for USA Today.![apple_tv_diagonal-250x244.jpg]()
The app, dubbed "The Watch List" internally but expected to have a different name, will reportedly recommend TV shows based on the content users access through their Apple TVs.
For example, an FX Networks subscriber might receive a recommendation to watch the new dramatic series Atlanta, the report said.The report suggests an Apple TV focus, but it does not specifically mention if the app will be for iOS, tvOS, or both platforms.
Apple's "Hello Again" event kicks off at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Thursday at its Cupertino, California headquarters.
Article Link: Apple to Announce New App Focused on TV Show Discovery at Tomorrow's Event
OMG, how can they recommend TV shows if they don't gather user data. Come on, there is so much ******** flowing out of Apple these days it's not even funny. Make at least two consecutive statements that do not contradict each other, like it's the Post PC era (but iPad sales are tanking) but they need the Mac platform to grow, they do not gather user data but will make recommendations based on your viewing history, their car technology will be revolutionary but they just decided to dramatically scale back our R&D in that area. Come on.
Also why do they need a new App when Siri is already on the device? I mean if Apple had a clue about how to do digital assistance well then Siri would already be recommending TV shows to you.
ALL this sounds like is an ad platform, allowing corporations to put paid content front and centre on the Apple TV. I am sure it is based less on user gathered data and more on corporate gathered dollars.
Also why do they need a new App when Siri is already on the device? I mean if Apple had a clue about how to do digital assistance well then Siri would already be recommending TV shows to you.
ALL this sounds like is an ad platform, allowing corporations to put paid content front and centre on the Apple TV. I am sure it is based less on user gathered data and more on corporate gathered dollars.
Too little too late. **** apple. Steve jobs you are sorely missed.
I hope there is more than this. How about an App that gives you access, by using Siri, to select all of your movies and videos you have in your iTunes database for play? Something that would really help and make the box much more useful.
Great! An app to confirm to us in the UK that there is nothing much by the way of content here on the Apple TV....
.... unless of course they make this app US only as usual, taking the Apple default position of peetending the rest of the world does not exist!!
.... unless of course they make this app US only as usual, taking the Apple default position of peetending the rest of the world does not exist!!