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Apps Apple TV 3 - Why no Apple Music app?
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Juicy Box
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I hope I still have auto-updates turned off on my ATV3s.
That would be a good question for Tim Cook.
tcook@apple.com
I am curious about it too.
If you do email and get a response, post it please.
You're right, I've sent him an E-Mail, IF I hear back, I'll most certainly post the reply.
Thanks
steve62388
macrumors 68040
Maybe because you never had the Apple Music app (so you haven’t lost anything). Whereas without an update to the new TV app the old might have been needed to be phased out (because of compatibility issues). Then you would have had a brick.
Casey Royals
macrumors regular
I have exactly the same question ... what could be so difficult about it - can access iTunes purchases but nothing else of Apple Music.
The Apple Remote app on my iPhone can’t see the Apple TV 3 after the update either (but I can stream to it from the music app) you have this issue too?
The Apple Remote app on my iPhone can’t see the Apple TV 3 after the update either (but I can stream to it from the music app) you have this issue too?
I guess maybe because unlike ATV HD (4) or ATV 4K, it's not using the latest tvOS operating system and it would create extra work for Apple. In all fairness, it's pretty decent of Apple to actually still update Apple TV 3 as it's pretty vintage now 2012-15. Considering it was only 99£ at launch and then £59 in its final year, it's been a pretty remarkable device. How the heck did Apple make any profit from it at £59? It doesn't make sense to spend R&D money on it!
Certainly Apple TV HD is so cheap that it's just easier to recycle an old ATV3 if it doesn't meet your needs and buy a new Apple TV to enjoy for another 5+ years 🙂
Poki
macrumors 65816
Apple TV HD is now four years old, and no 4K support is pretty much a no go for a device you buy in 2019. Apple TV 4K is very expensive for a set top box, and it's more than two years old now too.
I think Apple should release a new Apple TV with the probably upcoming A13X SoC at a price they see appropriate and sell the current 4K model a lot cheaper, maybe with some cost cutting measures like using a standard A12 instead of the A10X (if the A12 can handle 4K HDR playback and if it actually is cheaper to manufacture than the A10X, of course)
I think Apple is weighing the success of Apple Arcade before it updates the Apple TV hardware. If Apple Arcade really takes off, I could see them waiting until they've got a CPU/GPU that can properly compete with the upcoming 5th gen consoles. The A12X is impressive but it isn't even at parity with the current PS4 & Xbox.