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Apple TV App Available on Roku Starting Today
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Right. If they want to be successful in media, they can't restrict it to their own devices. And they are clearly investing much more in media production than in Apple TV hardware.
Why don't you like it?
I use the apps on my TV so I don't have an opinion one way or another. Just curious to hear yours.
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Is AndroidTV still pretty well supported?
I believe that's what Sony uses on their TV's? Also I know the Shield is a popular choice. That's about the only knowledge I have of it.
Has anyone got this working on their ROKU TV yet? As of now, the Apple TV channel does not yet appear for me, and apparently for many others as well.
I followed Roku's instructions here to add the Apple TV Channel:
I followed Roku's instructions here to add the Apple TV Channel:
How to use the Apple TV channel on your Roku® streaming device | Official Roku Support
Watch Apple TV on your compatible Roku streaming player or Roku TV. Find out which devices support the Apple TV app and how you can sign into the channel.
support.roku.com
Has anyone got this working on their ROKU TV yet? As of now, the Apple TV channel does not yet appear for me, and apparently for many others as well.
I followed Roku's instructions here to add the Apple TV Channel:
How to use the Apple TV channel on your Roku® streaming device | Official Roku Support
Watch Apple TV on your compatible Roku streaming player or Roku TV. Find out which devices support the Apple TV app and how you can sign into the channel.support.roku.com
Its still not there
It’s now available from the Roku website. https://channelstore.roku.com/details/551012/apple-tv
Not from what I can tell.
Also, the app won’t let me sign in. Failing every time I login.
First experience: Installed the app via web account a few hours ago. Came down to my Roku and signed in now - worked first time. I signed in via a mobile device (my iPhone) which worked first time.
The UI seems slightly slow, but I'm happy this even runs on my 2013 Roku 3. I'm watching BladeRunner 2049 on it now. Image quality and sound quality is GREAT. Well done for taking one step out of the walled garden, Apple!
Update: went to compare quality with plex and it hard rebooted my Roku when I quit the AppleTV app
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I had to reconfirm I was happy with data usage on re-start. It had remembered my sign-in and position in the movie though. This was quitting by pressing the back button repeatedly. Pressing home from a movie whilst playing worked.
* On my 1080p TV, Streaming is comparable to Plex streaming a HD file from a local server - as in great!
* Fast forward and rewind seem sluggish - for example, pressing play to stop rewind led to it rewinding a further minute before realising play had been pressed.
Still, for a first version, impressive! I'll use this, and it lets my Roku still stream every service I use (Netflix, Amazon, NowTV, iPlayer, plex, and now iTunes)
The UI seems slightly slow, but I'm happy this even runs on my 2013 Roku 3. I'm watching BladeRunner 2049 on it now. Image quality and sound quality is GREAT. Well done for taking one step out of the walled garden, Apple!
Update: went to compare quality with plex and it hard rebooted my Roku when I quit the AppleTV app
.I had to reconfirm I was happy with data usage on re-start. It had remembered my sign-in and position in the movie though. This was quitting by pressing the back button repeatedly. Pressing home from a movie whilst playing worked.
* On my 1080p TV, Streaming is comparable to Plex streaming a HD file from a local server - as in great!
* Fast forward and rewind seem sluggish - for example, pressing play to stop rewind led to it rewinding a further minute before realising play had been pressed.
Still, for a first version, impressive! I'll use this, and it lets my Roku still stream every service I use (Netflix, Amazon, NowTV, iPlayer, plex, and now iTunes)
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I now have an “AppleTV” showing up on my phone under AirPlay when the Roku is on, but attempting to mirror anything gives me the message on the phone that the wireless signal is too weak to use AirPlay.
This is the Apple TV app. It only works with your iTunes library, your Apple TV Channels, and Apple TV+.
It is not a replacement for an Apple TV. If you want to watch the AT&T Watch TV app, you need to download that on the Roku store and use their app.
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Apple Music has been available on Windows, Android, and the Amazon Echo for a while now.
I'd assume that they may have to program for and QA test for every model of smart tv. There are hundreds of variations out there, it could take some time. Only three choices here: a full roll-out, partial roll-out as QA testing for each batch is complete or hold release until all QA testing is complete.
It should be there, it is on the Apple TV app on the
I have it on my TCL R617 now, and no music..