AppleTV/iTunes is great and all, but what about Apple Music or Airplay? I would love to be able to listen to music & game sounds together like my Spotify friends can currently
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Apple TV App Reportedly Coming to Xbox, 'Likely' in Time for Series X/S Launch on November 10
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Maybe that's part and parcel with this coming to the platform...
That's how it all worked with Prime Video, some give, some take.
Thats not really how generations work at all.
So....
I get it
Same rules for everyone right Apple?
So you can release a streaming platform on Xbox that doesn't share revenue to Xbox/Microsoft
But Microsoft can't release a streaming platform on iPhone that doesn't share revenue with Apple
Hypocrites
I get it
Same rules for everyone right Apple?
So you can release a streaming platform on Xbox that doesn't share revenue to Xbox/Microsoft
But Microsoft can't release a streaming platform on iPhone that doesn't share revenue with Apple
Hypocrites
I wonder if the Xbox app will allow bitstreaming audio to an A/V receiver, something the Apple TV can’t do.
What would I do to sit down and watch it for the first time again. What an incredible TV series.
What does being friendly have to do with anything? Is it really that surprising that Microsoft is interested in growing revenue?
Why? Last I checked Netflix didn't have an individual iOS app for every show and movie.
It's a joke man. Apple is saying that every game in the Xbox Cloud service needs its own app on the app store.
Agreed! I also wish Apple would do the same with Apple Music. I have a premium audio system I bought from Best Buy Magnolia and through it's app it plays Spotify content, Pandora and dare I say it, Tidal. For now I have to connect my iPhone through it to play Apple Music.
You have no idea what you're talking about. If you think Apple gets to put it's app on Xbox "free of charge" and Microsoft gets nothing out of it then you're wrong. Apple has to pay a licensing deal to Microsoft. Furthermore putting an app on a game console is not the same as putting an app on the App Store to be downloaded to mega millions of mobile devices. There are far more iPhones being sold than Xbox's. Before calling Apple a hypocrite get your facts straight. And if Microsoft doesn't have a problem with it then it shouldn't matter to you.
We have historic data showing Sony selling over 100m consoles and only one occasion where the Xbox 360 was close to its rival at the time. And Xbox will continue to mostly be a US centric console so it has a smaller potential user base. If we do see the Xbox Series consoles surpassing Nintendo into second place or even competing 1:1 with Sony then that will be quite an achievement and well deserved given Microsoft have put a lot of work into it, but unlikely as they focus on US centric game genres.
I still see people that think this app gives you all the abilities of the Apple TV, not making this up.
that might have been true a few weeks ago but not now. Sony are on the backfoot and Microsoft have put their series X units in the hands of the media.
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Yup, no iTunes extras (including alternate versions etc)I still see people that think this app gives you all the abilities of the Apple TV, not making this up.
Last time I checked, XBox One lets you select "bitstream out" and then you select the bitstream format, such as Dolby Digital, DTS, or Atmos. But the problem is, with those settings, if you are playing source material that is stereo prologic, the XBox will output blank surround and center channels. This prevents the AV receiver (or at least my AV receiver) from decoding prologic and inserting the missing channels. So to get the best audio always, you have to keep going into the XBox settings and switching back and forth between a surround format and stereo, depending on the source material.
This, IMO, is a fatal flaw of the XBox One as a streaming device.
The ATV app is coming to Playstation
[Update: PlayStation too] Report: Apple working with Microsoft to bring Apple TV app to Xbox consoles - 9to5Mac
Over the last few years, we’ve seen Apple open up its software by allowing third-party hardware to run Apple TV...
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The first time I read the headline on trueachievement i was thinking the the same Xbox app for iOS (still in beta) which allow to stream from the console (like the xCloud Which don’t work in my country) but stream from my console
so I was super excited (having an Xbox in my room and Apple TV on the living room mean more time in the living room and less time in my room)
but guess I’m not leaving my room anymore ....
so I was super excited (having an Xbox in my room and Apple TV on the living room mean more time in the living room and less time in my room)
but guess I’m not leaving my room anymore ....
Why stop there? The OG Xbox could rip CDs and then games could let you use your music instead of the regular music. That feature is how I ended up replacing my PS2 with an Xbox.