I'm just pleased they made an announcement as for the past few weeks I assumed the functionality was either broken or disabled...or required very specific commands nobody could figure out lol.
Shhh. You're gonna get your dev account banned... ;-)
I'm just pleased they made an announcement as for the past few weeks I assumed the functionality was either broken or disabled...or required very specific commands nobody could figure out lol.
Apple has stated that devs will get another update that will bring the dev kits to parity with the consumer atv's. They just won't say when. I think it's safe to say sometime today or first thing tomorrow it will happen. Reviewer devices do have the app store available, otherwise they wouldn't be able to review the apps that all of them have been referring to in their articles.From what I've seen of the dev units running the GM of tvOS, even the App Store app isn't visible at present. It's my guess that either later today, or first thing tomorrow, the app Store app will appear, and then you'll be able to download apps, and that will include nextflix. It's possible Apple might push something onto the device, in a similar manner as the current apple tv when it gets new "channels" for Netflix, so think of it as an alias, so tapping on it goes and gets the app. I've no idea though.
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Rumor has it that the reviewer devices have an updated build of tvOS with the App Store, so there could be another tvOS update for developers to enable the App Store for their devices.
On the subject of iPlayer. Good to see BBC deciding it might be a good idea to do this. I suspect the Auntie Player showed that it's not that difficult to do, and people DO want this. Would have been nice if it was there for the launch of the device.
Wether it'll work via a VPN, I don't know, but would be hopeful that it would, as an ex-pat it would be nice to use iPlayer to watch shows, rather than obtaining them by other methods
Does it include all the stuff that Sky subscribers get? I remember looking at the website, and it looked like there were a few *s, suggesting that some of the newer, better stuff might be Sky only?
I haven't had any problems using it.
I find the quality of it WAY below Netflix. The actual bitrate I mean, not the quality of the content. The picture looks terrible. Netflix looks great on the same TV.
I find the quality of it WAY below Netflix. The actual bitrate I mean, not the quality of the content. The picture looks terrible. Netflix looks great on the same TV.
An Amazon Prime TV (Or whatever they call it nowadays) app would be the best thing, and stop me having to stream Mr Robot from my phone over Airplay to the TV.
Sorry, I'm not a Sky subscriber so I use Now TV with vouchers without committing to signing up so can't answer that. It seems to have the latest programs though and you can watch live programs from some Sky channels but I'm not sure if all the channels are available.
I'm going to get crucified for this, but Apple's MO lately seems to be all about releasing things that aren't ready to be released.. aka lacking some obvious features.
It's always been Apple's "MO". Start small and build. Such as the original iPhone without 3G or App Store, later to the 4G/LTE game than others. Strict rules on APIs (like multitasking, 3rd party keyboards) then loosen up as time progresses.
There are of course many reasons for this, and it has worked well for them.
It's quite well known too, a nice article about it: http://www.macworld.com/article/1151235/apple_rolls.html
The opposite would be something like Samsung's approach, where you get many features early (often IMO poorly implemented, and we often see them cut down later, e.g. Air View now gone from the S6 (along with expandable storage, removable batteries, waterproof body).
No right or wrong, just different.
The Now TV platform is awful.
We're all extremely happy for you.In the coming months hey? I already have iPlayer built into my 4k TV and numerous other devices. Thanks though Apple.
I disagree. Aside from the (admittedly, very annoying) habit of splicing repetitive ads into the middle of on-demand content, it's one of the best streaming platforms on the UK market. Particularly in terms of the quality of content relative to the price. Only iPlayer does it better, in my experience.
However, the bitrate of Now TV's streams seems to vary depending on what device your using it on. Apple devices and LG TVs do seem to get the best quality streams, but some others do not.
An Amazon Prime TV (Or whatever they call it nowadays) app would be the best thing, and stop me having to stream Mr Robot from my phone over Airplay to the TV.
this is great! hopefully they do the app for other devices too. ipads, and roku too.
I used an Apple TV to watch a football match last season and the quality was terrible - constant buffering, lower than SD quality and pixelation throughout as I mentioned before. And this is with a 152mb BB connection.
How so? They originally said they had no plans to do it,
then all of a sudden have a change of heart,
and in the time between, some bright sparks have come shown that there isn't that much work in getting something up and running, and I'm sure the resources the BBC has could get their own thing up and running just as quickly, and without having to resort to any workarounds that might have been required for Auntie Player to access the various sources.
Right, since Siri is not required for Apple Music to work on ATV, yet another reason why ATV3 should get Apple Music.Bloody Hell. Once again we in the US have been left out. Bollocks!
Seriously, I am happy to hear about Apple Music, but scratching my head about why they didn't work to make it available at launch.
Your internet connection is probably most to blame there. However I find Sky's non HD quality rather poor, and they don't provide HD channels to Now TV customers.I used an Apple TV to watch a football match last season and the quality was terrible - constant buffering, lower than SD quality and pixelation throughout as I mentioned before. And this is with a 152mb BB connection.
The technical work involved with a new streaming platform is virtually nothing and never was an issue. It's about the rights and legal issues involved, as it always is.
Right, since Siri is not required for Apple Music to work on ATV, yet another reason why ATV3 should get Apple Music.