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Facebook watch app is retiring on apple tv 4K
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I’m really not happy about this, I would have turned off auto updates or something if I would have known. It’s so insulting that the message redirects us to an URL but there’s no Safari app on AppleTV!
I do live workouts on Facebook video streams, and I specifically bought the AppleTV at Xmas for this. My AppleTV is hooked up to my modem via Ethernet so it’s a faster connection because I have people using wifi for remote working / schooling. I can screen mirror from my phone but of course that’s wifi.
I do live workouts on Facebook video streams, and I specifically bought the AppleTV at Xmas for this. My AppleTV is hooked up to my modem via Ethernet so it’s a faster connection because I have people using wifi for remote working / schooling. I can screen mirror from my phone but of course that’s wifi.
This has been happening for a while on a lot of my tvOS apps, mostly games though.
I think tvOS' marketshare is not high enough for many app developers to justify supporting the platform.
Many tvOS version games that I have invested $ in no longer work. Last summer, one of my favorite games, RISK, by SMG Studios, was pulled from the App Store. A message pops up saying that you have to update the app, but clicking the button goes no where since the app was pulled.
I contacted the SMG support team, and they said they are having issues with supporting the tvOS version of RISK because of the lack of SDK support and third-party plugins, so they had to pull the app.
Many other apps in a similar boat. Apple doesn't seem to care too much about the ATV and tvOS, so I don't blame developers to stop caring as well.
Just sad...
I think tvOS' marketshare is not high enough for many app developers to justify supporting the platform.
Many tvOS version games that I have invested $ in no longer work. Last summer, one of my favorite games, RISK, by SMG Studios, was pulled from the App Store. A message pops up saying that you have to update the app, but clicking the button goes no where since the app was pulled.
I contacted the SMG support team, and they said they are having issues with supporting the tvOS version of RISK because of the lack of SDK support and third-party plugins, so they had to pull the app.
Many other apps in a similar boat. Apple doesn't seem to care too much about the ATV and tvOS, so I don't blame developers to stop caring as well.
Just sad...
I cant watch facebook gaming on apple tv 4k anymore
Now I have to wait and see if the facebook watch app will shut down on fire tv stick 4k max or facebook portal +
Now I have to wait and see if the facebook watch app will shut down on fire tv stick 4k max or facebook portal +
everyone should report the issue here
choose apple tv
and type a description about the issue
Log into Facebook
Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.
www.facebook.com
choose apple tv
and type a description about the issue
It's actually 62 in the US. And that only went that high because of the news it got discontinued.
It's currently 29th in Australia and that is with the current news bump. But more than how many people are downloading it, the watch time on it is probably so small compared to the effort to maintain it, that FB is dropping support for it.
me too
the app is so terrible on fire tv stick and android tv
it got updates alot and still same bugs same buffering issues
i think facebook will retire this app on all platforms soon and they will shut down facebook watch all together soon