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Hands-On With Apple's New TV App in iOS 12.3 and tvOS 12.3
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The cynical part of me says that it will offer features and bundles that no one else does. And you will have to buy a new 3-5000 dollar Apple computer to be able to use it.
Don't take that comment seriously, I had a bad day and am feeling generally pessimistic right now.
Sorry you’re having a bad day. Tomorrow is another day
There’s Hulu integration, but not Netflix. The TV app will track which shows/episodes are up next on Hulu, but will still take you to the Hulu app to actually stream content. So basically nothing changes from the current implementation.
I've been using it with DirecTV satellite for 2-3 years now. For the most part, it works great. I had some trouble with the Starz app, but I think it was on them, not DirecTV.
Can anyone confirm if when watching episodes of a tv series, the new TV app automatically plays the next episode?
^this! I bet they don’t. It’s not so bad on the
TV since it can switch accounts, but on family members iphones they have to download purchases by trawling the purchased section of the iTunes app to watch them. They can’t be streamed, and don’t show as purchased in the TV app.
Did they by any chance fix the screensaver this time around? This thing has never really worked for me. I have it set to download new flyovers daily, yet I always get the same 5-10, even though there are now about 70(!) available and counting.
It's just embarrassing that an unofficial, open-source screensaver for the Mac works flawlessly and with a gazillion options while Apple can't even get their first-party app to simply pull a new file per day. It's frustrating.
It's just embarrassing that an unofficial, open-source screensaver for the Mac works flawlessly and with a gazillion options while Apple can't even get their first-party app to simply pull a new file per day. It's frustrating.
^this! I bet they don’t. It’s not so bad on the
Until they do this, my iTunes purchases will be limited. Expecting my kids to download onto their ipads before they can watch is just ridiculous.
Why can't Apple just bundle everything together and charge a fixed amount every month, so that EVERYONE (Globally) can have access to all these channels? I don't understand - isn't it beneficial for these channels as well? (I know they are usually offered via satelite/cable providers, but why can't we have the option to have these also via Apple?
so how does this work with existing third party apps? Eg showtime was an example given. I assume there is a separate showtime app, and previously you could search for content in the TV app, do 'up next' and 'continue watching' and it'd link out to the app to play something.
So now you can do all that without linking out - so you don't even need the showtime app installed? If so this feels like Apple leveraging their power after bringing all the third parties together to add value to their TV app, now they're cutting out that middle man.
If this takes off, they'll own both the playback and the discovery part - third parties will increasingly become just content providers. For some that might be ok, but for others they will want to editorialise and control how their content is surfaced to users - and increasingly that will be difficult/impossible.
So now you can do all that without linking out - so you don't even need the showtime app installed? If so this feels like Apple leveraging their power after bringing all the third parties together to add value to their TV app, now they're cutting out that middle man.
If this takes off, they'll own both the playback and the discovery part - third parties will increasingly become just content providers. For some that might be ok, but for others they will want to editorialise and control how their content is surfaced to users - and increasingly that will be difficult/impossible.
Typical of Apple of late; if you’re not in North America this is pointless.
I really hope some of these can be disabled. Far too much screen real estate is taken up with **** I don’t want. I want to see what I’ve bought and what I can play now, not loads of suggestions for apps I do not own and don’t want to (most of which I’ve storied and dislike). Please, can I just get iTunes 5 back and be done with it. So simple to use and watch whatever I want.
As somebody else said, so much of it is irrelevant to a huge part of the population as well.
As somebody else said, so much of it is irrelevant to a huge part of the population as well.
So... does it support NETFLIX or not?
With this I mean if Netflix content appear in searches and recommendations. I don't care if once you select the show it opens the Netflix app. I only care that its content is displayed in the app within the content of all the other streaming services. Is that so?
With this I mean if Netflix content appear in searches and recommendations. I don't care if once you select the show it opens the Netflix app. I only care that its content is displayed in the app within the content of all the other streaming services. Is that so?
[doublepost=1553774750][/doublepost]I’m wondering the same thing. I already subscribe to all these apps. Will my dish login work or will I be forced to subscribe in the TV app to get the feature of not having to leave the TV app
Anyone have any info of what all this will mean for us UK users? The selection of apps available for the current TV app is pretty terrible, and we obviously aren’t going to get stuff like Hulu.
Buuuh! I don’t use the current TV App because of the „Recently added to iTunes“ Category. I wan’t in the TV app only content for what I don’t need to pay extra.
Looks like that Apple is expending the advertisement in that app with the channels.
I know Apple will never to that, but I want an option to hide everything for what I need to pay extra.
But I don’t need that app and so I will just to continue not to use it
Looks like that Apple is expending the advertisement in that app with the channels.
I know Apple will never to that, but I want an option to hide everything for what I need to pay extra.
But I don’t need that app and so I will just to continue not to use it
I have noticed that i am getting recommendations from Netflix in the Apple tv app also. But unlike other providers that just let you play a movie directly from the app. It actually asks you to open Netflix to view it. So it is like you get a Netflix recommendation. But then need to go to the app after. Which sucks.
Yes, I would be maybe interested in Apple services (News/TV with or without '+') if not for geo-lock. No access to original versions, no access to many interesting US magazines. Just like iTunes... They can shove it until content blockers are removed. I'll never pay for sub-standard offerings not to mention being treated as a 3rd - or even further down the ladder - class customer.