Siri update: "Watch [TV channel]" tvOS 10 feature available in tvOS 9.2.1

[ipedro]

Asking Siri to "Watch [tv channel]" now goes directly to the live feed of that channel. This was announced as a tvOS 10 feature but was made available early.

https://vid.me/SR36

I got a "What's New" screen when I turned on my AppleTV today. Asking Siri to watch a live channel was one of the features. This is definitely a watchOS 10 feature that was released early. It's no longer listed under tvOS 10 features on apple.com/tvos-preview/
@arn: This looks like news.

 

[benjitek]

Asking Siri to "Watch [tv channel]" now goes directly to the live feed of that channel... This looks like news.

The demo video linked to is for CBS News. Doesn't work with SlingTV -- cable subscription required for it to work with a network television app... bummer

 

[jdillings]

This is nothing new. It was added in tvOS 9.2. It's called "Live Tune-In":
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204181