Category: Apple TV News
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Apple Gives a Closer Look at ‘The Morning Show’ Coming to Apple TV+
Apple has released a one minute long trailer for the upcoming series The Morning Show, which will premier on Apple TV+ when the streaming service launches this fall. The Morning Show stars Academy Award-winner Reese Witherspoon, Emmy Award-winner Jennifer Aniston and Emmy Award-winner Steve Carell in a high-stakes drama that pulls back the curtain on…
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Disney Hopes to Quickly Bring Disney+ to The Fire TV & Apple TV But No Deal is In Place
When Disney+ was announced Disney said that the service would first come to Roku and the PlayStation 4. Disney listed other devices like the Fire TV and Apple TV as coming soon. Today during Disney’s earnings call Disney CEO Bob Iger said that they are in talks with Amazon and Apple but no deal has…
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Apple TV+ Will Likely Charge a Fee, Even for Apple TV Users
Comments during Apple’s fiscal third quarter call suggest that Apple will be charging a fee for Apple TV+ rather than offering it as a free service for those with an Apple TV device. During the call, Apple CFO Luca Maestri mentioned that there would be trial periods available, nothing that “the road to monetization takes…
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Apple Adds CBS All Access to Apple TV Channels
Today Apple added CBS All Access to its Apple TV Channels service. This was first spotted by 9to5Mac who points out that CBS All Access is not listed under the “Try Apple TV Channels” section. You need to find it by going to the search tab and searching for the service. There you will find…
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Vizio is Adding Apple AirPlay 2 & HomeKit to Its SmartCast TV Today
Starting today Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit will begin rolling out to Vizio SmartCast TVs. This update will roll out to Vizio TVs with the SmartCast OS going back to Vizio TVs made in 2016. You will get AirPlay 2 support as part of the SmartCast 3.0 OS update that is now rolling out. “SmartCast…
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Warning Apple’s TVOS 13 Public Beta Has Several Major Bugs
Recently Apple rolled out a public TVOS beta for the Apple TV. This TVOS 13 Public Betta sadly though seems to come with some major bugs. Multiple readers have reported serious issues including hang-ups, crashes, and excessive buffering when using the betta. There is also a growing number of complaints about the beta on Reddit.…
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Apple’s AirPlay 2 is Coming to LG TVs Tomorrow
This week LG announced that they are adding AirPlay 2 to its 2019 line of AI TVs on July 25th, 2019. LG TVs will also be getting Apple’s HomeKit that will allow them to use Siri to control their basic TV functions like power, volume, and source. “LG remains at the forefront of TV technological…
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Top 10 Free Apple TV Apps Every Cord Cutter Should Try
Not long ago there was a time when the Apple TV lacked many of the most popular cord cutting apps. Not that long ago the Apple TV did not even have a live TV streaming service like Sling TV or PlayStation Vue. Over the last three years, Apple has quickly been adding new apps making…
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Apple Shares Their Plans for Launching New Shows on Apple TV+
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue dove further into the plans for the new streaming service, Apple TV+. During the interview, Cue revealed that the plan for Apple TV+ is to focus more on slowly rolling out high quality content, rather than pushing…
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AT&T’s DIRECTV NOW Update Breaks Some Siri Support on The Apple TV For Some Subscribers
This week AT&T rolled out an update for DIRECTV NOW on the Apple TV. With this update, it seems to have removed some Siri commands on the DIRECTV NOW app. Multiple readers have reported that at times, they are no longer able to change channels using their voice and the Siri remote. Apple has said…