Besides new iPhones and iPad Pro, Apple has also announced new Apple TV running on its tvOS, which is based on iOS. The remote’s charge lasts three months, Apple’s Eddy Cue says. If users miss an amusing line from the show, they can ask Siri to rewind it and temporarily show captions on the screen. Major League Baseball’s MLB.tv can now stream at 60fps on Apple TV.
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This marks a significant premium on the existing generation of Apple TV, which sells for US$69, and other streaming rivals like Amazon’s Fire TV box. That basically means that at some point, we should expect to see tons of new apps and games specifically designed for the Apple TV. These will be delivered to users through the new Apple TV App Store.
A new remote has a Siri microphone button for voice commands such as “show me some comedies”.
The remote also has a Touch feature, which makes it easier to scroll through all of the apps.
Many different types of games will now be available on TV, like Disney’s (DIS) new Star Wars video game. Let’s take a quick look at what we know about the new Apple TV.
Currently, Apple TV has content from iTunes, Hulu plus, Netflix and HBO.
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Like the swipe down on the remote, Siri will answer questions and show you things like sports scores up from the bottom again, without completely interrupting what you’re watching. In addition to searching and viewing all kinds of video content, third-party apps will bring gaming, shopping and other functionality to the largest screen in the house. And you can move it around, thanks to its accelerometer and gyroscope, when playing games. Apple TV will arrive at store shelves in the United States towards the end of October and will be rolled out gradually across 80 countries over a period of time.
