Apple begins promoting 'Live Tune-In' feature for fourth-generation Apple TV
Owners of the fourth-generation Apple TV were on Friday greeted with an updated "What's New" splash screen, promoting "Live Tune-In," a feature letting people jump straight into the live TV feeds of select apps.
The screen notes that the feature is triggered via Siri commands, some given examples being "Watch CBS" and "Watch ESPN live." It's not clear how many apps actually support the technology, though Disney XD is mentioned as another option. In any case, a viewer must already be subscribed to the service in question.
Other items on the splash screen were contained in March's tvOS 9.2 update. It's unknown why Apple would only now be promoting Live Tune-In, but Apple may have been waiting until it could make server-side Siri improvements.
Siri-related changes can often be pushed out without a matching OS update. Earlier in April, for instance, the company silently upgraded Siri on iPhones and iPads with access to a large assortment of baseball statistics.
Live Tune-In should allow people to treat an Apple TV more like a conventional TV, quickly switching between live channels.
The screen notes that the feature is triggered via Siri commands, some given examples being "Watch CBS" and "Watch ESPN live." It's not clear how many apps actually support the technology, though Disney XD is mentioned as another option. In any case, a viewer must already be subscribed to the service in question.
Other items on the splash screen were contained in March's tvOS 9.2 update. It's unknown why Apple would only now be promoting Live Tune-In, but Apple may have been waiting until it could make server-side Siri improvements.
Siri-related changes can often be pushed out without a matching OS update. Earlier in April, for instance, the company silently upgraded Siri on iPhones and iPads with access to a large assortment of baseball statistics.
Live Tune-In should allow people to treat an Apple TV more like a conventional TV, quickly switching between live channels.
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i just want them to fix Siri. Using the feature is embarrassing and a lot worse than iPhone. She's always saying "can't search the web here" when asking movies and makes annoying witty comments when you're trying to find certain things, completely ignoring your request.
I did both because I realize this device was released only so that Apple won't fall behind and please those who have been waiting years. The real revolution is coming.
You expect to buy updated hardware that builds over what came in the past. So it should have had support for everything a Apple TV 3 did and build on to odd that with the new features, not come out at some future date. That is why people were mad. Apple can't help if content Owners are fighting them to create some new service. Quite frankly if they just come out with some tv service that's really like everyone else, yet another dumb bundle, they are wasting their time!!!