What you should know
- The Apple TV app is formally out there on Android as of now, so Android customers now not have to make use of a browser to stream Apple TV Plus content material.
- Apple TV on Android makes use of Google Play Billing, so customers can subscribe through the Google Play Retailer while not having an Apple gadget. This transformation additionally applies to the Android TV or Google TV apps.
- The Apple TV app for Android is for accessing Apple TV Plus or MLS Season Go; it will possibly’t be used to entry bought iTunes content material.
Over 5 years after launching the Apple TV Plus streaming service, the corporate is lastly bringing the Apple TV app to Android. Beginning at this time, Feb. 12, customers can obtain the Apple TV app from the Google Play Retailer and entry the Apple TV Plus and MLS Season Go subscription choices. The transfer comes after Apple beforehand made an Apple TV app for the Android TV and Google TV platforms again in 2021.
The brand new Apple TV app will run on gadgets with Android 10 or newer put in, and that features a mixture of telephones, tablets, and foldables. In contrast to the Apple TV app on Apple gadgets, the Apple TV app for Android is not going to provide sure options, like entry to iTunes content material or Apple TV channels. As an alternative, this app focuses on Apple’s streaming providers.
The Android model of the app is constructed to be cross-platform, with options like “Proceed Watching.” You can begin a present or film on one gadget and decide up proper the place you left off on one other, no matter whether or not that is an Apple or Android gadget. Moreover, customers can plan out their streaming with a “Watchlist,” and may obtain Apple TV Plus content material to their Android gadget for offline watching.
Notably, Apple is now integrating with Google Play Billing. Which means that Android customers can join Apple TV Plus on an Apple gadget or on the internet, however they’ll additionally achieve this via the Google Play Retailer immediately within the Android app. This can be a first for Apple, because the Apple TV app for Android/Google TV didn’t assist signing up for the streaming service within the app — till now.
Apple says the app is designed for Android, bringing a “acquainted and intuitive interface,” however there are some lacking options that longtime Android customers would possibly miss. For instance, Google Solid is not out there at launch, so you may’t solid a present from the Apple TV app in your Android telephone to your Google TV, Nest, or Chromecast gadget. The corporate plans to construct and enhance the Apple TV app for Android over time, and Google Solid is the type of function that may very well be added sooner or later.
The 2 streaming providers out there on the Apple TV app for Android are Apple TV Plus (which incorporates Friday Evening Baseball) and MLS Season Go. Apple TV Plus prices $9.99 monthly, and consists of hit exhibits like Severance and Ted Lasso, in addition to Friday Evening Baseball — which airs two MLB video games weekly throughout the common season with no regional blackouts. There’s additionally MLS Season Go, the all-access streaming service for Main League Soccer, which prices $14.99 monthly or $99 for the whole season.
Android customers can obtain the Apple TV app from the Google Play Retailer beginning now. This was beforehand rumored again in October, and naturally, the Apple Music app for Android has been round for a few decade.
You may strive Apple TV Plus totally free for seven days.
