Let’s say your finest buddy–we’ll name him Pietro–makes use of an Android telephone. To every his personal, you say. The issue is, Pietro, who doesn’t personal a TV and watches exhibits on his telephone (like I stated, to every his personal) doesn’t subscribe to Apple TV+ as a result of there’s no Android app for that. This implies whenever you excitedly name Pietro after watching the most recent episode of Severance that dropped on Friday, you’ll be able to’t speak about it. As a substitute, it’s important to ask him how’s he doing, how the youngsters are, what he had for dinner, no matter. Ho hum.
However right now is your (or Pietro’s) fortunate day. Apple has launched the Apple TV app on Android and it’s now obtainable on the Google Play retailer. It offers entry to all Apple TV+ content material, in addition to MLS Season Move. A subscription is required for Apple TV+, which prices $9.99/£9.99 per 30 days; MLS Season Move is an extra subscription price, however doesn’t require an Apple TV+ subscription (be taught extra about MLS Season Move). Apple TV+ additionally presents TV exhibits and films obtainable to hire or purchase however The Verge experiences that you just can not entry the shop from throughout the Android app. Customers on Reddit say that beforehand bought exhibits can’t be accessed, both.
The Verge additionally factors out that the Apple TV app for Android is optimized for foldable telephones, which Pietro likes to brag about (“Crease? That’s not a crease,” he likes to say). Google’s Dan Seifert posted that the app additionally has a themeable app icon, picture-in-picture help, in addition to offline downloads. So your Android-using buddy actually has no excuse for lacking out on probably the greatest exhibits of the 12 months and a bunch of different nice Apple TV+ content material. Until the dearth of casting help within the app is a dealbreaker. Then you definately’re simply going to have to return to chatting in regards to the climate.
