- Apple has formally launched the Apple TV app on Android units
- As of right now, you possibly can obtain the app from the Google Play Store
- MLS Season Pass can even be supported by way of Google Play’s billing system
Starting right now (February 12), Apple’s TV app can be out there to obtain off the Google Play Store, giving Android clients a really welcome shock.
The app brings all the identical nice options that iOS customers can be aware of, like entry to Apple TV+ and MLS Season Pass, and can be out there in over 100 areas globally, together with the US, UK, and Australia.
That means you’ll check in or join Apple TV+ and MLS Season Pass by way of the app similar to you’d on any iOS system. But bear in mind that your system (whether or not that is a cellphone, pill, or foldable) has to assist Android 10 or later to have the ability to use it, particularly to make sure it really works correctly with the Google TV front room expertise.
Don’t have an Apple TV+ account? That’s not an issue as a result of you’ll join an Apple TV+ free trial to check out the app for seven days earlier than registering for a subscription.
What do we all know up to now about Apple TV’s Android app?
Although the Apple TV app has been optimized for Android, numerous the identical nice options are prone to nonetheless right here, together with the power to see all the films and exhibits you are at the moment watching throughout totally different units in a single place underneath the part ‘Continue Watching’. You’ll additionally nonetheless discover your ‘Watchlist’ of saved films and exhibits that you’ve got saved to look at sooner or later.
The homepage largely appears to be like the identical because it does on any iOS system, with a number of rows of grouped content material to create collections primarily based on whether or not a film or present is new, trending, the most-watched, or out there to stream now. A devoted part known as ‘Must See Hits’ on Apple TV+ will doubtless substitute the present ‘For You’ part that the majority iOS customers see. Most notably, the ‘Store’ tab on the backside of the app is lacking as a result of iTunes retailer content material is not going to be made out there.
This slight change within the categorization of its content material is one in all our largest indications that Apple is pursuing this Android rollout to draw new clients to its streaming service, and it makes numerous sense when you think about that it has the smallest subscriber base of all the most effective streaming providers.
Apple TV branches out
The Apple TV app’s Android rollout comes at a good time for the corporate, because it offers extra individuals the power to lastly stream hit exhibits like Severance season 2 in addition to new Apple TV+ films like The Gorge, which is releasing this Friday (February 14) on Valentine’s Day.
It’s additionally simply in time for Major League Soccer’s thirtieth season, which kicks off subsequent weekend (on February 22), permitting these signed up for MLS Season Pass to get in on all of the motion with entry to unique content material, evaluation, and protection.
If you are a sports activities fan, you will additionally be capable to catch weekly video games from Friday Night Baseball and Sunday Night Soccer, which is new to Apple TV+ subscribers in 2025, in addition to all the most effective Apple TV+ exhibits and greatest Apple TV+ films.
Make certain to verify again in with TechRadar to learn the way the Android model of the app carried out in comparison with its iOS counterpart and what different variations we have noticed between the 2 apps.
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