There was as soon as a time when Apple TV merely meant the corporate’s streaming {hardware}. Now, it both refers to that, or the corporate’s streaming service, Apple TV+. Regardless of being an Apple product, Apple TV+ is not simply out there on iPhones, iPads, and Mac. In truth, you may stream it by means of the Apple TV app, together with the poorly-reviewed Apple TV Android app, or the Apple TV internet app. Now, it is getting slightly simpler to observe Apple TV, no less than when you’re a Prime Video consumer.
Because it occurs, Apple and Amazon have come to an settlement to host Apple TV+ as a Prime Video channel. Which means you’ll subscribe to Apple TV+ straight by means of your Prime Video account, and stream it by means of the Prime app. That is how different “channels” work on Prime, reminiscent of Starz, MGM+, Max, and Paramount+. Curiously, whereas Apple TV additionally has an analogous channels characteristic, Prime Video will not be at present out there as an choice. (You may stream Prime Video by means of Amazon’s app on an Apple TV, nonetheless.)
Apple’s streaming service is coming to Prime Video later this month, and it’ll value $9.99 monthly, the service’s commonplace prices for brand spanking new subscriptions.
Apple TV+ has amassed fairly the library for itself, sporting notable titles like Ted Lasso, Severance, The Morning Present, and For All Mankind. It additionally owns quite a few high-profile films, together with Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon. Nevertheless, it is nonetheless small potatoes in comparison with different streaming companies which have had for much longer to construct a consumer base. To not point out, Apple is comparatively new to the leisure enterprise, in comparison with different networks like NBC (Peacock), HBO (Max), Netflix (Netflix). Whereas Apple gadgets are massively widespread, and Apple does supply free trials for its companies when buying a brand new Apple product, including Apple TV+ to Prime Video opens up a bigger potential buyer base than earlier than.
It will undoubtedly make watching Apple TV+ simpler for non-Apple customers. Whereas many sensible manufacturers have the Apple TV app, extra have Prime Video. Anyplace you may watch Prime Video, you may watch Apple TV+—as long as you subscribe to it by means of Prime, in fact.
