On November 1, 2019 Apple joined the ranks of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and HBO Max with its personal unique streaming service. Apple TV+ contains a vast assortment of reveals and many extra within the pipeline funded by Apple’s mountainous money pile.
Beneath, you’ll discover a compendium of every part we learn about Apple’s streaming platform.
Up to date October 25, 2023: Apple has pushed up costs for its streaming service, Apple TV+ now prices $9.99/£8.99, up from $6.99/£6.99.
How do I entry Apple TV+?
You’ll be able to enroll and watch Apple TV+ content material by way of the TV app, which is obtainable on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac. It’s additionally out there on many sport consoles, good TVs, Roku, and Hearth TV gadgets. You too can watch Apple TV+ on a browser at television.apple.com.
The expertise of the TV app, although, varies from gadget to gadget. On a Roku, good TV, sport console, or in a browser, you’ll solely see Apple’s personal content material. That features Apple TV+ content material in addition to Apple TV Channels and any films or TV reveals you’ve bought by way of iTunes or the TV app.
On iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV {hardware}, you’ll additionally see reveals from different streaming companies like HBO Max, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. The TV app aggregates content material from supporting third-party apps working on the gadget (Netflix doesn’t help the characteristic, sadly).
Can I watch Apple TV+ reveals on non-Apple gadgets?
Sure! You’ll be able to watch Apple TV+ by way of the TV app, which is obtainable on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac, in addition to many sport consoles, good TVs, and different streaming gadgets. In case you have a brand new set from Samsung, LG, Sony, or Vizio, you must also have the ability to use AirPlay 2 to broadcast content material straight out of your iPhone or iPad to the set.
You too can watch on the net utilizing Safari, Chrome, or Firefox by heading to television.apple.com. See: AirPlay appropriate TVs which have Apple TV construct in: Information.
How a lot does Apple TV+ price?
Apple TV+ price $6.99/£6.99 monthly till October 25, 2023 when Apple upped the value to $9.99/£8.99 a month. The value does not less than embody Household Sharing, so you may share entry along with your partner and three others.
You’ll be able to renew your subscription for one yr for $99/£89, which basically offers you two months free every year. Alternatively, you may cancel at any time and simply pay for a month if you need to watch a selected present.
Apple TV+ can be included in all three tiers of the Apple One companies bundle, which ranges from $19.95/£18.95 (up from $16.95/£16.95) monthly to $37.95/£36.95 monthly (was $32.95/£32.95).
Does Apple TV+ have a free trial?
Sure, but it surely solely lasts for seven days, however there are methods to get an extended trial. Learn: Easy methods to get Apple TV without cost.
The U.Ok. and South Africa are exceptions—Apple provides no free trial there.
Is something on Apple TV free?
Some persons are understandably confused when having paid for an Apple TV+ subscription, or purchased an Apple TV set high field, they discover that solely Apple authentic reveals are included of their subscription. Apple showcasing reveals from different companies, and permitting leases and purchases of different reveals and flicks in all probability doesn’t assist this confusion.
There’s some content material you may watch without cost even with out an Apple TV+ subscription although. You’ll be able to watch the primary episodes of many reveals, which may not less than let you know whether or not or to not subscribe to finish the season. Generally Apple makes reveals out there without cost, for instance, sure Charlie Brown episodes and a few films.
Learn: What’s free on Apple TV+?
Do Apple TV+ reveals have advertisements?
No. Although you’ll typically see a trailer for an additional Apple TV+ present earlier than the one you plan to observe. That is just like many different streaming companies, and it’s skippable.
What reveals and flicks can be found proper now?
Subscribing to Apple TV+ offers you entry to a library of unique content material, slightly than entry to a giant back-catalog of TV reveals or films, so there’s not as a lot out there as on another companies. That stated, through the years the content material has elevated.
We keep an in depth listing of all of the presently out there content material Apple TV+.
What reveals and flicks are coming sooner or later?
Apple has nothing if not deep pockets and a want to win. The corporate has spent a small fortune buying unique reveals and flicks from different manufacturing firms and has even began its personal (Apple Studios) to provide its personal.
It’s protected to say there’s loads on the best way, however the tempo of latest releases pales compared to opponents like Netflix.
We keep an inventory of all of the reveals, sequence, and flicks coming to Apple TV+.
Does Apple launch episodes as soon as per week or drop total seasons directly?
Apple’s strategy varies. With brand-new reveals, Apple will typically launch the primary three episodes directly, with the remainder of the season coming at a price of 1 episode per week. Second seasons and later might begin off at only one per week, and a few restricted sequence (particularly documentary sequence) make all of the episodes out there directly.
New releases to Apple TV+ usually occur on Friday at midnight (so you may watch the newest episode of Ted Lasso at 9pm on Thursday night time, Pacific Time).
Can I obtain reveals for offline viewing?
Sure, with a few caveats. Apple seems to put no limits on downloads of the identical content material throughout iPhones, iPads, and Macs owned by the identical account. For instance, we downloaded the identical episode of Servant on all three of those gadgets by way of the TV app with no bother.
However that’s the place the liberty ends. Apple doesn’t mean you can obtain Apple TV+ content material on the Apple TV, nor does it permit for it on different streaming gadgets, good TVs, or when watching reveals on a browser.
Reveals you obtain to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac will probably be out there for 30 days, after which your gadgets will routinely take away them. You too can manually delete them by way of the TV app.
Does Apple TV+ permit simultaneous streaming?
Apple TV+ permits for six simultaneous streams directly, which is greater than you’ll get from some other on-demand streaming service available on the market. A number of relations with Household Sharing can all stream their very own content material directly.
How do I alter the streaming high quality so I don’t burn by way of my information?
A single episode of an Apple TV+ present like See can use over 2GB of your cell information. You’ll be able to stop Apple’s service from hogging a lot information in your iPhone or iPad by going to Settings > TV. You’ll see choices to make use of mobile information or not, can change between Automated and Excessive High quality streaming, and might change the standard of downloads over mobile.
Can you utilize Household Sharing with Apple TV+?
Sure. A single Apple TV+ subscription will be shared with as much as 5 further relations.
Every member of the family has their very own watch historical past and suggestions—it’s as if that they had their very own particular person subscription.
Are all Apple TV+ reveals out there in 4K?
Sure. Early on, Apple introduced that each one reveals could be out there in 4K HDR/Dolby Imaginative and prescient and that “most” reveals would have Dolby Atmos sound, but it surely didn’t say simply how good it could be. In response to
FlatplanelsHD’s Rasmus Larsen, Apple TV+ provides the very best 4K streaming high quality of any service available on the market. It’s so good, in reality, that the 4K bitrates are higher than what you’ll see in some iTunes films.
When Larsen wrote his submit in November of 2019, See had the very best bitrate of any Apple TV+ present, with a median bitrate of 29Mbps and a peak of 41Mbps. Snoopy in Area averaged 13Mbps, which is spectacular for a cartoon. Netflix’s 4K bitrates, by comparability, are likely to peak at 16Mbps.