The TV app will be available to Apple TV boxes via a free software update coming in December. He also mentioned there are now more than 1,600 apps from video content providers. Photos from Apple's Hello Again Mac eventĬook said there are more than 8,000 apps available on Apple TV now, and announced the arrival of Minecraft to the platform by year's end.Apple's amazing strip show reinvents the laptop keyboard.In addition to the new app, Apple also highlighted some current Apple TV features, including the ability to tune in to live TV from supported apps, and ask for specific categories of TV shows and movies, all using voice via the box's included Siri remote. (These functions appear to be US-only for now.) It even surfaces all of the apps a customer can subscribe to, based on their cable package. The TV app will incorporate Apple's single sign-on feature, which simplifies the arduous process of authenticating apps such as Watch ESPN and FX Now that require a cable subscription for full functionality. The app is designed primarily for use on the big screen with Apple TV, but looks the same and offers the same functions on iPhone and iPad. It also provides suggested new shows and movies in Spotlight and What to Watch sections. Watch Now allows you to continue watching a show from where you left off, and suggests new shows based on previous activity, surfacing those from services to which you're is subscribed.

The top of the app, which has a design familiar to anyone who's used Apple TV before, has four sections labeled Watch Now, Library, Store and Search.

The app is designed to build on the universal search experience already provided by Apple TV (which does include Netflix) and other devices such as Roku, with a sort of universal browse.

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