(Pocket-lint) - The Apple Boob tube app is a way to access the Apple Television set+ streaming service merely it can practice a lot more than than just that.

The Telly app is designed to be your central hub for movie and TV show content. Information technology shows content from iTunes, your library, connected streaming services, subscription Channels and Apple Tv set+.

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Previously the Tv app was called the Videos app but in 2016, it was changed to Tv. In the Usa it'south supported by services such as Hulu, Starz, HBO Now, or CBS, while in the Uk streaming partners include Amazon Prime Video, ITV, BBC, Channel four, Channel 5, Disney+ and StarzPlay.

We've delved a little deeper into the new app and the features it offers. You tin also read our feature on how the Apple Telly app works in detail on iPhone and iPad with some tips and tricks to become the well-nigh out of information technology.

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How practise you go the Apple tree Television receiver app?

iPhone/iPad

Download and install the latest version of iOS on your device. In one case the update concludes, search for the Tv app on your iPhone or iPad, if yous don't already see it on your device'south abode screen. If yous've been keeping up to date with your devices, you should already have information technology.

Mac

The Apple Tv set app arrived on the Mac with macOS Catalina. Update your reckoner and you should detect the Apple tree TV app.

Apple TV

The Apple tree TV app works on Apple TV (4th Gen) or newer. If you bought the Apple tree Television receiver at the end of 2015 or later you'll exist fine. To ensure you lot have the app, download and install the latest version of tvOS on your Apple TV. Once the update concludes, search for the TV app on your fix-top box, if you don't see information technology on the Home screen.

Roku devices

Roku OS is supporting the Apple Tv set app and the software should update automatically, meaning you can then add Apple TV as an app on your Roku device.

Amazon Fire Telly devices

Amazon offers the Apple Television receiver app on Fire Idiot box Stick, Fire TV 3rd gen (the one that's diamond-shaped), the Fire TV Cube (2nd gen) and Fire Tv set Stick 4K. Again, the software should update automatically giving you admission to the Apple tree Television set app.

Samsung TVs

The Apple TV app is available on all 2019 and later Samsung Smart TVs and select 2018 models.

LG TVs

LG offers the Apple Telly app on 2018, 2019 and 2020 sets.

Google TV

The Apple TV app is available on Google TV through the Chromecast with Google Boob tube, though it will exist coming to Sony and TCL televisions, with plans to coil-out to other Android TV devices in the future too.

You lot can come across a full listing of all the devices supporting the Apple Boob tube app here.

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How does Apple tree'southward Television receiver app work on iOS?

With the Apple TV app appearing on a range of devices, in that location'south some difference between the app on Apple'due south ain devices and on 3rd-party devices. But here's how it works on iOS.

Single sign-on

From the moment you launch the app on your iOS device (and pass the intro/welcome screen), you lot will be asked to sign in to your streaming app provider. At this point, you lot will sign in in one case and be able to access all supported apps similar the BBC iPlayer app for case. This is a feature that Apple calls "Single sign-on". Yous'll be invited to connect apps to the Apple Telly app - and in doing and then you'll exist sharing your viewing information with Apple tree besides.

Whether you lot sign in or not, the next screen you lot'll come across is the habitation screen, with a navigation bar. It has tabs for the post-obit screens: Watch Now, Movies, TV Shows, Sports (Us just), Kids, Originals, Library and Search.

Tap whatever of these tabs to admission their respective screens.

Watch Now

The Watch Now screen in the Television set app lets you lot access all the Idiot box shows and movies you're currently watching on the Apple Telly app or on your iOS device - then y'all can selection upward where you left off. Where available you'll get a trailer automatically playing in the same fashion it does on Netflix.

If y'all outset watching something from an app or service like BBC iPlayer, information technology volition appear in the Watch At present tab although y'all'll actually watch the content in the other respective app. So clicking on a bear witness that's available on BBC iPlayer volition take you to the iPlayer app on your device.

When you've finished an episode, the next available one volition appear in the Watch Now screen. If you're watching, for instance, Westworld by HBO in the US, tapping the episode will automatically open up the HBO Now or HBO Become app and begin playing.

Watch At present also suggests different things to watch. You can browse through different categories, besides, like TV Shows, Movies, and Collections and the recommendations are a mix between human being editors recommending yous new shows and algorithms suggesting things based on what you've watched.

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Movies, TV Shows, Sports

Equally the proper noun suggests, these categories are broken down into more manageable sections, not only pulling from the apps or channels yous have connected, only likewise the iTunes store.

The iTunes store integration is much more subtle now rather than insisting you go to a dedicated shop front.

Kids

In a nod to agreement that kids are watching more and more on-demand content, Apple tree has a Kids surface area that will highlight kid-friendly content on the services you accept bachelor.

Frustratingly the Idiot box app experience for kids isn't anywhere near equally on par with offerings from other services inside defended apps like Netflix or Sky in the UK. There'due south no fashion to lock a device into the Kids section to stop your little ones venturing into horror movie territory, for example, or isolate what is watched then it doesn't touch your recommendations.

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Originals

The Originals tab of the Apple TV app is where y'all volition find the Apple TV+ service and all the shows and movies offered on it. It will prove you the latest releases, as well as let you to encounter drama series, one-act series, non-fiction series, family fun and feature films.

Library

Apple'southward Boob tube app has a Library screen so you can find all the movies and TV shows you lot've already purchased or rented on iTunes. You can browse your content by movies or TV shows, recently purchased, or genres. When yous are gear up to sentry something, merely tap it and and then select the Play button with the app knowing where you left it last.

On iOS, you can as well download a picture show or TV bear witness to your device, for offline-viewing. Just tap the download button after you select the Boob tube show or movie. To access your downloads, go to the Downloaded department in the Library tab of the Television app. When you tap a downloaded flick or TV show, it volition automatically open and play.

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Search

Tap the Search tab and manually enter any Idiot box show,  moving picture title or subscription service in the text field. Apple will then see where that show or moving-picture show is showing be it the BBC or ITV or Amazon for example, or requite yous the peak shows and movies from the subscription service you've searched. You tin as well employ the Search tab to see trending movies and TV shows.

How does Apple'south new Tv app work on other devices?

On TVs and other third-party devices, the app has been designed to work in a virtually identical way to how the Telly app looks on an Apple device. The functionality and layout is the same with the merely core deviation being how the app handles content from other parties outside of Apple tree.

What that ways is that merely content that is available from Apple or the Apple tree Channels is available in the app. This is considering the app isn't able to open other apps on the TV operating system like BBC iPlayer or ITV Hub - and with this comes a discussion of caution considering the Apple Tv set app will often listing content to buy that'due south available free in other apps.

With the introduction of the TV app on TVs, you can also stream from your iOS devices via AirPlay 2. AirPlay 2 offers back up for 1080p streaming or mirroring of the iOS device. Note this isn't supported on Fire Boob tube or Roku devices.

How do Apple tree TV Channels piece of work?

One of the features of the TV app is Channels - and this includes the Apple TV+ service.

In the US, channels include HBO, Starz, Beginning, Smithsonian Channel, EPIX and Tastemade, and more will be added over time, including CBS All-Access and MTV Hits.

In the UK Channels include BFIPlayer, StarzPlay, Arrow TV, Arrow Video Aqueduct, MUBI, Smithsonian and Tastemade.

Subscribers can scout and download shows and movies both online and offline, including HBO in the U.s.a.. Through Family Sharing, upwards to half-dozen family members can share subscriptions to Apple tree TV channels using just their Apple ID and password.

What about Apple TV+?

As nosotros've mentioned in several places, Apple'south streaming Television service - Apple Television set+ - is integrated into the Apple TV app. Whether you're viewing on an iPad or a Roku device, everyone gets access to Apple Television+ through the Apple tree TV app.

As mentioned in a higher place, you'll detect Apple TV+ in the Originals tab, but it'southward too liberally promoted in the Watch At present section of the app, so as before long every bit you open up information technology up yous'll see either an Apple TV+ show or an invitation to endeavour it out. There'due south a seven-24-hour interval trial period to get you started, but then it'south £4.99 or $4.99 a month.

The Apple TV+ experience is presented very much the same whether you're using the app on an iOS device or a third-party device. Yous can find out a lot more virtually Apple TV+ right here.

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What services are supported on the Apple TV app beyond Channels?

In the U.k. the service is supported by BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, Channel 4, My5, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Hopster, MUBI, Curiositystream, Classix, Shudder, Sundance. Still, Sky's Now Goggle box and Netflix aren't currently part of the offering.

In the Us the service works with Hulu, CBS All Access, Showtime, HBO NOW, plus some smaller services. Netflix isn't offered on the app.

Writing past Stuart Miles and Britta O'Boyle.

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