After years of ready, Apple TV+ lastly has a native app for Android phones and tablets, and it is an ideal begin for these wanting to look at reveals like Severance on the go. That mentioned, there are some options that I hope come to the app quickly to make it even higher.

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InSight

One in all Apple TV+’s most nifty features is InSight, which supplies details about the actors, characters, and music on-screen at that particular second. Amazon Prime Video popularized this performance with X-Ray, so I used to be pleased to see Apple observe go well with.

It is excellent for settling debates over the place you acknowledge somebody from. You’ll be able to learn an actor’s biography, rapidly add a observe to an Apple Music playlist, and extra.

Sadly, InSight is not out there on each system, and that features the Android app. Contemplating the characteristic solely rolled out late final 12 months, maybe Apple wants extra time to make it excellent.

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Notifications for New Releases

I subscribe to many streaming companies, which makes it a bit tough to maintain observe of when a brand new episode drops for a present I am watching—particularly on Apple TV+, which releases episodes weekly, fairly than the everyday all-at-once binge format of Netflix.

Netflix’s app sends you notifications when a brand new episode (or season) is accessible. I would love for Apple TV+ on Android to do the identical in order that I do not fall behind on a present; because it stands, I’ve to recollect to open the app and examine the Proceed Watching row.

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Casting to a TV

Not like most different streaming service apps, Apple TV+ on Android would not help casting as a way to wirelessly stream to your TV. This is not an enormous deal because the Apple TV+ app is accessible for a lot of sensible TVs, together with units like Google TV Streamer and Roku, but it surely does take away the comfort of dealing with every little thing in your telephone.

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Good Downloads

Technically, you could possibly at all times watch Apple TV+ on Android through your web browser, but it surely wasn’t the most effective expertise. A part of the explanation for that’s as a result of it did not help offline viewing, which is crucial in the event you’re watching whereas touring. Now, the devoted app resolves that. It really works nice, however there are a few methods I feel it may very well be improved.

First, the 2 settings for obtain high quality are “Excessive High quality” and “Quick Downloads.” Having the selection is helpful, particularly for these on capped information plans or who have to preserve telephone storage, however I want the choices had been clearer. What’s the high quality precisely, and roughly how a lot information is used? When you use Disney+ on mobile, it approximates what number of hours of content material you possibly can obtain based mostly in your out there storage—Apple TV+ ought to copy that.

Second, one thing else a competitor does higher is Netflix with its Good Downloads characteristic. Whenever you’ve completed watching an episode, it mechanically deletes it and downloads the following one. It may additionally obtain a number of TV reveals and films it thinks you may like, so that you by no means run out of issues to look at. The previous perform specifically could be very helpful and reduces handbook obtain administration.

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Streaming Non-Subscription Content material

Apple TV+ is the title for Apple’s subscription-based streaming service, which affords unique TV reveals and films (dubbed “Apple Originals”) like Tad Lasso and Wolfs. Confusingly, on most units you entry the service via the Apple TV app (with out the “+”), which individually has over 100,000 titles to hire and purchase. You need to use the Apple TV app with out ever subscribing to Apple TV+.

The difficulty is, the Android app is just for the streaming service. Which means that if, for instance, you hire a film via the Apple TV app in your sensible TV, you possibly can’t stream it in your Android telephone. You can also’t entry something you have beforehand bought on iTunes.

Whereas I wish to see these enhancements come to the Apple TV+ app on Android, it is actually not going to cease me utilizing it. I am simply grateful that I lastly have a straightforward and dependable method to watch Apple Originals on my telephone.

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