Apps (or services) like Tubi, Pluto, and the Roku Channel package individual channels quite nicely in one place, and that’s fine. Where things have really started to get interesting is how those services and channels are provided. But it’s also fairly easy to envision a world in which the TV app gets even more complicated, by way of FAST services. Whether that’s a good idea or threatens to cause seizures is another matter for another time. The idea is that the Apple TV app is the one app to rule them all. The Apple TV app is, shall we say, busy - trying to be the one place to find all the things. And if you’re signed in to another streaming app that plays nice with Apple’s TV app - and there are a lot of them - you’ll find that content in there, too. ![]() And if you’ve ever bought a movie or show from Apple, you’ll find them there, too. It’s home not just to Apple TV+, but also to exclusive sports like MLS Season Pass and Friday Night Baseball. The Apple TV app itself also is, shall we say, a bit busy. And its software - tvOS technically is the name of the operating system, but there’s also a “TV” app … on Apple TV. ![]() It’s a streaming service unto itself - Apple TV+ is Apple’s take on HBO. ![]() It’s hardware - the Apple TV 4K box is still the best streaming hardware you can buy. Apple TV, insofar as the name is concerned, is a bit of a mess.
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