On November 1, 2019 Apple joined the ranks of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ with its personal unique streaming service. Apple TV+ incorporates a extensive assortment of reveals and many extra within the pipeline funded by Apple’s mountainous money pile.
Beneath, you’ll discover a compendium of all the pieces we find out about Apple’s streaming platform.
Up to date August 21, 20253: Apple has in opposition to raised the worth for its streaming service. Apple TV+ now prices $12.99/£9.99, up from $9.99/£8.99.
How do I entry Apple TV+?
You possibly can join 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 obtainable on many sport consoles, good TVs, Roku, and Hearth TV units. It’s also possible to watch Apple TV+ on a browser at television.apple.com.
The expertise of the TV app, although, varies from machine to machine. 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 motion pictures 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 Hulu, Paramount Plus, HBO, or Amazon Prime. The TV app aggregates content material from supporting third-party apps working on the machine. Netflix doesn’t help the function, sadly.
Can I watch Apple TV+ reveals on non-Apple units?
Sure! You possibly can 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 units. In case you have a brand new set from Samsung, LG, Sony, or Vizio, you must also be capable to use AirPlay 2 to broadcast content material straight out of your iPhone or iPad to the set.
It’s also possible to watch on the internet utilizing Safari, Chrome, or Firefox by heading to television.apple.com. See: AirPlay suitable TVs which have Apple TV construct in: Information.
How a lot does Apple TV+ price?
Apple has raised the worth of Apple TV+ a number of occasions because it’s preliminary value of simply $4.99 a month. It at the moment prices $12.99/£9.99 a month. There will not be a number of “tiers” of Apple TV+ subscriptions—you at all times get the most effective video and audio high quality, Household Sharing, and all options.
You possibly can renew your subscription for one 12 months for $99/£89, which primarily provides you two months free every year. Alternatively, you may cancel at any time and simply pay for a month if you wish to watch a selected present.
Apple TV+ can also be included in all three tiers of the Apple One companies bundle, which ranges from $19.95/£18.95 per thirty days to $37.95/£36.95 per thirty days.
Does Apple TV+ have a free trial?
Sure, however it solely lasts for seven days, however there are methods to get an extended trial. Learn: Methods to get Apple TV without cost.
The U.Ok. and South Africa are exceptions—Apple gives 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 prime field, they discover that solely Apple unique reveals are included of their subscription. Apple showcasing reveals from different companies, and permitting leases and purchases of different reveals and films most likely doesn’t assist this confusion.
There’s some content material you may watch without cost even with out an Apple TV+ subscription although. You possibly can watch the primary episodes of many reveals, which might at the very least inform you whether or not or to not subscribe to finish the season. Typically Apple makes reveals obtainable without cost, for instance, sure Charlie Brown episodes and a few motion pictures.
Learn: What’s free on Apple TV+?
Do Apple TV+ reveals have advertisements?
No. Although you’ll usually see a trailer for one more Apple TV+ present earlier than the one you propose to observe. That is just like many different streaming companies, and it’s skippable.
What reveals and films can be found proper now?
Subscribing to Apple TV+ provides you entry to a library of unique content material, somewhat than entry to a giant back-catalog of TV reveals or motion pictures, so there’s not as a lot obtainable as on another companies. That mentioned, over time the content material has elevated.
We preserve an in depth checklist of all of the at the moment obtainable content material Apple TV+.
What reveals and films 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 films from different manufacturing corporations and has even began its personal (Apple Studios) to provide its personal.
It’s protected to say there’s lots on the way in which, however the tempo of latest releases pales compared to opponents like Netflix.
We preserve a listing of all of the reveals, sequence, and films coming to Apple TV+.
Does Apple launch episodes as soon as every week or drop whole seasons directly?
Apple’s strategy varies. With brand-new reveals, Apple will usually launch the primary three episodes directly, with the remainder of the season coming at a fee of 1 episode every week. Second seasons and later could begin off at only one every week, and a few restricted sequence (particularly documentary sequence) make all of the episodes obtainable directly.
New releases to Apple TV+ usually occur on Friday at midnight (so you may watch the most recent 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 position 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 units by way of the TV app with no bother.
However that’s the place the liberty ends. Apple doesn’t permit you to obtain Apple TV+ content material on the Apple TV, nor does it enable for it on different streaming units, good TVs, or when watching reveals on a browser.
Reveals you obtain to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac will probably be obtainable for 30 days, after which your units will mechanically take away them. It’s also possible to manually delete them by way of the TV app.
Does Apple TV+ enable simultaneous streaming?
Apple TV+ permits for six simultaneous streams directly, which is greater than you’ll get from some other on-demand streaming service in the marketplace. A number of relations with Household Sharing can all stream their very own content material directly.
How do I modify 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 cellular information. You possibly can 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 may change the standard of downloads over mobile.
Can you utilize Household Sharing with Apple TV+?
Sure. A single Apple TV+ subscription could 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 obtainable in 4K?
Sure. Early on, Apple introduced that every one reveals could be obtainable in 4K HDR/Dolby Imaginative and prescient and that “most” reveals would have Dolby Atmos sound, however it didn’t say simply how good it could be. In line with
FlatplanelsHD’s Rasmus Larsen, Apple TV+ gives the most effective 4K streaming high quality of any service in the marketplace. It’s so good, in reality, that the 4K bitrates are higher than what you’ll see in some iTunes motion pictures.
When Larsen wrote his put up in November of 2019, See had the best bitrate of any Apple TV+ present, with a mean bitrate of 29Mbps and a peak of 41Mbps. Snoopy in House averaged 13Mbps, which is spectacular for a cartoon. Netflix’s 4K bitrates, by comparability, are inclined to peak at round 16Mbps.
