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Apple TV, the long rumored update version, has finally begun to ship. Announced in September, the updated interface and software is substantial. In fact, it's a new OS even, tvOS, behind it.
It's substantially better than the old one was in that now many apps known to be used on iOS can, with just a little tweaking, be ported over to tvOS, in fact articles about the device and OS indicate that for many, the app they have already is already very close, like about 90 percent or better of the code will work with Apple TV. So, although it will be different in a few ways, in a lot of ways it may be similar to what had to be done to make the Mormon Channel app able to work on iPads initially from the iPhone version.
It has taken 7 years to get 3,000+ channels on Roku, it may take only weeks to a couple months to get that many apps and channels onto tvOS and Apple TV. In fact, it took several years for Roku to get 500 channels, which Apple says is the initial total of apps and channels (they'll all be termed 'apps') available at the time the first ones are shipped and when they are unboxed by those who bought it..
It's going to be available in I think I heard 17 countries, if not more, and will spread to even more down the road.
Eventually through an API, there is the possibility of Siri integration too, so one could say 'Find General Conference, October 2015', and Siri would find it. There are also going to be some very good interactive possibilities, and already reviewers of the unit say that a major home shopping channel's app which shows the TV feed is a leader in interactivity early on.
There are even more possibilities that could come to even mention in one post, some people probably haven't thought of yet, and some of those could benefit both us and the world who finds Mormon Channel use it in interesting ways.
It's substantially better than the old one was in that now many apps known to be used on iOS can, with just a little tweaking, be ported over to tvOS, in fact articles about the device and OS indicate that for many, the app they have already is already very close, like about 90 percent or better of the code will work with Apple TV. So, although it will be different in a few ways, in a lot of ways it may be similar to what had to be done to make the Mormon Channel app able to work on iPads initially from the iPhone version.
It has taken 7 years to get 3,000+ channels on Roku, it may take only weeks to a couple months to get that many apps and channels onto tvOS and Apple TV. In fact, it took several years for Roku to get 500 channels, which Apple says is the initial total of apps and channels (they'll all be termed 'apps') available at the time the first ones are shipped and when they are unboxed by those who bought it..
It's going to be available in I think I heard 17 countries, if not more, and will spread to even more down the road.
Eventually through an API, there is the possibility of Siri integration too, so one could say 'Find General Conference, October 2015', and Siri would find it. There are also going to be some very good interactive possibilities, and already reviewers of the unit say that a major home shopping channel's app which shows the TV feed is a leader in interactivity early on.
There are even more possibilities that could come to even mention in one post, some people probably haven't thought of yet, and some of those could benefit both us and the world who finds Mormon Channel use it in interesting ways.
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