On November 1, 2019 Apple joined the ranks of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ with its personal unique streaming service. Apple TV+ contains a huge assortment of reveals and many extra within the pipeline funded by Apple’s mountainous money pile.
Beneath, you’ll discover a compendium of every little thing 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’ll be able to enroll and watch Apple TV+ content material by way of the TV app, which is offered on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac. It’s additionally obtainable on many recreation consoles, good TVs, Roku, and Fireplace TV units. You can too watch Apple TV+ on a browser at television.apple.com.
The expertise of the TV app, although, varies from gadget to gadget. On a Roku, good TV, recreation 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 films 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 providers like Hulu, Paramount Plus, HBO, or Amazon Prime. The TV app aggregates content material from supporting third-party apps operating on the gadget. Netflix doesn’t help the function, sadly.
Can I watch Apple TV+ reveals on non-Apple units?
Sure! You’ll be able to watch Apple TV+ by way of the TV app, which is offered on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac, in addition to many recreation consoles, good TVs, and different streaming units. If 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.
You can too watch on the internet utilizing Safari, Chrome, or Firefox by heading to television.apple.com. See: AirPlay appropriate TVs which have Apple TV construct in: Information.
How a lot does Apple TV+ value?
Apple has raised the worth of Apple TV+ a number of instances because it’s preliminary value of simply $4.99 a month. It presently prices $12.99/£9.99 a month. There aren’t a number of “tiers” of Apple TV+ subscriptions—you all the time get the very best video and audio high quality, Household Sharing, and all options.
You’ll be able to renew your subscription for one yr for $99/£89, which basically provides you two months free every year. Alternatively, you possibly can cancel at any time and simply pay for a month while you wish to watch a specific present.
Apple TV+ can also be included in all three tiers of the Apple One providers 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, nevertheless it solely lasts for seven days, however there are methods to get an extended trial. Learn: get Apple TV totally free.
The U.Ok. and South Africa are exceptions—Apple presents no free trial there.
Is something on Apple TV free?
Some individuals are understandably confused when having paid for an Apple TV+ subscription, or purchased an Apple TV set prime field, they discover that solely Apple authentic reveals are included of their subscription. Apple showcasing reveals from different providers, and permitting leases and purchases of different reveals and films in all probability doesn’t assist this confusion.
There may be some content material you possibly can watch totally free even with out an Apple TV+ subscription although. You’ll be able to watch the primary episodes of many reveals, which might a minimum of inform you whether or not or to not subscribe to finish the season. Generally Apple makes reveals obtainable totally free, for instance, sure Charlie Brown episodes and a few films.
Learn: What’s free on Apple TV+?
Do Apple TV+ reveals have adverts?
No. Although you’ll typically see a trailer for one more Apple TV+ present earlier than the one you propose to look at. That is just like many different streaming providers, 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, quite than entry to a giant back-catalog of TV reveals or films, so there’s not as a lot obtainable as on another providers. That stated, over time the content material has elevated.
We keep an in depth checklist of all of the presently 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 quite a bit on the best way, however the tempo of recent releases pales compared to rivals like Netflix.
We keep an inventory of all of the reveals, sequence, and films coming to Apple TV+.
Does Apple launch episodes as soon as per week or drop complete seasons directly?
Apple’s method varies. With brand-new reveals, Apple will typically launch the primary three episodes directly, with the remainder of the season coming at a charge of 1 episode per week. Second seasons and later could begin off at only one per 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 possibly can watch the most recent episode of Ted Lasso at 9pm on Thursday evening, 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 help you obtain Apple TV+ content material on the Apple TV, nor does it permit for it on different streaming units, good TVs, or when watching reveals on a browser.
Exhibits you obtain to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac shall be obtainable for 30 days, after which your units will robotically take away them. You can too manually delete them by way of the TV app.
Does Apple TV+ permit simultaneous streaming?
Apple TV+ permits for six simultaneous streams directly, which is greater than you’ll get from every other on-demand streaming service in the marketplace. A number of members of the family with Household Sharing can all stream their very own content material directly.
How do I alter the streaming high quality so I don’t burn by way of my knowledge?
A single episode of an Apple TV+ present like See can use over 2GB of your cellular knowledge. You’ll be able to forestall Apple’s service from hogging a lot knowledge in your iPhone or iPad by going to Settings > TV. You’ll see choices to make use of mobile knowledge or not, can change between Automated and Excessive High quality streaming, and might change the standard of downloads over mobile.
Can you utilize Household Sharing with Apple TV+?
Sure. A single Apple TV+ subscription might be shared with as much as 5 extra members of the family.
Every member of the family has their very own watch historical past and proposals—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, nevertheless it didn’t say simply how good it could be. In accordance with
FlatplanelsHD’s Rasmus Larsen, Apple TV+ presents the very best 4K streaming high quality of any service in the marketplace. It’s so good, actually, that the 4K bitrates are higher than what you’ll see in some iTunes films.
When Larsen wrote his put up in November of 2019, See had the best bitrate of any Apple TV+ present, with a median bitrate of 29Mbps and a peak of 41Mbps. Snoopy in Area averaged 13Mbps, which is spectacular for a cartoon. Netflix’s 4K bitrates, by comparability, are likely to peak at round 16Mbps.
