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 exhibits and many extra within the pipeline funded by Apple’s mountainous money pile.
Beneath, you’ll discover a compendium of every part we find out about Apple’s streaming platform.
Up to date August 21, 20253: Apple has towards 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 the TV app, which is on the market on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac. It’s additionally out there on many sport consoles, good TVs, Roku, and Fireplace TV units. You may as well 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 films or TV exhibits you’ve bought by iTunes or the TV app.
On iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV {hardware}, you’ll additionally see exhibits 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 assist the function, sadly.
Can I watch Apple TV+ exhibits on non-Apple units?
Sure! You’ll be able to watch Apple TV+ by the TV app, which is on the market on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac, in addition to many sport consoles, good TVs, and different streaming units. When you’ve got a brand new set from Samsung, LG, Sony, or Vizio, you must also have the ability to use AirPlay 2 to broadcast content material straight out of your iPhone or iPad to the set.
You may as well 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+ price?
Apple has raised the worth of Apple TV+ a number of occasions because it’s preliminary worth of simply $4.99 a month. It presently prices $12.99/£9.99 a month. There should not a number of “tiers” of Apple TV+ subscriptions—you at all times 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 offers you two months free every year. Alternatively, you may cancel at any time and simply pay for a month once 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 monthly to $37.95/£36.95 monthly.
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: Find out how to get Apple TV totally free.
The U.Ok. and South Africa are exceptions—Apple affords 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 high field, they discover that solely Apple unique exhibits are included of their subscription. Apple showcasing exhibits from different companies, and permitting leases and purchases of different exhibits and flicks most likely doesn’t assist this confusion.
There’s some content material you may watch totally free even with out an Apple TV+ subscription although. You’ll be able to watch the primary episodes of many exhibits, which might a minimum of let you know whether or not or to not subscribe to finish the season. Generally Apple makes exhibits out there totally free, for instance, sure Charlie Brown episodes and a few films.
Learn: What’s free on Apple TV+?
Do Apple TV+ exhibits 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 companies, and it’s skippable.
What exhibits and flicks can be found proper now?
Subscribing to Apple TV+ offers you entry to a library of unique content material, quite than entry to an enormous back-catalog of TV exhibits or films, so there’s not as a lot out there as on another companies. That stated, over time the content material has elevated.
We keep an in depth listing of all of the presently out there content material Apple TV+.
What exhibits and flicks 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 exhibits and flicks from different manufacturing firms and has even began its personal (Apple Studios) to supply 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 a listing of all of the exhibits, sequence, and flicks coming to Apple TV+.
Does Apple launch episodes as soon as every week or drop complete seasons without delay?
Apple’s strategy varies. With brand-new exhibits, Apple will typically launch the primary three episodes without delay, 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 out there without delay.
New releases to Apple TV+ sometimes occur on Friday at midnight (so you may watch the most recent episode of Ted Lasso at 9pm on Thursday evening, Pacific Time).
Can I obtain exhibits 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 the TV app with no hassle.
However that’s the place the liberty ends. Apple doesn’t assist 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 exhibits on a browser.
Exhibits you obtain to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac can be out there for 30 days, after which your units will mechanically take away them. You may as well manually delete them by the TV app.
Does Apple TV+ enable simultaneous streaming?
Apple TV+ permits for six simultaneous streams without delay, 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 without delay.
How do I modify the streaming high quality so I don’t burn by my information?
A single episode of an Apple TV+ present like See can use over 2GB of your cell information. You’ll be able to 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 Computerized 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 further relations.
Every member of the family has their very own watch historical past and suggestions—it’s as if they’d their very own particular person subscription.
Are all Apple TV+ exhibits out there in 4K?
Sure. Early on, Apple introduced that each one exhibits can be out there in 4K HDR/Dolby Imaginative and prescient and that “most” exhibits would have Dolby Atmos sound, however it didn’t say simply how good it might be. In accordance with
FlatplanelsHD’s Rasmus Larsen, Apple TV+ affords the very best 4K streaming high quality of any service in the marketplace. It’s so good, in truth, that the 4K bitrates are higher than what you’ll see in some iTunes films.
When Larsen wrote his submit 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 likely to peak at round 16Mbps.
