AppleTV

[NashGuy]

If this doesn't show up in the Play store, I am going to be really ticked. I already wonder if I shouldn't have gone with AppleTVs instead of Shields due to some odd behavior.

I gave my parents a Chromecast with Google TV as a Christmas gift. Yesterday, after seeing that the Apple TV app was available, I went to the Google Play store in a web browser logged into their Google account. When I searched for "Apple TV" in the app section, there it was. I clicked the install button and then selected their Chromecast as the target device. Said it would be installed soon.

Now, maybe the app doesn't show up in Google Play if you don't have any eligible devices linked to your account? I don't know how that works. Or maybe it shows up but it just won't let you install it.

 

[ncted]

I gave my parents a Chromecast with Google TV as a Christmas gift. Yesterday, after seeing that the Apple TV app was available, I went to the Google Play store in a web browser logged into their Google account. When I searched for "Apple TV" in the app section, there it was. I clicked the install button and then selected their Chromecast as the target device. Said it would be installed soon.

Now, maybe the app doesn't show up in Google Play if you don't have any eligible devices linked to your account? I don't know how that works. Or maybe it shows up but it just won't let you install it.

I apparently don't have any eligible devices:

 

[NashGuy]

I apparently don't have any eligible devices:

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Did you see two different tiles for the Apple TV app in the search results? I did. Not sure what that was about. The first one allow installation on the CCwGTV while the other one showed the same thing as what you posted: no eligible devices. Weird.

 

[ncted]

Did you see two different tiles for the Apple TV app in the search results? I did. Not sure what that was about. The first one allow installation on the CCwGTV while the other one showed the same thing as what you posted: no eligible devices. Weird.

Yeah, they both have the same message about "not available..."

 

[navychop]

Mine says “not compatible with this device.” I wonder if it detects my Rokus.

 

[ncted]

Mine says “not compatible with this device.” I wonder if it detects my Rokus.

Roku's are not Android TV, so don't use the Google Play store, so I wouldn't expect it to.

 

[TheKrell]

Mine says “not compatible with this device.” I wonder if it detects my Rokus.

It's on my most recent 4K Roku TV... Sharp model.

 

[ncted]

Just to be clear: Rokus are not Android TV devices. Rokus are their own platform. AppleTV+ has been on Roku and FireTV platforms since the service launched. However, Android TV support has only been recently added, and is apparently not on all devices yet.

 

[navychop]

Detecting other device types doesn’t seem unreasonable.

 

[NashGuy]

Detecting other device types doesn’t seem unreasonable.

The Google Play app store only serves Android and Android TV devices. Apple devices -- iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs -- use the Apple App Store. Roku devices likewise have their own app store (or, as Roku calls it, "channel store"). And Amazon has their own app store for Fire tablets and Fire TVs.

None of those app stores detect or support "foreign" devices, just the devices they're intended to serve. (OK, I think Amazon does still operate an app store for Android phones and tablets but nobody uses it, they use the pre-installed Google Play app store on those devices.)

 

[televisionarchivesorlando]

Apple TV freezes up on my LG Oled and my Chromecast. Not sure if others are having this problem

 

[ncted]

Apple TV freezes up on my LG Oled and my Chromecast. Not sure if others are having this problem

I always found it pretty laggy on the Firestick 4k, so it doesn't surprise me it would have issues on similar Android hardware.

 

[klang]

Band Of Brothers 'sequel' on the way from Apple: Apple's 'Band of Brothers' Sequel 'Masters of Air' to Star Austin Butler and Callum Turner

Spielberg and Hanks involved so it hopefully will be good.

 

[KAB]

I always found it pretty laggy on the Firestick 4k, so it doesn't surprise me it would have issues on similar Android hardware.

Never had it happen on Apple TV 4K.

 

[ncted]

Never had it happen on Apple TV 4K.

Yeah, I get lagginess on ATV4K less than any other platform. Certainly none on AppleTV+. Just a little bit occasionally on Prime Video in the UI.

 

[SandFarmer]

I find it ironic that the one thing that almost caused me not to graduate from High School, I am really looking forward to seeing. We had to read the "Foundation Trilogy" in SciFi Lit and I openly admitted that I didn't care for it. Come to find out, it was the teachers' favorite. So I failed SciFi Lit.

And I was the one to have a Spock haircut long before the series hit the air.

 

[ncted]

FYI: Apple TV App Available on Nvidia Shield Streaming Device Starting Today

Can't wait to try it out.

 

[klang]

Arriving September 24:

 

[Bobby]

^^^^^^^
I am really looking forward to this one!

 

[klang]

I've never read the books. Any thoughts here about reading before watching the show?

I did read The Expanse series before watching and enjoyed both.