Apple TV’s Siri Search Will Soon Include Apple Music

Siri is apparently responding to all music-related questions by non-subscribers with a similar reply and industry experts believe that this could be Apple’s new method of encouraging free trial users to finally subscribe to Apple Music.

While Siri-enabled commands for music via the new Apple TV certainly helps as an added wrinkle, at $149 (for 32 GB of storage) and $199 (64 GB), the new unit doesn’t have one feature that its cheaper competitors do and that’s the ability to support 4K streaming. Apple had claimed that 11 million users were using its music service on a trial basis within five weeks of its launch. It’s that plethora of innovations and apps that leads me to conclude that the upgraded $US149 box is now the best TV streaming device you can get for your money.

You need to experiment with your grip and I’ve found it’s more reliable to press the trackpad to jump forward rather than swiping up with your thumb.

Apple has already started taking pre-orders for the new Apple TV, the new set-top box is expected to arrive in stores tomorrow. Users can use the app to pool photos and videos from their iPhones, creating slideshows on the spot.

Apple has yet released an official version of tvOS. Wolstenholme said he enjoys sharing stories on the app with his young children.

The new Apple TV doesn’t have full access to the iOS App Store, you can only install apps which have been optimised for tvOS on the television.

“When you have so much content available in the world today – and on Apple TV – the way you want to find it is by talking” to your TV, not by typing, Cue said. But Amazon – which recently purged Apple TV from its store – doesn’t have a Prime Video app in the Apple TV App Store. Siri can’t find you a amusing YouTube video, which seems like a shame.

When it comes to two-player gaming you can’t buy a second remote for the Apple TV, but you can use an iGadget as the second controller. Siri can search for TV shows and movies and across apps such as iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, HBO and Showtime. And though it’s the most expensive of the bunch, it will accrue more value over time as software developers expand its capabilities with more apps and games.

Networks like CNN and ESPN are also updating their existing apps for the new box.

“Overall, I think the new Apple TV fails to capture a few of the revolutionary power that is happening with Apple Pay and iPhone 6S, and could readily be relegated to the bells and whistles bin”, he said. If you just want to get the odd casual game up on the big screen then AirPlay mirroring to the old Apple TV might suffice.