Apple TV+ FAQ: Price, supported devices, and more

Apple has joined the ranks of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and HBO Max with its personal unique streaming service. Apple TV+, which launched on November 1, 2019, incorporates a wide assortment of TV shows funded by Apple’s mountainous money pile.

Under, you’ll discover a compendium of every thing we all know concerning the bold platform, and we’ll maintain it up to date because the service evolves.

Up to date 04/13/22: Up to date the FAQ with the most recent details about Apple TV+.

How do I entry Apple TV+?

You possibly can enroll and watch Apple TV+ content material by means of the TV app, which is offered on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac, It’s additionally obtainable on many recreation consoles, sensible TVs, Roku, and Fireplace TV units. You can even watch Apple TV+ on a browser at tv.apple.com. 

The expertise of the TV app, although, varies from gadget to gadget. On a Roku, sensible 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 exhibits you’ve bought by means of iTunes or the TV app.

On iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV {hardware}, you’ll additionally see exhibits from different streaming companies like HBO Max, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. The TV app aggregates content material from supporting third-party apps operating on the gadget (Netflix doesn’t assist the function, sadly).

Can I watch Apple TV+ exhibits on non-Apple units?

Sure! You possibly can watch Apple TV+ by means of the TV app, which is offered on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac, in addition to many recreation consoles, sensible TVs, and different streaming units. When you have a brand new set from Samsung, LG, Sony, or Vizio, you also needs to have the ability to use AirPlay 2 to broadcast content material straight out of your iPhone or iPad to the set.

You can even watch on the internet utilizing Safari, Chrome, or Firefox by heading to tv.apple.com.

How a lot does Apple TV+ value?

Apple TV+ prices solely $4.99 per 30 days, and that features Household Sharing. That makes it the least costly of any of the key streaming companies. You possibly can renew your subscription for one 12 months for $49.99.

Apple TV+ is included in all three tiers of the Apple One services bundle, which ranges from $14.95 per 30 days to $29.95 per 30 days.

Does Apple TV+ have a free trial?

Sure, but it surely solely lasts for seven days.

Do Apple TV+ exhibits have adverts?

No. Although you’ll usually see a trailer for one more Apple TV+ present earlier than earlier than the one intend to look at. That is much like many different streaming companies, and it’s skippable.

What exhibits and films can be found proper now?

Apple TV+ is specializing in a brand new library of unique content material fairly than shopping for entry to an enormous back-catalog of TV exhibits or films, so there’s not as a lot obtainable as on another companies. That mentioned, the content material is lastly beginning to construct up.

We maintain a detailed list of all the currently-available content Apple TV+.

What exhibits and films are coming sooner or later?

Apple has nothing if not deep pockets and a need to win. The corporate has spent a small fortune buying unique exhibits and films 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 latest releases pales compared to opponents like Netflix.

We maintain a list of all the shows, series, and movies coming to Apple TV+.

Does Apple launch episodes as soon as every week or drop total seasons directly?

Apple’s method varies. With brand-new exhibits, Apple will usually launch the primary three episodes directly, with the remainder of the season coming at a fee of 1 episode every week. Second seasons and later might begin off at only one every 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’ll be able to watch the most recent episode of Ted Lasso at 9pm on Thursday night time, 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 means of the TV app with no hassle.

However that’s the place the liberty ends. Apple doesn’t permit you to obtain Apple TV+ content material on the Apple TV, nor does it permit for it on different streaming units, sensible TVs, or when watching exhibits on a browser.

Reveals 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 even manually delete them by means 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 available on the market. A number of members of the family with Household Sharing can all stream their very own content material directly.

How do I modify the streaming high quality so I don’t burn by means of my information?

A single episode of an Apple TV+ present like See can use over 2GB of your cellular information. You possibly can forestall 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 may change the standard of downloads over mobile.

Can you employ Household Sharing with Apple TV+?

Sure. A single Apple TV+ subscription could 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 suggestions—it’s as if they’d their very own particular person subscription.

Are all Apple TV+ exhibits obtainable in 4K?

Sure. Early on, Apple introduced that each one exhibits can be obtainable in 4K HDR/Dolby Imaginative and prescient and that “most” exhibits would have Dolby Atmos sound, but it surely didn’t say simply how good it might be. In line with FlatplanelsHD’s Rasmus Larsen, Apple TV+ gives the most effective 4K streaming high quality of any service available on the market. 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 very best bitrate of any Apple TV+ present, with a mean 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 inclined to peak at 16Mbps.