Let’s say your greatest buddy–we’ll name him Pietro–makes use of an Android telephone. To every his personal, you say. The issue is, Pietro, who doesn’t personal a TV and watches exhibits on his telephone (like I stated, to every his personal) doesn’t subscribe to Apple TV+ as a result of there’s no Android app for that. This implies once you excitedly name Pietro after watching the most recent episode of Severance that dropped on Friday, you possibly can’t discuss it. As an alternative, you need to ask him how’s he doing, how the children are, what he had for dinner, no matter. Ho hum.
However right now is your (or Pietro’s) fortunate day. Apple has launched the Apple TV app on Android and it’s now obtainable on the Google Play retailer. It offers entry to all Apple TV+ content material, in addition to MLS Season Move. A subscription is required for Apple TV+, which prices $9.99/£9.99 monthly; MLS Season Move is a further subscription payment, however doesn’t require an Apple TV+ subscription (study extra about MLS Season Move). Apple TV+ additionally presents TV exhibits and flicks obtainable to hire or purchase however The Verge stories that you just can’t entry the shop from inside the Android app. Customers on Reddit say that beforehand bought exhibits can’t be accessed, both.
The Verge additionally factors out that the Apple TV app for Android is optimized for foldable telephones, which Pietro likes to brag about (“Crease? That’s not a crease,” he likes to say). Google’s Dan Seifert posted that the app additionally has a themeable app icon, picture-in-picture help, in addition to offline downloads. So your Android-using buddy actually has no excuse for lacking out on among the finest exhibits of the 12 months and a bunch of different nice Apple TV+ content material. Except the shortage of casting help within the app is a dealbreaker. Then you definitely’re simply going to have to return to chatting in regards to the climate.