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, encompasses 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 in regards to the formidable 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 newest details about Apple TV+.

How do I entry Apple TV+?

You may enroll and watch Apple TV+ content material via the TV app, which is obtainable on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac, It’s additionally obtainable on many recreation consoles, sensible TVs, Roku, and Fireplace TV gadgets. You too can 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 motion pictures or TV reveals you’ve bought via iTunes or the TV app.

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

Can I watch Apple TV+ reveals on non-Apple gadgets?

Sure! You may watch Apple TV+ via the TV app, which is obtainable on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and the Mac, in addition to many recreation consoles, sensible TVs, and different streaming gadgets. You probably have a brand new set from Samsung, LG, Sony, or Vizio, you must also be capable of use AirPlay 2 to broadcast content material straight out of your iPhone or iPad to the set.

You too can 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 most important streaming companies. You may renew your subscription for one yr 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, nevertheless it solely lasts for seven days.

Do Apple TV+ reveals have adverts?

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

What reveals and flicks can be found proper now?

Apple TV+ is specializing in a brand new library of unique content material slightly than shopping for entry to a giant back-catalog of TV reveals or motion pictures, so there’s not as a lot obtainable as on another companies. That stated, the content material is lastly beginning to construct up.

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

What reveals 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 reveals and flicks from different manufacturing firms and has even began its personal (Apple Studios) to supply its personal.

It’s secure to say there’s so much on the way in which, 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 per week or drop total seasons directly?

Apple’s method varies. With brand-new reveals, Apple will typically launch the primary three episodes directly, with the remainder of the season coming at a charge of 1 episode per week. Second seasons and later might begin off at only one per week, and a few restricted sequence (particularly documentary sequence) make all of the episodes obtainable directly.

New releases to Apple TV+ sometimes occur on Friday at midnight (so you possibly can watch the newest episode of Ted Lasso at 9pm on Thursday night time, Pacific Time).

Can I download reveals 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 gadgets via the TV app with no hassle.

However that’s the place the liberty ends. Apple doesn’t help you download Apple TV+ content material on the Apple TV, nor does it enable for it on different streaming gadgets, sensible TVs, or when watching reveals on a browser.

Reveals you download to your iPhone, iPad, or Mac shall be obtainable for 30 days, after which your gadgets will robotically take away them. You too can manually delete them via the TV app.

Does Apple TV+ enable simultaneous streaming?

Apple TV+ permits for six simultaneous streams directly, which is greater than you’ll get from another on-demand streaming service in the marketplace. 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 via my information?

A single episode of an Apple TV+ present like See can use over 2GB of your cell information. You may 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 Automated and Excessive High quality streaming, and may change the standard of downloads over mobile.

Can you utilize Household Sharing with Apple TV+?

Sure. A single Apple TV+ subscription may 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 proposals—it’s as if that they had their very own particular person subscription.

Are all Apple TV+ reveals obtainable in 4K?

Sure. Early on, Apple introduced that each one reveals can be obtainable in 4K HDR/Dolby Imaginative and prescient and that “most” reveals would have Dolby Atmos sound, nevertheless it didn’t say simply how good it might be. In response to FlatplanelsHD’s Rasmus Larsen, Apple TV+ gives the very best 4K streaming high quality of any service in the marketplace. It’s so good, in reality, that the 4K bitrates are higher than what you’ll see in some iTunes motion pictures.

When Larsen wrote his publish in November of 2019, See had the best bitrate of any Apple TV+ present, with a median 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 inclined to peak at 16Mbps.