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Not enough screen space for me and when I buy stuff, I always aim for the most recent, feature pack version. As for the prices iPhone XS Max is 1000 bucks in Poland while the Samsung Galaxy S10+ could be bought brand new for 650-700 dollars. You can say the the later is a better phone spec wise, yet the price have fallen drastically in just 3 months after release. If only iOS wouldn't demolish Android for me.
So, there's no reason whatsoever to believe they might be announcing new AppleTV hardware tonight, right?
- If they wanted to, they'd have announced it during their AppleTV service event
- WWDC is not a hardware event
- The AppleTV 4k does everything a media playing device needs to do - 4K, 60hz, HDR, Dolby
Because i'll be buying an AppleTV "for my mom" today - gonna get the 4K, which i'm gonna replace my 4th gen 1080p one with, which i'm going to install at my mom's.
(I'm sharing my Amazon Prime and Netflix with her, so she's fine with paying for the new hardware and getting the not-quite-as-new as a handmedone. Especially, since i don't think their internet connection would even support 4K streaming.
- If they wanted to, they'd have announced it during their AppleTV service event
- WWDC is not a hardware event
- The AppleTV 4k does everything a media playing device needs to do - 4K, 60hz, HDR, Dolby
Because i'll be buying an AppleTV "for my mom" today - gonna get the 4K, which i'm gonna replace my 4th gen 1080p one with, which i'm going to install at my mom's.
(I'm sharing my Amazon Prime and Netflix with her, so she's fine with paying for the new hardware and getting the not-quite-as-new as a handmedone. Especially, since i don't think their internet connection would even support 4K streaming.
should be fine. there's been no rumors or anything suggesting a new model and the current model doesn't have any obvious (non-software) shortcomings.
the main thing i'd like to see hardware-wise is ditching the siri remote and implementing a microphone array into the box, along with being able to register multiple user voices, so that it can take voice control totally hands-free
basically make it work like a homepod (that requires a TV hookup)
I don't trust the apps on SmartTVs, they all suck.
I'd much rather have any Smart functionality on a dedicated device. Right now, my mom's using the 720p small black hockey puck that doesn't really have any apps and only controls via IR.
The bluetooth remote as well as a proper UI with decently maintained media apps is going to be lifechanging for her.
Not on higher end TVs with good processors.
At least with LG and WebOS, Netflix is just as smooth, and I'd actually say Vudu, Amazon, and Youtube apps are better than my ATV 4K.
Are there any actual liveblogs of WWDC happening anymore? Some of us want to follow at work without playing audio, lol.
To be fair, the Amazon Prime app is equally garbage on every device.
Also, native smart apps aren't transparent with their multi tasking. Say, i watch a show on Netflix or Prime and there's breaking news. Now i watch 60 minutes of coverage among several channels. There is no indication of when and why my media playing app is flushed from memory.
Meanwhile, the AppleTV is still in the state i left it. And it's a single button press (albeit on another remote) away
And AirPlay is way superior to that weird native "hand-off" onto the TV's Youtube app. (again, imho, and only based on my experience with my 2015 Samsung 4K SmartTV that runs Tizen. (JU series)
Add the fact that i can enter text and passwords on the AppleTV with my phone (no idea if any SmartTVs do that - my Samsung's kinda basic in that regard).
Is there an Amazon Echo Dot-like device where I can use Siri with my existing bookshelf speaker for music playback? I got impatient waiting for an Homepod release date way back when and just got some bookshelf speakers but I'm limited to Bluetooth with them which kinda stinks.
Plex runs waaaaaaaay better just natively on my B7. ATV Plex sucks ass.
I know this is petty as hell... but I called this back in 2017 when people were talking about the iMac Pro's price
Feeling real vindicated right now. People were saying that the iMac Pro would be pointless because new Mac Pro would undercut it. There was no way Apple were ever going to position any version of the new Mac Pro below the iMac Pro.
Feeling real vindicated right now. People were saying that the iMac Pro would be pointless because new Mac Pro would undercut it. There was no way Apple were ever going to position any version of the new Mac Pro below the iMac Pro.
Man, I dropped something on my XS Max today and the screen protector it busted.
I'm like 99% it's just the screen protector and nothing happened to the actual screen but I'm still worried and I'm not taking it off till they have a replacement for the screen protector which will be a few days.
I'm like 99% it's just the screen protector and nothing happened to the actual screen but I'm still worried and I'm not taking it off till they have a replacement for the screen protector which will be a few days.
Yeah, XBO/PS4 controller support is in iOS as well.
As expected, iPhone 6s/SE and above are supported. 5s/6 are dropped.
This plus proper user switching may be the thing that drives me to try running the beta OS.
Also, per this page, the controller support is coming to iOS & iPadOS as well.
Great news! Finally I can make use of PS4 remote play!
PS4 remote play on my iPad instantly went from "not even gonna try" to "holy shit I need the iPadOS beta right now!" during this conference.
Also damn excited for dark mode and the photos tab. I love browsing all my photos, the daily and monthly views should be fun.
Also damn excited for dark mode and the photos tab. I love browsing all my photos, the daily and monthly views should be fun.
Here's hoping the Photos smart sorting stuff also actually recognizes in metadata whether it's something I took with my own camera or something I saved from Safari/Facebook/Twitter. Tired of having memes show up in my Memories slideshows, lol.
Good news -- they do! No word on if they'll need additional updates to support these controllers, though.
I think I can safely say that supporting the Xbox and PS4 controllers is not something that would've ever happened under Steve's leadership. This is definitely a different Apple.
I still think they should've designed their own controller though. I really would like to see what their industrial designers could come up with for a pro controller.
I still think they should've designed their own controller though. I really would like to see what their industrial designers could come up with for a pro controller.
Samsung TVs.
So Samsung TVs get 4K iTunes movies... but if you own a Mac from 2017 or earlier (apparently, no matter how spec'd out) then 1080p and tough shit for you. I'm mad bitter about this.
- A subscription is required for Apple Music.
- 4K, 4K HDR, 4K Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and HDR10 content is available on all Mac models introduced in 2018 or later with 4K-resolution screens.
- Some services require a subscription
- Dolby Atmos is available on Mac notebooks introduced in 2018 or later.
- Some features require Sidecar-enabled apps.
Nice. About the second part I guess we'll find out soon enough but I have good hopes.
I would expect the API to translate Xbox and PS4 inputs into MFi inputs, right? So many games have MFi support but aren't getting updated anymore
I wonder if Music, Podcasts, TV, and Books are finally going to support Handoff in these releases.
Music handoff is clearly there from the iPhone to the HomePod (and back), but I'd really like confirmation that the feature is supported across more platforms. Handoff/Continuity have been around for a long time, and iTunes was responsible for blocking a *lot* of it, lol.
Music handoff is clearly there from the iPhone to the HomePod (and back), but I'd really like confirmation that the feature is supported across more platforms. Handoff/Continuity have been around for a long time, and iTunes was responsible for blocking a *lot* of it, lol.
LG 2019 lineup will have AirPlay and Apple TV support as well.
A bunch of manufacturers got Air Play, I think Samsung is the only one who got the TV app.
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