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Killer ATV apps? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Long-time ATV user, and have just upgraded my TV to a new Samsung, so grabbed an ATV 4k.

A lot's changed in 10 years. Samsung is now full of apps - covering pretty much everything I use ATV for - Apple TV+, Plex, BBC, Netflix, C4. BBC Iplayer also supports UHD on Samsung, but not ATV :(

TV also supports Airplay. To be honest, I'm now questioning what I need ATV for. I don't use Siri, and things like fitness+ I can mirror from my iPad.

What killer apps am I missing out on? Can you convince me not to regret my new ATV?

(edit - I'm in the UK, although prob obvious :)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Generally a smoother experience on ATV plus the benefit of being able to use your phone to type in passwords, etc (assuming you have an iPhone), just generally a better interface and quicker/easier switching between apps.

Netflix, in my opinion and experience, is pretty much garbage on the Apple TV though. I always use my Samsung TV’s app for that. YouTube sometimes, too, but not always.

If you’re not in the Apple ecosystem, then I think the ATV loses a lot of its appeal.