Tag: Apple
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Apple Announces a September Event to Announce New Devices & Hopefully More About Apple TV+
Today Apple sent out invites to its campus for an innovation only event on September 10th. The main headline here is that Apple will reportedly announce new iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks according to reports. For cord cutters it is expected that we will likely learn more about Apple TV+. There is even a slight chance…
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Apple Will No Longer Record & Listen to Your Siri Conversations Unless You Opt-In
Today Apple announced that they will no longer listen to your Siri conversation son the Apple TV, iPhone, iPads, etc. This comes after reports of Apple employees listening to Siri recordings popped up in the news. “We know that customers have been concerned by recent reports of people listening to audio Siri recordings as part…
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Apple’s tvOS 12.4.1 is Rolling Out to The Apple TV Today
Earlier today Apple started to roll out its latest updates to iOS, tvOS, Mac, and more. For cord cutters tvOS 12.4.1 should be hitting your Apple TV any minute if it is not there already. This is likely the last major update before tvOS 13 rolls out this fall. This is a minor update aimed…
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EXPIRED: Apple is Offering 4 Months of Apple Music For Free
Want a ton of great music but don’t want to pay for it? Right now you can get 4 months of Apple Music with access to 50 million songs for free. This is a limited time deal and one you won’t find on Apple’s website. To get this deal you will need to signup through…
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Apple Reportedly Plans to Spend Over $6 Billion on New Content For Apple TV+
Earlier this year it was reported that Apple planned to spend $1 billion for content for its new Netflix like streaming service Apple TV+. Now it is being reported that Apple will now spend $6 billion as it tries to fight off Disney+ and HBO Max. This is all according to a report from FT.…
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Vizio is Adding Apple AirPlay 2 & HomeKit to Its SmartCast TV Today
Starting today Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit will begin rolling out to Vizio SmartCast TVs. This update will roll out to Vizio TVs with the SmartCast OS going back to Vizio TVs made in 2016. You will get AirPlay 2 support as part of the SmartCast 3.0 OS update that is now rolling out. “SmartCast…
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Warning Apple’s TVOS 13 Public Beta Has Several Major Bugs
Recently Apple rolled out a public TVOS beta for the Apple TV. This TVOS 13 Public Betta sadly though seems to come with some major bugs. Multiple readers have reported serious issues including hang-ups, crashes, and excessive buffering when using the betta. There is also a growing number of complaints about the beta on Reddit.…
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Apple’s AirPlay 2 is Coming to LG TVs Tomorrow
This week LG announced that they are adding AirPlay 2 to its 2019 line of AI TVs on July 25th, 2019. LG TVs will also be getting Apple’s HomeKit that will allow them to use Siri to control their basic TV functions like power, volume, and source. “LG remains at the forefront of TV technological…
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AT&T is Updating The DIRECTV NOW App on iOS & The Apple TV
Today AT&T started to roll out an update to the DIRECTV NOW app on iOS and the Apple TV. It seems that AT&T is rolling out a significant update not to the user interface but the back end of DIRECTV NOW. For the last few months many DIRECTV NOW users have complained that DIRECTV NOW…
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More Cord Cutters Are Looking Forward to Disney+ Than Any Other New Streaming Service
There are several companies preparing to launch new streaming services in the upcoming months. In our recent survey of over 3000 readers, we asked which of those services readers were most looking forward to. Here’s what the survey said. 24.2% are planning to try Disney+ 9.5% want to try the upcoming Warner Media service 5.9%…