The reviews for the new Apple TV are up, and according to most of them, its novelty is well-grounded, but it doesn’t compete as well as it was expected to.
The Great Features and Its Great Drawbacks
The new Apple TV, which is much more expensive than its main competitors, the hit-or-miss Roku 4 and the increasingly competitive Amazon Fire TV, has a slew of awesome features: it’s got the tvOS operating system that supports hundreds of apps and it casts Apple Music. It also comes with Apple’s newest accessory gadget: the Siri Remote, which, according to Wall Street Journal, does a pretty good job on taking Voice Command and has a very convenient touch pad that eliminates the need for arrow keys and buttons. But the same feature has a significant drawback: because the layout of the Apple TV interface is so strangely designed, it’s nothing short of excruciating to have to type in anything. The 26 letter alphabet is put into one line, and the design lacks a second dimension, making for less travel between letters but more lag. In addition, Siri isn’t compatible with some of the most convenient apps, such as YouTube, NBC, CBS, ABC and PBS, and according to TechNewsWorld, it’s very buggy and at times, just plain inconvenient.
Elsewhere, some reviewers were disappointed that the Siri commands only worked with a few key apps, and that its handy search capabilities aren’t available for YouTube or the broadcast channels it supports. In other words, it’s a great attempt that will measure up to some but not to others.
Apple vs. Amazon: Amazon still has the upper hand
The Apple and Amazon feud is perhaps the most lamentable aspect of all of these reviews, given the fact that with all of these nifty features and overrated updates, Amazon Video refuses to support it or make an app compatible with Apple TV.
Seeing as Amazon Video’s only competition is currently Netflix, it’s nothing short of a pity that it favors Amazon content and doesn’t spread out. A collaboration between these two monster companies would surely shatter every other, but that’s mostly wishful thinking.
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