Video from Verge – Hands On!
Apple blows of its trumpet with unbosoming the new an improved innovation of Apple, launching Apple TV at it’s event “Hey Siri” in San Francisco.It claims to provide users with whole new sturdy and federating experience to its users.Similar for passing-on iPad Pro and iPhone 6s to some journalist Apple did the same after this event, and has swayed the device by sharing it online.
Siri also stumbled when asked to show TV shows from ABC, something an Apple employee attributed to the fact that the demo was optimized for movies. Also notable: Siri wasn’t actually that smart about connecting the dots. Follow-up questions have to start with certain keywords, otherwise Siri thinks it’s a new question. Launching an app or game requires users to use the word “open,” and not “go to.” And the MLB app wouldn’t open, just because I said “Open MLB.tv,” not “Open At Bat.”
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Wednesday that no one had changed the TV experience – and the new Apple TV doesn’t really change it either.
“What you do engage with is the new remote control. It feels more like a mashup of a 1st-gen iPod nano and a MacBook trackpad, with the touch surface for navigation being very sensitive: at first, I skittered through the revamped interface, the icons tilting and bobbing as I went.
tvOS – built on top of iOS and with the primary changes being to how easily viewed the interface is from across the room – feels familiar, though the brighter color scheme is a little more engaging than the dour black of the current Apple TV. It also feels a little like Android TV at times.
The new Apple TV will be in markets in late October for $149(32 GB) and $199 (64GB). Apple has made known game centric features which includes co-operative play and briefing of first game pad for the new Apple TV.