Why? Because Apple - that’s just how it is. Whatever the Apple TV 4K’s apps need or want to do well into the future, they’ll be able to do.Įven if it isn’t the number one streaming platform out there, Apple TV OS has a history of getting timely app updates, usually with the best functionality and features. I can’t say the same for the hardware packed into today’s smart TVs or streaming sticks and boxes.

As a streamer, it’s almost comically overpowered, but it’s not going to get left behind any time soon. What that means is that there’s virtually nothing you can throw at the Apple TV 4K that it can’t handle.

I recently suggested that smart TVs needed chips that were about as powerful as what we see in today’s smartphones, and that’s exactly what you get with the Apple TV 4K. Even though the current-gen Apple TV 4K is almost a year old now, its A12 Bionic chip is orders of magnitude more powerful than what’s in just about any competitors’ box, with the Nvidia Shield’s Tegra X1 being the one exception. The Apple TV has always been a powerful device. So, let’s take a look at what the Apple TV 4K looks like now, with the benefit of hindsight being 20/22. The landscape is vastly different, and that has me looking at the Apple TV in a different light. But in more recent months, gradual – some might even say sneaky – evolutions in smart TV and streaming platforms have taken place. I still maintain that was true two years ago. Why spend so much on such a chunky box when there are so many far more portable streaming sticks that do just about everything you need at a fraction of the price? Maybe it’s great for die-hard Apple folks, but not great for everyone else. In my prior coverage of the Apple TV 4K, and the Apple streaming boxes that preceded it, my objections basically boiled down to the fact that it was too expensive. Samsung shows off the first two 77-inch QD-OLED 4K TVs at CES 2023Īpple Music Sing brings karaoke singalongs to iPhones, Apple TVĪs for you readers who have long been Apple TV disciples? Go ahead and have yourself a little “I told you so” moment. YouTube TV price hike is a reminder that you have to do the math

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