20-04-2016 17:34
Will the Now TV app for Apple TV ever get an update?
The current version is complete rubbish and makes me regret ever getting a Now TV pass.
Unless there is an update my Now TV experience will be very short indeed.
30-10-2020 11:05
30-10-2020 11:09
30-10-2020 11:18
30-10-2020 12:52
@nst Agreed about the plus side as all of our streaming is done using the Apple tv 4K now. And, as I previously mentioned after turning on the Developer HUD, it’s good to know that the PQ is HD when you’ve got an active Boost pass - even though it’s not officially supported - although the sound is still stereo (not 5.1).
30-10-2020 14:18
I think there is something in that.
Yes... its getting a bit daft isnt it.
Yes. They must surely finally get something out there that replaces that terrible ancient app that we have to put up with.
And yes, I think that it would have been a better idea for NowTV to release what they have now... (the beta is OK more or less)... and then add to it very soon with the other things they are working on.
Of course, as ive said many times before I will not use this app if it is released without Boost support... but just to get something out there would be better than what they are doing.
Of course we have no idea whats happening or why. But the beta version has been extended by almost another 3 months until it expires... that takes it well into 2021 but lets hold on to the 'promise' that they would be releasing in Autumn.
30-10-2020 21:16 - edited 30-10-2020 21:18
It is clear they are trying to save Sky Christmas sales
the covid lockdown also helps to push such services
remember Sky is not pushing NowTV like normal Sky plans
SkyQ it is overly promoted
nowtv is for the long tail target (low spending)
within a service already demoted... the Nowtv stick/box is promoted because a one stop shop for other content (e.g Netflix and in the future maybe Disney+ for instance)
app on other box is the last within the last ones
01-11-2020 17:43 - edited 01-11-2020 17:47
I use the Irish app and it has no further integration with AppleTV features, top shelf etc. has not been implemented. We never got access to boost, still no release date, so I obviously can't comment how well it works.
The app itself has had a fair few bugs created and fixed but updates are few and far between. For instance if you watched live TV and left the app, when you opened the app again all you would get was a spinning wheel. This was a bug they introduced via an update and you had to kill the app to fix it. Then it took weeks to fix it, clearly no testing was done before release.
The app also doesn't update in the background or when it re-opens. So today they will be advertising whatever football is on at the top of the "home screen", tomorrow it'll still be there. The lack of refreshing can also be seen in the watch list, if I add a new show from my phone, I'll have to kill the app to force it to refresh the watch list. This also affected the channel logos in the TV guide and the pass sections, they would just be blank, again you needed to kill the app but it seems to have been fixed.
Also it doesn't update when the iOS app updates so it wouldn't appear to be the universal app they have promised.
01-11-2020 19:15
01-11-2020 19:23
01-11-2020 21:49
@Anonymous User
Its a shame really.. we are so nearly there.
Its so true that they favour other platforms and the AppleTV has been the lowest of the low for many years.
Almost on the other end of the scale.. we have the iOS / iPADOS app - this seems very well supported and is regularly updated - about once every couple of months or so.
So... once the TVOS app is sorted and its all rolled into one universal app (we can only hope common sense prevails here)... then from that point on we can hope that the TVOS app will get fresh updates as quickly as the iOS/iPADOS one (as its the same app).
This public release.. however... is taking way too long.