Apple would be to make its Apple TV + application available for Android devices from Wednesday (February 12).
The application will operate on Android 10 or more recent Android phones and tablets and will support subscriptions to both Apple TV + And Apple’s MLS season passArs Technica reported Wednesday.
Apple did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Pymnts.
This is the first time that the Apple TV + application has been available for Android devices, although it was already working on Roku devices, game consoles and most other smart televisions, in addition to Apple devices , according to the report.
Apple TV + was introduced in 2019 and includes programs like “Ted Lasso”, “Slow Horses” and “Severance”, according to the report.
Apple reported in January that its service sector, which includes subscriptionsLicense guarantees and agreements, explain 23.12 billion dollars in revenue in the fourth quarter, 14% higher than the same period last year.
The company said it has more than 1 billion subscriptions, including direct subscriptions for services such as Apple TV + and iCloud and subscriptions to third -party applications via its App Store system.
In October, Apple TV + was added to Amazon Video premiumCollection of complementary modules subscription In the United States, options in a move from the leaders of the two companies declared to increase the offer of Prime Video and extend the public of Apple TV +.
“We want to make Apple TV + and its award -winning library of series and films of the biggest storytellers in the world available to the more viewers as possible”, ” WhirlwindA main vice-president of services in Apple, in a press release, said at the time.
Apple The last movement in this space occurred at a time when industry sees signs of “streaming Fatigue, ”Pymnts reported in December.
Recent surveys suggest consumer satisfaction with both Services without advertising and supported by advertising have decreased. Many consumers are not satisfied with the quality of the content offered, even if streaming platforms continue to increase subscription costs.
The experts interviewed by Pymnts reported that the increase in streaming costs and the decline in the quality of the content creates a few Consumer dissatisfaction, many of these problems can be attributed to larger market trends such as inflation and increase in production costs.
