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Apple TV App Now Available on Google's Latest Chromecast Device

Google today announced that the Apple TV app has launched on the $50 Chromecast with Google TV, which is the latest version of the Chromecast dongle.

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Google said in December that the ‌Apple TV‌ app would be coming to Chromecast early in 2021, with the app set to expand to other Android TV devices in the future.


With the ‌Apple TV‌ app now available, Chromecast users can access ‌Apple TV‌+ content with an ‌Apple TV‌+ subscription, watch content from ‌Apple TV‌ channels, and access purchased and rented TV shows and movies.

TV shows and movies from ‌Apple TV‌+ can be added to the Google TV Watchlist, and Google Assistant voice commands are available.

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Top Rated Comments

Localcelebrity Avatar
72 months ago
Apple can make the Apple TV app for a $50 device, but it can't make a $50 Apple TV?

*sigh*
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
72 months ago

How much do you expect them to make on the $50 devices? Not asking to be argumentative, but just the component costs, licensing fees for technologies included within them, manufacturing, packaging, shipping, etc, I’d have to imagine they don’t make much if any profit on that $50 device.
Take a loss on the hardware. Build up services more. They can afford it.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
nickt2009 Avatar
72 months ago
Would it be possible to AirPlay to the Chromecast?
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MacStreamer Avatar
72 months ago
One of the smartest things Apple did was allow the TV app to be on non-Apple devices.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mi7chy Avatar
72 months ago

True. But they're leaving so much money on the table by not having their own $50 device.
Apple is thinking in terms of profit so let other companies subsidize the low cost $50 device while profiting off of delivering service. Doubt you're going to see a $50 Apple TV device.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
72 months ago
How about airplay2?
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)