Apple preps Apple TV+ app for Android

Apple is looking to hire a senior engineer to help build version of its Apple TV+ app for Android, a sign the company is finally bringing its streaming service to iPhone knockoffs.

Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News:
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The move suggests that the company is looking to gain market share in video streaming — and is setting aside its rivalry with Android in order to chase additional users. It’s rare for Apple to develop software for Google’s Android, which competes with its iOS platform.

The TV+ service, launched in 2019, is Apple’s answer to Netflix or Disney+, and the company has spent heavily on feeding it with original content.

Android would provide a big source of potential viewers. Though Apple dominates the market for high-end smartphones, Android has more users globally. The operating system powers more than 3 billion devices around the world. Apple has roughly 2.2 billion active devices, with the majority of those being iPhones.

TV+ isn’t a total stranger to Android, though. Apple has offered the service on Google Chromecast streaming devices and many smart televisions — with the Apple TV app running on the Android operating system. But the new job listing suggests the company is now planning something more extensive, telling applicants they will “design and architect a sophisticated application.”

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MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote in December 2022, when rumors of this first began floating:

This makes sense as its Apple’s intention to make the Apple TV app available everywhere — on your favorite Apple devices, streaming platforms, smart TVs, gaming consoles, and even pretend iPhones and iPads running Android.

As Steve said back in 2007, “It’s like giving a glass of ice water to somebody hell.” However, it remains to be seen if IQ-challenged meatheads who can’t even manage to get themselves a real iPhone or iPad have the brain power and attention span required to watch, much less understand and appreciate, a series like “Severance.”
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