Thewait for the iPhone SE 4 goes on , but Apple did have a launching on Wednesday , with the Apple TV app – including theApple TV+streaming military service – finally becoming available for Android devices .
From today , Android users can download the app for phones , tablet and foldable handsets , ending a completely non - sensical absence from the rival political program .
The stream app – home of Ted Lasso , Severance , Silo , Masters of Flight and more – has been available for Android TV for quite some time . However , Android phones and tablets have been absent from the list of supported equipment .
While most users have entree to the Apple TV app on their impudent telecasting serve or desktop computer , the absence of an iPhone or iPad might be more keenly felt for on the go showing – specifically when it fare to live sports .
Apple hasexclusive worldwide right to Major League Soccer , as well as a excerption of Friday Night Baseball games in MLB . The unfitness to check those biz wherever you may be , through a functional app , feels unduly unfair .
It ’s not been a entire memory loss , as Apple ’s services have been useable to watch via a web browser app on Android machine . But that also defecate the absence seizure of an Android app until now all the more befuddling .
give the 2025 MLS time of year is about to get underway , this is likely part of Apple ’s cerebration . gift Android has a smartphone marketplace share well in excess of 50 % , that ’s a lot more potential ratifier .
While it still seems a little left seeing Apple apps in the Google Play store , Apple Music and Apple Music Classical has been available for a safe while now .
Opinion
It has made dead no sense for Apple , a company now for the most part driven by its growth in Services revenue , to omit Android user from its streaming services , even if there have been room around the absence of the native app .
Apple paid a pretty centime to secure the global right wing to Major League Soccer ’s Season Pass , where fans can look out Leo Messi act every week . Why not maximize the likely return by ensuring as many people as possible have an incentive to ratify - up ?
