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Peter Stern, Apple Vice President of Services
- Apple has launched its revamped Apple TV app that includes the ability to subscribe to individual channels, representing a significant leap for the company into digital entertainment.
- The app also brings a slight redesign with deeper personalization.
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Back in March, Apple unveiled its vision for the future of television at a star-studded event that featured everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Steven Spielberg. Now, the first culmination of the company's revamped TV efforts are coming to light with the launch of its overhauled Apple TV app.
The new app brings a handful of changes, the biggest one being the ability to subscribe to certain channels from directly within the app. Apple's paid original content service Apple TV Plus, which will feature programming from Winfrey and Spielberg among many other recognizable names, is not available yet but will be accessible from the app when it launches in the Fall.
The new TV app is launching on Monday for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Samsung Smart TVs (all 2019 models and certain 2018 models) through the iOS 12.3 and tvOS 12.3 updates. It will also come to Mac in the fall.
See below for an overview of what's new.