I received a request to write a review, so I will. Apple TV+ is phenomenal. You guys have done a wonderful job of creating a great brand in such a short period of time. I particularly love the super-intelligent writing on all of the shows and films, the great acting, and the cinematography is stellar and very unique to Apple. I LOVE “The Morning Show.” It’s appointment viewing reminiscent of network television. I’m hoping there’s a chance you’ll bring back “Servant.” I adored the slow pace and build up of that show. I also loved the fact that it was based in Philadelphia, a city that’s so rich in content possibilities. I also love “Home,” which is beautifully done. I want Apple to come up with more programming focusing on African-American, Hispanic and Asian people and characters, but I do NOT want to see one-dimensional, stereotypical, picture-board cut outs. I want to see people of color who are WHOLE human beings who have lives, intentions and motivations that aren’t often seen. In short, LEAD with their HUMANITY and not with their ethnicity. The actors will naturally supply the ethnicity and nuances. In addition, I’d like to see Apple TV+ take a stronger stance against worldwide injustice and the current threat to democracy with more news content and documentaries that enlighten the public. As a (former) journalist and current corporate communications professional, I believe the world needs more of this type of content. In short, great job, but Apple TV+’s best work is still ahead. Hope that helps. — Michael Corbin

Apple TV has a good mix original content though I wish they had some licensed content to add more value to their subscription — they did have some licensed movies a year or so ago but nothing of late. I’m really a hardcore fan of sci-fi and their original sci-fi content is vast and superb. My favorite is the low budget DARK MATTER with its mind-bending storyline, and PLUR1BUS’ minimalist approach to the paranoia thriller. FOUNDATION’s first two seasons were just descent but season three was a revelation, and if you haven’t seen it, there’s nothing quite like it in terms of spectacle and production design on both television and the big screen. I have to emphasize how amazing the 4K HDR looks on FOUNDATION — it’s a master class in HDR implementation. There’s not much in terms of sports but F1 more than makes up for it with its amazing events coverage, and by far the best LIVE sports streaming experience on any platform, especially if you’re using the Apple TV 4K. Apple TV doesn’t have the reach of Netflix, Disney or HBO MAX, but it’s a premium experience at an affordable price. The kind of stuff you used to get from Netflix before their shareholders took priority over their consumer base.

The app is great except for a few annoying features. First, if you’re watching a series, the app doesn’t auto-play the next episode when the previous one finishes. I understand this is to save bandwidth for continuous streaming, but it would be nice to have it set by a timer or something else so that you don’t have to re-enter the app to manually choose to play the next episode when screen-casting to a larger device. Second, you have to re-select the captions for every single video. I have to re-start or rewind so many videos because I forget to reset the captions at the start of each one. If there is an option to automatically apply a captions setting preference it is not easy to find. Finally, the app shows a lot of series and movies that are not available on the app. I know they’re trying to encourage connecting other streaming apps to this one, but most of the suggested programs/movies are not available through the app. I don’t understand why they would promote more content from other apps than Apple’s original content (which has been really good, from what I’ve seen so far). Other than that, the app itself is easy to use and pretty intuitive. The picture is clear and it doesn’t freeze up or blitz out if you rewind or fast-forward a video.

I used this app as did my entire household for a jumping off point to watch most anything anywhere on all our streaming apps and really like the way it kept the programs we recently watched or followed tiled across the top. Now they play horrible loud previews across the top and make the shows you normally watch a secondary feature. No one in my household is going to use it as the starting point for streaming shows anymore. We will go to the individual apps directly as there is enough space taken up in the appletv app with appletv + offerings already. I know apple must need to make money placing these ads across the top, taking up a entire screen but I wouldn’t think they were this broke. Surely someone must think before they execute these changes. I wish I could go back to the previous version of the app. It seems to have updated with the appletv OS and iOS updates so it’s not like we have a choice in the matter other than to not use it. I only wish my purchased content were somewhere else. I can easily cancel the streaming subscriptions (channels as they call them) I have through appletv and move them to the individual apps which is probably going to make things easier as integration with appletv has had issues in the past periodically. All in all it’s a poorly designed change to the app. Makes it not worth the gain using it and makes me question my reliance on my appletv box as I wonder what they will wreck in it next. If it works please don’t break it!