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Monday, September 24, 2012, 01:54 pm
Apple releases Apple TV Software Update 5.1 with Shared Photo Stream support
Apple on Monday updated its Apple TV set-top box to software version 5.1, adding support for Shared Photo Streams, and the ability to send audio content from the Apple TV to AirPlay-enabled speakers and devices including the AirPort Express.Users can now download Apple TV Software Update 5.1 by going into the Settings section of the device, choosing General, and then selecting Update Software. The full list of changes in the update, as detailed by Apple, are:
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Shared Photo Streams — Accept invitations for Shared Photo Streams, browse photos and comments, and receive notifications of new content.
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AirPlay — Send audio content from Apple TV to AirPlay-enabled speakers and devices (including AirPort Express and other Apple TVs). Also includes the ability to require an onscreen code to use AirPlay with your Apple TV.
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iTunes account switching — Save multiple iTunes accounts and switch quickly between them.
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Trailers — Search movie trailers. In the United States, see show times for local theaters.
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Screen savers — New Cascade, Shrinking Tiles, and Sliding Panels screen savers.
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Main menu— Reorder icons on the second page by holding down the select button on the remote.
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Subtitles — SDH support for the deaf and hard-of-hearing as well as improvements to viewing and selecting subtitles.
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Network configuration — Support for setting up advanced network options using configuration profiles.
- Stability and performance — Includes general performance and stability improvements.
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What a waste of a good piece of hardware. When will they add app support????
What a waste of a good piece of hardware. When will they add app support????
Right after people realize that's not what the device is for and that "apps" as you know them shouldn't be on it.
FINALLY.
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What a waste of a good piece of hardware. When will they add app support????
Probably in the next hardware revision.
Hm. Nice update, but still waiting for a way to set up an ad-hoc WLAN. The Apple TV would be ideal in the travel bag, if I could just use AirPlay in hotels without lugging around an additional Airport, give presentations with just an Apple TV and an iPad, even if the client's or institute's WLAN or firewall gets in the way...
so still no BBC iPlayer in the UK? I don't want to use it via AirPlay - that's two devices
What a waste of a good piece of hardware. When will they add app support????
you can already run apps on it
they are on your iphone, ipad or itouch
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skill
Originally Posted by Avonord
What a waste of a good piece of hardware. When will they add app support????
Right after people realize that's not what the device is for and that "apps" as you know them shouldn't be on it.
agree with Tallest Skil. Apple is changing the frame of reference for game devices... the controller is the game device. AppleTV is just a 'smart media switcher' and 'game visuals' are just an 'input.
It may be a waste of HW now... but look at it compared to a Cable Box (dumb media switcher).
The key to AppleTV is getting media feeds to match it's smartness. and in that regard, Apps on AppleTV are like HTML5 on an iPhone/iPad, a stopgap measure until you are totally 'native' in the AppleTV environment.
What a waste of a good piece of hardware. When will they add app support????
ATV apps would hurt the iOS ecosystem. It seems like a good idea at first, but really it isn't. The type of interaction optimal to a large screen and a basic remote control is completely different than handheld multi-touch devices. Developers would try to shoe-horn iOS apps onto the platform and they wouldn't work that well.
Apple is doing this right. The video extender should have very little functionality. Sophisticated interaction is better kept on devices with more sophisticated input hardware.
Seriously, if you haven't tried it sometime, hang out with a group of iOS toting friends in an ATV equipped home theater. AirPlay and everyone having their own screen for interaction, is awesome. It becomes immediately obvious that remote controls and channel surfing are stone age technology as compared to a handheld device airplaying to a big screen.
I'd like to be able to access my music without iTunes Match, the same way I can ready access movies and tv shows. Or adding Spotify access would be nice. Have to agree with dreyfus2 though... ad-hoc networking would be nice. Would it work to just set up a hotspot on iPhone and connect ATV to that, or would that still somehow use cell data even if the content was stored on the iPhone? Hadn't thought to try that yet.
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