Apple TV
part of Apple includes Apple TV (software), Apple TV (App), Apple TV Remote
3 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · said 38 times in 10 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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Everything said about Apple TV, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Evans: Apple TV adds an SDK but leaves TV's commercial model intact
“Version two of the Apple TV is not a fundamentally new product. That is to say, it's basically the same UI concept. It's basically the same stuff, except that now there's an SDK. So to get HBO onto it, Apple doesn't have to write the app. To get X or Y or Z on…”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Evans: Siri performs well on Apple TV due to narrow search domain
“Siri should work well here because it's such a kind of a narrow domain. It doesn't have to deal with any question you could possibly ask. It's just got to, like, do voice recognition, like, I want to watch Guardians of the Galaxy. It's not hard.”