This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is scheduled to take place this Monday. CNET will be on hand to cover the news as it breaks, and as it has done in the past, Apple will also be livestreaming the event …
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New options for cutting the cable TV cord just keep coming, and some of the most intriguing use a good old broadcast antenna. Plex, the media service best known for allowing easy access to your video, music and photos from just about anywhere, has a new capability that should further enhance its stature among people loath to pay for TV. …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s annual WWDC conference kicks off Monday, June 5, and runs through Friday, June 9, in San Jose, California. In addition to including seminars and workshops between developers and Apple engineers, Apple uses WWDC to unveil primarily software (and sometimes hardware) updates. This …
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Roku owners who cut the cable TV cord, you now have another live TV option to consider. AT&T’s DirecTV Now service, which offers live TV channels streaming over the internet starting at $35 per month, is now available on Roku devices. Owners of Roku boxes, sticks and TVs can download the DirecTV Now app in Roku’s channel store starting today. …
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Vevo revamped its app for Apple TV with a design it plans to trickle out to other streaming boxes later this year, aimed at displacing music-only apps for TV like Pandora. “We wanted a flagship example of what we could do,” Vevo CEO Erik Huggers said at an unveiling. The app plays to a small but growing segment of how …
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Now playing: Watch this: See Google Assistant on Android TV in action 2:09 OK Google, take over my TV. Google Assistant, the company’s voice recognition and control technology found in devices like Google Home, is coming to Android TV. That means devices that use Google big-screen operating system, namely select streaming boxes and recent Sony TVs, will soon get even …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple TV may finally fix its Amazon snag 1:17 It appears Apple and Amazon have called a truce. After years of neck and neck rivalry over video, the Amazon Prime video app will be coming to Apple TV, according to a Buzzfeed report. Apple will break the news at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, the …
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For Amazon Prime members, the one glaring strike against Apple TV has been its inability to stream Amazon video content. But according to a Recode report, Apple and Amazon may be on the verge of putting their differences aside and will bring the Amazon video app to Apple TV this summer. Enlarge Image Amazon Prime Video. Amazon No one from …
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Twitter is widening its streaming video campaign to Roku devices, one of the most-used boxes for watching online video on TVs. The expansion comes the same week Twitter unveiled a dozen partnerships with programmers, like a 24-hour news stream from Bloomberg, in a big video push. Twitter is joining a scrum of digital companies — Facebook and Google’s YouTube chief …
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Apple TV users who subscribe to Sling TV may want to come up with an extra five bucks. That’s because the internet TV service’s “cloud DVR,” which allows you to record and play back select channels, as well as pause, rewind and skip commercials, is now available for Apple TV. Sling TV is a live TV streaming service that starts …
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