Big things could Science Fiction Movies | Adult Movies Onlinebe coming to the Apple TV.
Last revamped in late 2015 with beefier hardware, a refreshed tvOS interface and the Siri Remote, Apple's set-top box has basically languished as competing set-top boxes like the Amazon Fire TV, Roku Ultra and the new NVIDIA Shield TV run circles around it.
That could soon change. Apple is reportedly testing a new Apple TV capable of streaming 4K video with "more vivid colors (sounds like HDR), according to Bloomberg. The current Apple TV only outputs at 1080p full HD, which is fine, but it's no 4K.
SEE ALSO: iPhone users can finally send WhatsApp messages offlineThe report points to Apple's recent hiring of Timothy D. Twerdhal, the former head of Amazon's Fire TV unit, to lead product marketing for Apple TV, as a sign Apple is taking the TV space more seriously.
Twerdhal's extensive experience in the TV video space -- he worked at at Netflix and Roku before he joined Amazon -- makes him well-positioned to help fix the Apple TV's shortcomings.
Apple TV has reportedly not been selling as well as Apple would have liked. Though Apple doesn't break out exact figures on Apple TV sales (it's lumped into the company's "Other" category that also includes iPods, Beats, Apple Watch and accessories), Luca Maestri, the company's chief financial officer, recently told the Financial Timessales declined year-over-year.
Apple will need something more compelling to convince people why they need an Apple TV.
Adding 4K video streaming support will be a good first step towards making the Apple TV more competitive with the Fire TV and Roku Ultra, especially now that 4K TVs are more commonplace in homes than before, but it'll only be catch-up.
Apple will need something more compelling to convince people why they need an Apple TV. Offering a bundle with a game controller could help reposition the Apple TV as more than just a video streaming box, but it would also be another catch-up move as there's also a Fire TV bundle that includes a controller.
Bloombergsays Apple originally prototyped a version of the current Apple TV with "connectors for a coaxial port" that would have allowed it to replace the big, ugly and confusing cable boxes with the remotes-with-100-buttons, but scrapped the port after negotiations with cable providers fell through. It's unclear if Apple has given up on this idea or not.
One way Apple could make the Apple TV a must-have product for the living room is by turning it into an Amazon Echo-like device with Siri at its core. I'd buy an Apple TV with hands-free Siri voice commands that not only controlled my TV, but also my smart home devices in a heartbeat. Such a device would also put Apple in the ring with the Echo and Google Home -- a battle it's losing ground to every day it doesn't compete.
"We've come a long way in a year and it gives us a platform to build off of," Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the company's recent earnings call about the Apple TV. "We are learning a lot about the original content business and thinking about ways we could play it."
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