If you have invested in the new Apple TV 4K box that the Apple brand will launch this Friday, you will be able to install many applications available through the dedicated store and even Netflix. But you won’t be able to take advantage of all streaming service subscriptions.
From November 3 Netflix has launched its new package in France less expensive with advertising (5.99 euros per month). It offers almost the entire catalog in Full HD 720p, interspersing each content released with advertising as on television. The subscription is accessible in many media, but not in all.
A plan that works on other Apple devices
To everyone’s surprise, the Apple TV box cuts out the Essential package with advertising and therefore does not support it, as evidenced by a Support page of the Los Gatos company. To continue taking advantage of the Netflix offer on the Apple TV system, you will need to purchase an Essential, Standard, or Premium subscription.
However, if you have subscribed to the new package, you can enjoy it at iPhone, iPad Where Mac through the Safari browser. This decision does not appear to stem from the dispute between the two companies over payment outside of the Apple ecosystem.
No explanation has been advanced for this issue on Apple TV. The Californian giant, however, explained to the site 9to5Mac that this would soon be resolved, without further details.
Delay on the Netflix side
This isn’t the first time the Netflix app has been less comprehensive on Apple TV than elsewhere. So many features were a long time coming when they already existed on Disney+ or even Amazon Prime Video (native player, viewing pool, 4K, etc.). But the most surprising thing is that the problem does not seem to come from Apple, which already accepts other advertising-based streaming services on its TV service.
Ad-supported Netflix Essential is available on Amazon Fire TV boxes, Android boxes, or even Chromecast with Google TV. However, older Chromecasts don’t support it either.
Source: BFM TV
