Apple TV+: Original Shows and Movies, How to Watch, and Everything Else You Need to Know
Apple TV+: Original Shows and Movies, How to Watch, and Everything Else You Need to Know
Apple TV+ is Apple's streaming service that offers original TV shows and movies. It's an alternative to other popular streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+.
Apple TV+ costs $4.99 per month and offers a wide variety of content, including dramas, comedies, thrillers, documentaries, and kids' shows. You can watch across all of your screens and pick up where you left off on any device.
The service is exclusively available through the Apple TV app. You can watch on your Apple TV set-top box, iPhone, or iPad. But you don't need the latest Apple TV 4K to enjoy Apple TV+. The TV app is also available on other platforms like Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Sony PlayStation, Xbox, and even the web at tv.apple.com.
Some of the popular shows on Apple TV+ include Ted Lasso, For All Mankind, Severance, Trying, and the movie Finch. Some of the popular movies on Apple TV+ include Palmer, The Banker, and Greyhound.
Apple aims for premium quality across its drama, comedy, and documentary TV shows and movies so everything should reach a reasonable level of quality and hopefully be worth your time.
The easiest way to get started with Apple TV+ is to open the Apple TV app on your device and tap on the Originals tab.
This tab takes you to the Apple TV+ channel page, which shows all of the Apple TV+ shows and movies available to watch, separated into categories like comedy, drama, and family fun.
Some recommended shows on Apple TV+ include:
- For All Mankind
- The Morning Show
- See
- Truth Be Told
- Servant
- Physical: 100
- Home
- The Problem with John Stewart -Hareless
Some recommended movies on Apple TV+ include:
- Greyhound
- The Banker
- On the Rocks
- Palmer
- The Secret Garden
- cherry
- Swan Song
- The Disaster Artist
You can download to watch offline too. Apple adds new content every single month.
The TV app is the exclusive destination for Apple TV+, but the TV app is a little confusing because it blends together purchasable TV shows and movies from the iTunes Store, which you can buy or rent, content from other apps like Amazon Prime and Disney+, and Apple TV Channels.
The Watch Now screen does not really distinguish between content that you own and can watch, and Apple's general recommendations.
The easiest way to get started with Apple TV+ is to open the Apple TV app on your device, and tap on the Originals tab. (On some platforms, this tab is simply labelled using the "tv+" logo.)