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Apple TV Plus is a subscription streaming service that is the home of Apple Originals. It launched in November 2019.
Apple TV Plus aims to be a genuine rival to Netflix, offering on-demand and exclusive series and movies from some of the world's best storytellers.
It shares many similarities with the Netflix premium service, including 4K video and Dolby Atmos audio on most content. Like on Netflix, content can be downloaded for offline use.
Here is everything you need to know about the streaming service before deciding whether or not to tune in.
How much does Apple TV Plus cost?
Monthly pricing for Apple TV Plus sits at $12.99. There are no pricing tiers like on some streaming services so the $12.99 is all you'll pay for full access to Apple TV Plus content at the highest resolution. The service increased its price in October 2023.
Apple also offers a 7-day free trial for all new subscribers. If you buy a new (eligible) Apple product, it will come with 3 months of Apple TV Plus for free.
We update our data regularly, but information can change between updates. Confirm details with the provider you're interested in before making a decision.
There's also the option to add the streaming service in a bundle via Apple One. The price varies between $24.95 a month and $49.95 a month depending on how many other Apple services you're looking to bundle. Regardless of which bundle you choose, Apple TV Plus is included. You will save money via a bundle when you factor in the price of paying for the services individually.
Apple TV Plus is available on PC and Mac, as well as on iOS and Android devices. You can also watch via selected smart TVs, streaming devices and gaming consoles.
Streaming devices
Apple TV
Amazon Fire TV
Chromecast with Google TV
Fetch TV
Telstra TV
Smart TVs
Samsung
LG
Sony
Panasonic
VIZIO
HiSense
VIDAA
Gaming consoles
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Mobile devices
iPhone
iPad
Website browser
Mac
PC
Android devices
You can download your favourite Apple Originals to your Apple device and watch them anywhere.
What can I watch on Apple TV Plus?
One of the big pluses of Apple TV, pun intended, is that all content is exclusive and new. The shows have impressive budgets and big stars attached. It may have a smaller library of content than some of the other high-profile streaming services, but you know you'll be getting quality over quantity.
There's the wildly successful comedy Ted Lasso, plus Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in Morning Wars, which takes aim at sexism and inequality in a US morning show studio. Critically acclaimed sci-fi drama Severance is present too.
The service features original movies such as The Greatest Beer Run Ever, Greyhound and Oscar winner CODA.
You can watch Jason Momoa (Aquaman) and Alfre Woodard (Luke Cage) in dystopian sci-fi drama See while Kumail Nanjiani's (The Big Sick) anthology Little America is an absolute delight. There's alternative space race drama For All Mankind too.
Other popular series include Black Bird, Shantaram, The Afterparty, Defending Jacob, Schmigadoon!, Foundation, Dickinsonand Physical.
Docu-series and kids' shows are streaming on the platform as well.
Apple TV Plus has dipped its toe in sports broadcasting, airing Friday Night Baseball during the regular Major League Baseball season.
Apple TV+ focuses on quality not quantity. The app has a very small library. There's still a year's worth of entertainment there, but you're talking a hundred shows, not thousands.
But they're all exclusive to the service. They're also new, with no legacy content padding out the lists. And more importantly, the quality bar is really high. Whether it's movies, documentaries, TV or kids programs, the talent in front and behind the camera is top tier.
In recent times, Apple has even added sport like America's MLB (baseball).
I'm not a fan of the Apple TV+ UI. It's bland and repetitive as it tries to pretend there is more content than there is. It also has a tendency to suddenly point you to a teaser, or something that requires additional payment. I also think Apple jumped the gun with its recent price increase, dragging it up to $9.99/month.
Yet I do love coming back to Apple TV+ for the quality of the included content, and the technical proficiency (4K, Dolby Atmos, HDR) at which it's delivered.
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Chris Stead is the innovations editor at Finder. He is a gaming, tech and sports journalist with more than 24 years of writing and editing experience. He has previously worked at Game Informer, GamePro, Maxim, MCV Pacific, Gameplayer, Grab It, the University of New South Wales, Krash, It Girl and Fortnite Magazine. He has contributed to IGN, GameSport, NBN, Rooster Teeth, Fandom, Sydney Morning Herald, FilmINK, Brag, Popular Science, Foxtel, PC World, Hyper and Red Bull. Chris has a Bachelor of Advanced Science in Biology from the University of Sydney. A father of three, Chris has a passion for travel, photography and surfing.
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