Apple TV finally gets an official Twitch app, years after everyone else

[LEGEND67]

It’s been a good day if you have an Apple TV — Spotify has released an Apple TV app
, and now, Twitch has an Apple TV app as well (via Engadget). Before today, you had to rely on third-party apps like Twitchy if you wanted to watch Twitch on your Apple TV.

It looks a lot like browsing Twitch, but on a bigger screen. There’s a “Home” tab that shows games and channels you follow, as well as a “Browse” tab that has the classic grid of game and section icons organized by viewer count.

It looks like Twitch’s Apple TV app can get nice and dark — good for OLED screens.
Watching a stream also appears to look a lot like watching a stream in a browser — it seems you can even chat. Typing quickly on the Apple TV’s cramped remote might be challenging, but hopefully you’ll be able to use your iPhone’s keyboard and drop some pogs in the chat.
Watching Twitch on TV isn’t exactly novel — you could already use an Amazon Fire TV device, an Xbox One, a PlayStation 4, or even just a computer hooked up to your TV to do so. But if the Apple TV is your main streaming box, the official Twitch app seems like it could be a more convenient option.

 

[froggyboy604]

It is nice that Apple TV is finally getting a Twitch apo.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I wonder why it took so long?

 

[froggyboy604]

I wonder why it took so long?

Maybe Twitch want to release an app near the same time of Apple Arcade is release, so Twitch Apple gamers will stream games from their Apple TV and Apple devices while playing Apple Arcade games on their Apple TV and devices. I think releasing a Twitch app at the same time as Apple Arcade may give Twitch more free publicity from Apple gamers who may also read about Twitch for Apple TV after reading an article on Apple Arcade for Apple TV.

There maybe a deal with Apple and Twitch to release the Twitch App for Apple TV when Apple Arcade is released.