Why is Apple TV not available on Sky Glass

[Mattiello]

I see that Sky Glass supports Apple TV+, but not Apple TV; so any movies I have on Apple TV are not available for me to watch on Sky Glass. This seems a major oversight as even the most basic Smart TV allows me full access to Apple TV. Is there something I am missing or a workaround someone can suggest?

[Jporch316]

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@Mattiello wrote:

I see that Sky Glass supports Apple TV+, but not Apple TV; so any movies I have on Apple TV are not available for me to watch on Sky Glass. This seems a major oversight as even the most basic Smart TV allows me full access to Apple TV. Is there something I am missing or a workaround someone can suggest?

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I suspect that would decrease the use of sky store (which is a competitor to other movie purchasing services)

alsonit maybe due to Apple and not a sky decision. You could plug a third party device into the glass tv that has access to the full Apple TV services. 

[Mattiello]

Possibly, but I refuse to use Sky Cinema as it is ridiculously expensive for what you get. Getting a third party device will make Sky Glass nothing more than a dumb TV, which I guess is what it is. 🙂

[Ellie_TV]

@Mattiello 

It's not just Sky Glass which only offers the Apple TV+ app. Other brands of TV only have the Apple TV+ app and not the Apple TV app. 
If such app availability is important to you then it's imperative to do your own independent research when purchasing an expensive TV. 

[TimmyBGood]

@Mattiello 

This appears to be a decision by Apple to retain the Apple TV service on their own hardware while offering Apple TV+ (ironically despite the name a more limited service) to many of their partners.  Even Comcast, let alone their Sky division, doesn't hold much sway with an entity on the scale of Apple.

A cynical person might suggest this is related to the legendarily generous profit margin which Apple enjoys on its own manufacturing.

[Ellie_TV]

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@TimmyBGood wrote:

@Mattiello 

This appears to be a decision by Apple to retain the Apple TV service on their own hardware while offering Apple TV+ (ironically despite the name a more limited service) to many of their partners.  Even Comcast, let alone their Sky division, doesn't hold much sway with an entity on the scale of Apple.

A cynical person might suggest this is related to the legendarily generous profit margin which Apple enjoys on its own manufacturing.

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The fully featured Apple TV app (as opposed to the Apple TV+ app) is available on plenty of non-Apple hardware. 

https://www.apple.com/eg/apple-tv-app/devices/ 

The only real benefits of having it on Apple's own hardware include higher bit-rates on Apple TV+ content, iTunes extras (bonus content) on purchased movies and a faster UI. 

[Exiled-in-HH]

The Apple TV+ app is intended to only give access to Apple's subscription TV service Apple TV+ which is a discrete service🤔

It is only relatively recent Smart TVs that have access to the Apple TV app whose addition services may include MLS, Library, Store, and other subscription services such as AcornTV, CARNEGIE HALL+, and BFIPLAYER😉

[Ellie_TV]

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@Exiled-in-HH wrote:

The Apple TV+ app is intended to only give access to Apple's subscription TV service Apple TV+ which is a discrete service🤔

It is only relatively recent Smart TVs that have access to the Apple TV app whose addition services may include MLS, Library, Store, and other subscription services such as AcornTV, CARNEGIE HALL+, and BFIPLAYER😉

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The Apple TV app runs very well on my not particularly recent 2018 Samsung smart TV. It uses the current Apple UI with access to MLS, Library & the Apple Store so movies & series can be purchased and/or rented directly from it. 
It is a more fully featured competitor to Sky Store so I can see why Sky wouldn't want it on Glass/Stream. 

[Exiled-in-HH]

2018 was about when some TVs first got the app😊

[HappyNewYear1]

I am as upset as you are Mattielo! My beautiful, brand new SKY Glass GEN2 just arrived so I have only just found this limitation! It didn't even cross my mind that I would not be able to watch my much loved Apple TV library as I could on my old non-SKY smart TV.  SKY needs to change this if they want returning customers for their SKY Glass model. This one only has a 2 year warranty so if I have to buy new TV in a couple of years time and Apple TV libraries are still not available on their Glass product - I will choose another brand.  I hope they hear us as I do like being a SKY customer! 

[2muchTV]

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@HappyNewYear1 wrote:

I am as upset as you are Mattielo! My beautiful, brand new SKY Glass GEN2 just arrived so I have only just found this limitation! It didn't even cross my mind that I would not be able to watch my much loved Apple TV library as I could on my old non-SKY smart TV.  SKY needs to change this if they want returning customers for their SKY Glass model. This one only has a 2 year warranty so if I have to buy new TV in a couple of years time and Apple TV libraries are still not available on their Glass product - I will choose another brand.  I hope they hear us as I do like being a SKY customer! 

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I would suggest purchasing a Roku or Firestick (4K versions) so you can access your Apple library, unless you cannot or are dead set against using an HDMI port and having another remote. 

I am pretty certain that either Roku or Firestick can be hidden and out of site  by utilising Sky's USB port to power either of them.  I have access to my Apple library on the various Roku and Firesticks around my house.

[Gincap]

Get an Apple TV and Connect it to your glass tv, it has your full library and all the apps you could ever want and the picture quality is excellent. Plus with a set of Homepods the sound quality just shows how poor the internal Gen2 sound bar is. You can still have Sky and the best of both with Apple