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TL;DR
- X has launched a brand new sensible TV app devoted to watching movies posted on the platform.
- The applying is accessible on the Google Play Retailer, Amazon App Retailer, and LG’s app retailer, however not Apple’s.
- As soon as signed in, customers can watch dwell and pre-recorded movies from their favourite creators.
In as we speak’s episode of What Ought to I Be After I Develop Up, X (previously our beloved Twitter) needs to turn into a YouTube rival. Whereas the unhinged platform plans to ultimately substitute your Venmo, LinkedIn, Google Meet, and WhatsApp, its short-term plans revolve round video content material. So, naturally, the corporate has launched a local app for sensible TVs, permitting households to bond over X movies extra simply.
In response to Digital Tendencies, X TV is at the moment out there on Google’s Play Retailer, the Amazon App Retailer, and LG’s app retailer. Notably, Apple’s App Retailer for tvOS nonetheless exhibits the legacy Twitter app, so the 2 Apple TV customers must await a future replace.
Primarily based on the Google Play Retailer itemizing, the brand new TV app will let customers conveniently flick thru and watch movies posted on X. This consists of dwell occasions and information along with pre-recorded content material. Whereas the service is free, you’ll nonetheless must check in together with your account to entry it.
Previous to the launch of the X TV app, customers have been restricted to casting movies from the iOS or Android app to observe on the massive display screen. By providing a local software, TV customers can now flick thru the countless catalog of, ahem, high-quality content material extra conveniently and with out being tethered to their smartphones.
Will X launch a Tinder clone subsequent to assist singles discover their long-lost soulmates? Keep tuned.
