Apple Music has finally made its way to RokuOS, making the company’s little streaming devices even better. I’ve been saying for over a year now that Roku makes the best low-cost Apple TVs, and this update helps solidify that point even more.
Roku owners could only AirPlay Apple Music content to their televisions, but now with the app, you don’t need to have an Apple device within reach to initiate your tunes. The new app also allows users to browse Apple Music and even sing along with lyrics. At the time of writing, the Roku Store doesn’t appear to list the new app, but TechCrunch reports that it will release today.
This means that Roku users now have access to Apple TV/iTunes content and Apple Music baked directly into its TVs. If Apple decides to roll out the Fitness+ app more broadly, then all three of the Apple TV-based apps would be on Roku (and likely FireTV).
I’d be remiss not to mention that regardless of all this streaming to Roku TVs, using AirPlay is still viable option.
It appears that Apple is also allowing users to sign up for Apple Music through the Roku Store, which likely means that Apple is offering a cut of these transactions to the company.
I’d expect this to be marginal to Apple, but there’s a strong chance the two tech giants worked out some sort of deal. That said, this is notable since Apple generally rules its own App Store with an iron fist.
Via: TechCrunch
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