Apple has begun promoting a new tvOS 9.2 feature on the new fourth-generation Apple TV called “Live Tune-In,” which allows users to initiate live playback in compatible apps by using a Siri voice command. While the option did not appear with the release of tvOS 9.2 last month, users in the U.S.
who select Settings, System, What’s New can now see the feature has been added to the list of tvOS 9.2 features, highlighting the ability to issue Siri commands such as “Watch CBS” or “Watch ESPN live.” Thus far, Apple only lists CBS, ESPN, and Disney XD as examples of the feature, and it’s unclear whether third-party app developers have to explicitly add support for this feature going forward and which other apps may already include these capabilities. Apple’s tvOS Developer Documentation presently includes no obvious reference to hooks or APIs that would be used to enable this, suggesting that this feature may currently only be available to specific apps hand picked by Apple.
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