
Facebook Video app for Apple TV
I can really recommend the free Facebook Video App for Apple TV 4th generation. It offers a new way to enjoy the many videos an live streams being shared on Facebook.
Unlike the normal function of my Samsung 4K LED TV you here have all the functionality you have come to enjoy when watching streaming TV: Like pausing, stopping, reversing and forwarding in the video. It is done in a great UI which for the most part works as (I) expected.

It feels great to take control of how, where and when I can see things on my big TV screen. It is a so much better experience than “good old” flow tv. Flow TV where some editor have decided what can be watched at what time on what date. You have to be there or you have to record the show to get a chance to watch it.
Like the live show above: Neil deGrasse Tyson in a relaxed live cast where he and the host (Chuck Nice) where talking together in a very relaxed “hyggelig” (Hygge: a trendy Danish word) way. Neil answered questions like “Which is fastest, the expansion of the Universe or speed of light?” From a lady in a Van Gogh painted dress. Neil loves Van Gogh and had first to comment that he would consider taking a sex change just to be able to wear it :-) High quality live TV through a free app installed on an Apple TV – isn’t that cool?

I see menu advantages in such an app based way of watching video. You relax as you watch it, you will not miss anything as you can simply rewind or pause the steam.
You also can enjoy interactive TV as people can comment directly to the people who broadcast the stream. You can share it, and this is only the start.
As Apple also promises when they launched version 4 of their Apple TV. This would change the way that we watch video (TV). They predicted that the future of watching video would be app based. I agree!

So thank you Apple! Thank you Facebook, Twitter (Periscope app), DR (Danish Radio – who have also a great app) and all other who have added new chapters to the way we watch TV! I can’t wait to see what else you have in stock for us! :-)
One note though: Apple please add generic sharing on your TV OS – People actually also want to share from their TV what they experience on the Apple TV!
Screenshots of other great Apple TV apps offering video for your tv.


