The Apple TV: finally promoted from hobby to real product at Apple?

We regularly talk aboutl’Apple TVin our columns and he
It seems that the pace of information and rumors has accelerated in recent
recent months. The small box to connect to the television allowing you to stream
wireless content has changed relatively little since the release of V2 and has
always been presented by Apple as a "hobby". Suffice to say that the millions
of copies sold, which would have made any brand happy
of consumer electronics, represented very little for Apple and that
the whole did not meet the internal criterion ofreal line of
produced alongside Mac, iPhone or iPad.

But while it is whispered thatgames could make their
appearance on TV via Apple TV, thanks to the update
of the Apple Store online for Valentine's Day, a change appeared on
the Apple store:Apple TV now has its own space
dedicated, alongside the Mac, iPad, iPhone and
l'iPod.

The new space offers Apple TV and some accessories:

Besidesadding games to Apple TV, agrosse
update may appear in the coming months. Will we see it happen?
a major software update or even a V3 of the box? We don't know
nothing specific at the moment regarding Apple's plans... Still
is this a great promotion for a hobby that may have just been
take an important step for its development
future.

The last major version of the Apple TV (1080p support) hadwas presented in March
2012on the occasion of the release of the “new iPad”.

We will also remember that the competition does not remain inactive. Apple TV,
100% linked to the Apple ecosystem, saw the arrival last year of a competitor in
coming from Google, theChromeCast key, cheaper and
usable with iOS and Android. A key
of which you can find the test right here on iPhon.fr.

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founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.