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'Apple Sports' App Announced With Personalized Scoreboards and More
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So the sports tab in News has the UCL but the literal Sport app doesn’t? Frustrating.
I like the idea of this app though- I hope Apple plans to flesh it out some more with its foray into sports in recent years. I always find other sports apps overly busy and cluttered so if they can make a clean, simple and sleek one I’ll be happy.
I like the idea of this app though- I hope Apple plans to flesh it out some more with its foray into sports in recent years. I always find other sports apps overly busy and cluttered so if they can make a clean, simple and sleek one I’ll be happy.
Perhaps because the EU is so difficult to navigate? Take it up with your governing bodies.
Makes sense for now with both of those leagues being out of season
With things like those leagues and others being out of season right now, those probably will get added later on, as well as things like notifications and stuff
I for now have deleted the app until those things get added in, and on the recommendation of someone else in this thread, I have switched to Sports Alerts, as it has all kinds of nifty notification customizations and dynamic island support too
Might be an error although I do believe Spring training games do start tomorrow so maybe that is what they are referring to.
One by one Apple makes redundant all the small but somewhat essential apps we’ve come to rely on. Well, another time for me - not in Germany yet.
I’m looking for a new sports app as the one I’ve been using for years keeps blasting stuff I turned off plus all the betting “ads”.
No NFL? You'd think that I could at least pick my favorite teams even though the season won't start for awhile.
I've been using Sports Alerts for the past few MLB seasons and I really like it. It's not perfect but it's leaps and bounds better than ESPN...
Seriously, do we have to suffer with "this app/product/service is not perfect yet!!!!" everytime? Seriously, every time?
A lot of the trust I give to Apple is that I know they will consistently improve products over time. It's why I always laugh at Samsung's "let's throw in the kitchen sink on every device" approach, and all the nay sayers saying things like "Samsung has 100X zoom!" as though this version of this phone is the end of all development.
Take a breath. V1 is always V1.
THAT SAID...
My biggest gripe with Apple and sports (and really, every company and sports) are SPOILERS! Take the NFL for example. I use NFL Game Pass, and watch games after they have been played. There are times I'm watching 1 game and Apple TV flashes the score of the other game on the screen. The NFL does this as well, and it annoys me to no end. In the modern world, a lot of us watch games from recorded versions, and knowing the score beforehand seriously harms the experience of watching sports.
All spoilers should be opt-in.
A lot of the trust I give to Apple is that I know they will consistently improve products over time. It's why I always laugh at Samsung's "let's throw in the kitchen sink on every device" approach, and all the nay sayers saying things like "Samsung has 100X zoom!" as though this version of this phone is the end of all development.
Take a breath. V1 is always V1.
THAT SAID...
My biggest gripe with Apple and sports (and really, every company and sports) are SPOILERS! Take the NFL for example. I use NFL Game Pass, and watch games after they have been played. There are times I'm watching 1 game and Apple TV flashes the score of the other game on the screen. The NFL does this as well, and it annoys me to no end. In the modern world, a lot of us watch games from recorded versions, and knowing the score beforehand seriously harms the experience of watching sports.
All spoilers should be opt-in.
I like this alot! I end up bouncing around to espn app (which kinda sucks?) mlb, nfl, and back to espn.
I'm not sure why you replied with this in regards to people not reading the article, but no app is ever finished. Hence updates and tweaks. Just like a car. There's always room for improvement with updates. This app is obviously missing things, its basic right now. I'm sure more updates are to come in the future.
So can we get rid of the sports tab in the News app?
I hear you. Unless it covers sports in ESPN 8 (The Ocho), my wife and I won’t be giving this app a second look.
I think this years WWDC is going to be ALL about their AI implementations so they want to get the smaller stuff out of the way first.
Sports content has gotten more and more prominent lately in the TV and News apps across all platforms. I’m sure it’s nice for fans but is just an irritating waste of space on my devices (especially the phone). Been kind of wishing for an update that lets me just disable the whole Sports tab in those apps. But maybe this new app will get a real development push and they’ll just turn down the sportiness in the other apps by default.
I disagree. We’re not talking about a policy of continuous improvements. This app was simply not ready for release. It’s missing basic functionality - and anyone who uses other sports apps knows it. It’s almost an insult. And, since no one was necessarily expecting it, it begs the question: Why didn’t Apple wait until it was ready for release? Or are the geeks in Cupertino so clueless that they didn’t realize it - or care?
The Score is what I Have used for years. It's excellent, many more leagues covered with scores (about 30!), standings, and stats.
Have you ever had a look at the language and subtitle options that Apple provides for their Apple TV programs? To my view, Apple is one of the few companies that takes a global look.
Yup, and I think it says right in the article too that "Additional leagues, including MLB, NFL, NCAAF, NWSL, and WNBA, will become available in the app over time."
I can only assume at that time that things like granular notifications that you can set per team/league like breaking news, score changes, game start/end will then make their way in too