Cheaper and more powerful: Apple TV Europe Discounts

Today, Apple has released a 21.5-inch imac, which is an entry-level product location, priced at 7988 yuan. This is not the only news: Apple TV's official market price has dropped 10 euros/20 pounds in the European/UK market-at € 99/79 Sterling. The price of the U.S. district has not changed.

In addition, Apple launched a new Apple TV software system to developers yesterday with IOS 8 and OS X Yosemite DP 21. The update mainly brings two new gadgets to developers: 1. Test the operation of different apps via AirPlay 2. ICloud accessibility Sharing.

It is worth mentioning that the software side has a voice: Apple TV will increase the continuity attribute this fall, and the integration with OS X and IOS will be deeper.

Looking back, in the autumn of 2010, Apple unveiled its cash (third-generation) Apple TV and AirPlay. The latter allows users to put photos, videos, audio, and so on on the IOS onto TV on the Apple TV. In recent years, Apple has been strengthening its living room experience in two ways: one cloud-based services, such as trailers, entertainment content stored in the cloud, and other one for "proximity experience" via WiFi or no wifi connection, such as placing the contents of the phone on the front of the TV screen.

With the official launch of OS X Yosemite and IOS 8, the AirPlay class experience will be a step up, the key is continuity and handoff--its benefits in short: Users switch Apple devices, will be able to quickly and seamlessly extend the current experience, a second you in the IPhone When you write an article and replace it with an iPad, the article is waiting for you, then write it. Users who are currently testing new versions of the system, including Apple TV betas, are discovering that these two features are most likely to land on Apple TV.

What changes will they bring to the experience of Apple's living room?

Unlike AirPlay, users do not need to actively activate continuity and handoff: You're cooking in the kitchen, watching the card house on the IPad, the dishes are in the pot, you just have to close the living room, and when you sit down on the couch, It will be found that the front of the TV screen has been for you to continue the previous progress in the kitchen to play the show. Another difference is that the entire experience is not about transferring content from IOS to Apple TV, which comes from the user's ITunes cloud library.

Similarly, the pictures you put on the cloud music list in the itunes Radio, itunes Match, and the photos in the ICloud Photo Library apply to this set of mechanisms.

It's worth daydreaming: You're an app developer for Apple TV and IOS, how wonderful it would be if Apple opened these two functions to you. With Netflix or Vevo, you're at a friend's house, using the IPhone to enjoy the streaming content of both services, and as soon as you go home, as long as the Apple TV is on, you can still watch the progress of your friends.

Sounds great! Then you may ask: do I need to buy new equipment? Like the new Apple TV?

The answer is: not necessary. Reason: Handoff needs Bluetooth 4.0 technology, and if you look at the cash (third generation) Apple TV, you'll find that it has already met this hardware qualification. As for the second generation, it does not support Bluetooth 4.0, nor does it get an Apple TV 7.0 firmware upgrade this autumn.