Walt Mossberg knows how to get his Steveness to talk, it would seem. Jobs just announced that come mid-June Apple will be rolling out a new free feature for all Apple TVs: the ability to watch YouTube videos on the Apple TV. Hmm, and who owns YouTube? Oh, that's right... Google.I suppose this is one of those surprises that is meant to delight us. Works for me!
Some pics from Engadget after the jump.
A new YouTube menu item. And here is the interface for using it:
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5-30-2007 @ 4:02PM
Jenny said...
Youtube is one of the worlds top 10 website according to alexa. No wonder Apple is supporting it :-)
Jenny
http://www.spaml.com
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5-30-2007 @ 4:03PM
joe said...
Oh yes, YouTube videos are going to look SO GREAT on my HDTV.
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5-30-2007 @ 4:11PM
Ken Humbard said...
What is the point in this? Searching for videos without a keyboard doesn't sound like fun.
http://hungryseacow.com
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5-30-2007 @ 4:13PM
Josh Helfferich said...
Well, I'm sold.
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5-30-2007 @ 4:20PM
deevee said...
the wii with orb is a better appletv than the appletv
one word..opera.
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5-30-2007 @ 4:33PM
YodaMac said...
Yeah, the AppleTV website already has a blurb up about upcoming uTube-ness. :)
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5-30-2007 @ 4:41PM
YodaMac said...
And the Apple site has a new 'splash page' about it too.
So.... anyone know if uTube has any HD content.... lol
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5-30-2007 @ 4:51PM
Will said...
160GB...now thats more like it!
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5-30-2007 @ 5:33PM
steergear said...
Hey, when did 160GB become available? Looks like someone leaked a webpage early.....
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5-30-2007 @ 8:58PM
JeffDM said...
The Apple press release says the 160GB version will be available tomorrow. The same press release says YouTube functionality will be released mid-June.
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5-31-2007 @ 8:28AM
Drupa said...
The Apple TV is a cheap (not inexpensive) gadget. 720 resolution? why? 1080 isn't cutting edge these days - ITS STANDARD! 720 is native only on second tier TVs. This is a novelty only.
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5-31-2007 @ 10:56AM
quandmeme said...
I'm not a YouTube fan personally but at times I find myself there so I'm with #3, It will all be about browsing, how to find the content is everything.
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5-31-2007 @ 1:10PM
PatrickBateman said...
They better get some parental controls on this thing soon. The last thing you want is for an 8 year old to finish watching "Finding Nemo" and then click his way into the latest 19 year old whore stripping for her webcam on youtube.
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