Source: www.maclife.com --- Thursday, August 20, 2015
The Apple TV, long on the rise, is now merely the fourth most popular streaming media device in the U.S. Elsewhere, Apple put up a magnificent display to promote the Apple Watch at Selfridges in London, Samsung has decided to take its patent case with Apple all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and one of the greatest RPGs of all time is now available for iOS. Apple TV Sinks to Fourth Place Among Streaming Devices Most current rumors tend to agree that we'll be seeing a refreshed version of the Apple TV next month (although we may have to wait until next year for Apple's highly anticipated streaming TV service), and recent research from Parks Associates shows that the update is coming when Apple needs it most. According to their data, the plucky Apple TV has now sunk to being the fourth most popular streaming media device in the U.S. behind Roku, Google's Chromecast, and Amazon's Fire TV. Roku is the dominant force by far in the market, accounting for a full 34 percent of units sold in 2014. Google's Chromecast followed at 23 percent, and the newly introduced Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick managed to sneak into third place. In 2013, Apple TV firmly held third place. The data is a little different in terms of which devices people actually use, though, as the study noted that 37 percent of the households tracked regularly used their Roku devices, while only 19 percent used their Chromecast, 17 percent regularly used their Apple ...
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