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Apple TV Already Has Over 2,600 Apps; Games Dominant Category

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By Manish Singh | Updated: 11 December 2015 15:31 IST

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Apple believes the future of TV is apps, and that's the core idea around which it has built the new tvOS App Store. 6r222a

Developers are certainly jumping to the platform. According to app intelligence platform appFigures, there are 2,624 apps available in the tvOS App Store. The number is seeing an upward growth, the firm says. It expects the count to hit 5,000 in January 2016, and 10,000 sometime next year. In a recent interview, tremendous developer interest."

It seems game developers are most excited about the Apple TV. Data reveals that with 1,002 apps (38 percent), best apps for this year. The company gave HBO Now the mantle for the best app for the Apple TV. Following it were Zova - Personal Trainer, Kitchen Stories, Netflix, Airbnb, Showtime, Storehouse, Hulu, Sago Mini Fairy Tales TV, Playkids.

The tvOS provides developers with the ability to develop apps for the big screen that can utilise hardware's capabilities. However, Apple is also strict about several things, such as its no-ads policy with tvOS apps. The Apple TV also restricts many things. App developers, for instance, don't have access to the Siri Remote's mic, they can also not implement for multiple Game Center s, which would be nice to have for multiplayer games.

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