In a rather surprising move, Samsung has begun by inaugurating its presence in the CES of Las Vegas announcing that their new models of Smart TVs for 2019, as well as those of 2018, will have an official application of iTunes and support for AirPlay 2.
Samsung and Apple together?
Relax, the agreement is not going to mean big changes in the peculiar war that both brands are carrying out, since it is basically a necessary step for the good of the users that many more brands and services should target. Taking into account the number of content services that exist today, limiting the use of one of them for a question of compatible hardware does not make sense, and that is where Apple is going to see a lot of benefit.
Samsung for its part can boast of have the catalog of movies and television series outside the apple hardware ecosystem, something that will undoubtedly be very attractive for those who have titles already purchased within the service and want to play them on other types of devices without having to buy another Apple TV.
AirPlay 2 will also be on Samsung TVs
With the agreement another of the brands belonging to Apple also sneaks into Samsung televisions, since the standard for sending wireless video and audio for iOS and Mac OS devices will also be available. In this way we can send content from an iPhone, iPad or Mac computer directly to a Samsung TV without using an Apple TV.
Does this mean that the Apple TV Do you have your hours counted? Not so fast. The Cupertino multimedia player continues to enjoy excellent health, and probably many will continue to prefer it as an option when it comes to consuming content. In any case, the arrival of iTunes and AirPlay 2 to Samsung televisions could delay or cool the supposed plans for a television with the apple logo, something that many are still waiting for now and that, given what has been seen, could take time.
What Samsung models are compatible with iTunes and AirPlay 2?
The new range of televisions 2019 Samsung Smart TVs they'll arrive in the spring directly with iTunes and AirPlay 2, so that's when we'll first see the service running on third-party hardware. On the other hand, 2018 models will also receive the function, although for this they will have to install a Firmware update which will arrive later, for now without an approximate date.