Elon Musk expands X with new TV app for living room streaming

[DragonSlayer101]

The big picture: Elon Musk previously unveiled plans to transform X into an "everything app," aiming to replace platforms like YouTube, LinkedIn, and FaceTime. Musk also envisions X offering dating, messaging, and banking services, similar to China's WeChat. As a significant move towards this goal, the billionaire and X owner has announced the beta release of the X TV app.

The new app is available on various smart TV platforms and allows users to stream videos posted on X, including live events and news. The official X Engineering account described the release of the X TV app as a "massive leap forward in transforming X into a video-first platform" and claimed it will offer new opportunities for creators, advertisers, and other users.

X TV is currently available on Android TV, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV (Fire OS), and LG TV (webOS), but it is not yet supported on Samsung's Tizen OS or Apple's tvOS. However, Musk mentioned that the app will be rolled out to more devices in the near future, suggesting it could soon arrive on Samsung TVs and Apple TV.

Beta version of �*� TV is out https://t.co/taODqsMECS

– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 3, 2024

X TV offers features like Replay TV and Startover TV, allowing users to watch content on their own schedule. Replay TV lets users revisit up to 72 hours of videos, while Startover TV enables viewers to catch live shows from the beginning if they miss the original broadcast. Another feature, Free Cloud DVR, allows users to store up to 100 hours of recorded content in the cloud at no extra cost.

The X TV app listing on the Play Store claims it can replace traditional set-top boxes by providing a diverse selection of live channels, including movies, music, news, sports, and weather. It also promises to be a "trusted global digital town square for everyone" and offers a new way to experience X by bringing "unique and engaging content right to your living room."

According to reports, the X TV app was already available on Amazon Fire TV back in July, while the webOS version for LG TVs was rolled out in late August. Screenshots posted by users suggest that the app may also offer exclusive content as part of Musk's plan to turn X into a video streaming platform to rival YouTube. However, whether that happens remains to be seen.

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Elon Musk expands X with new TV app for living room streaming

 

[andyross]

Absolutely no mention of Roku????

 

[ScottSoapbox]

YouTube needs competition.

This sounds more like streaming TV shows though.

 

[captaincranky]

Where can he possibly go from here, proclaim himself ,"world controller"? (If he hasn't already).

(Alternatively) "Oh goody gumdrop, maybe 'tRump talk' will be a regular feature."

Quick question, if "two heads are better than one", would that make two a**holes omnipotent?

 

[Antias]

I must be getting old... I always equate TV with free to air content... What this app seems to be doing is streaming free snippet content like the free youtube...
Free To Air is still my go-to... 6pm = the nightly news, 7pm is the local current affairs program, 8:30pm is the latest episode of whatever series I'm watching...
Or am I missing something in my understanding of what this actually delivers?

 

[Rudyduu]

Where can he possibly go from here, proclaim himself ,"world controller"? (If he hasn't already).

(Alternatively) "Oh goody gumdrop, maybe 'tRump talk' will be a regular feature."

Quick question, if "two heads are better than one", would that make two a**holes omnipotent?

I'm not fan of either mentioned people, but they've done enough to not have to invent a situation to dislike them more.

 

[captaincranky]

@Antias Couple quick points here:
If you think you're "getting old", you're likely long past it.
These kidz today don't understand how an antenna works.
Personally, I think you should extend your series start time to 9:00 PM, as that's the Tuesday time slot CBS schedules, "FBI: International". If you like law enforcement process dramas, that is by far the best of the three "FBI" series. (IMHO, of course).

As an aging male myself, I can almost appreciate the lengthy commercial breaks. They allow for quick trips to the loo, for periodical bladder drains. and to avoid having having to watch men kiss men on HIV prep drug ads. (Not fully, "woke" apparently).

Beyond that, I have a mute button, and I'm not afraid to use it. Oh, and a mountain of DVDs.

Something else these kidz todau are painfully unaware of, is that money doesn't mysteriously transform an a**hole's, a**hole, onto a person worthy of respect and admination

 

[captaincranky]

I'm not fan of either mentioned people, but they've done enough to not have to invent a situation to dislike them more.

But yet, Musk persists in endeavors seemingly calculated to precipitate that result

 

[Plutoisaplanet]

I'm not fan of either mentioned people, but they've done enough to not have to invent a situation to dislike them more.

Are you saying that X coming out with a TV app triggers you because Elon Musk is the owner? This is a fairly benign piece of news… If you don’t like him then just don’t install the app.

Am I missing something?

 

[captaincranky]

Am I missing something?

Yeah, pretty much everything.

In a month and a day, I'll be a TS member for 18 years. So, I've endured Musk's bullsh*t far longer than most to all of his groupies here.

Know too, that being a sociopath is a forked path between fabulous wealth, and mass murder.

So, Musk imagining that he's now going to dominate streaming at a point where every other service is struggling and raising prices, is symptomatic of delusions of grandeur.

As for his latest "side hustle" triggering me, it doesn't. What it does is cause my permanent loathing of Musk as a person to rise to the surface And as to whether or not I need you to advise me not to install his "new app", I certainly don't.

 

[Homerlovesbeer]

Where can he possibly go from here, proclaim himself ,"world controller"? (If he hasn't already).

(Alternatively) "Oh goody gumdrop, maybe 'tRump talk' will be a regular feature."

Quick question, if "two heads are better than one", would that make two a**holes omnipotent?

Name checks out