Facebook Watch, an Apple TV application for watching Facebook movies, TV series, and webcasts, has been retired by Meta.
As Facebook has terminated the programmer for tvOS, Apple TV customers will not have access to Facebook Watch anymore, according to 9to5Mac.
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A person posted the message, saying, “The Facebook Watch TV application is not more accessible, however, users can also discover a ton of movies on Facebook at www.facebook.com/watch.”
The source added midnight on Sunday that because tvOS lacks a search engine, the only method to stream Facebook clips on Apple TV is by utilizing Airplay from external devices.
Following initially launching on Samsung smart TVs, Facebook introduced the Watch application for movies on Apple TV in 2017.
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Along with Facebook’s smartphone application and computer website, the application is however accessible on a number of different smart TVs and gaming platforms.
As per the firm, “In Facebook Watch, users can find clips and exclusive series on topics including sporting, politics, cosmetics, cuisine, and comedy.”
People can Livestream these clips from the Facebook smartphone application to a Television or download the Facebook View TV application to play them on television, it noted.
Why the Facebook Watch application was removed from Apple TV is unknown?
Along with Facebook’s mobile application and computer website, the application is however accessible on a number of different smart Televisions and gaming platforms. Customers should be allowed to broadcast Watch from their smartphone to their Television if they even need to run the Watch application on Apple TV, however, this certainly is not as handy as just launching an application.
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It is uncertain whether the current upgrade caused a bug that made the Facebook Watch application unavailable or whether Facebook completely removed the app from Apple TV. A few of the systems that Facebook Watch supports remain Apple TV. Facebook and Apple were contacted, and yet no response was received right away.
