It's also a hub for Apple Home and a Thread border router. And it works with HomePods.
replyIt's a barebones barely functioning hub with hardly any functionality (because HomeKit itself is barely more than that).
replyThread border router is nice I guess.
Integration with HomePods is ... well, if you have HomePods.
So... No real functionality to justify the price.
Oh I'm not saying those things justify the price. I just listed some features apart from streaming apps.
replyI guess if you're not really quite deep in the Apple ecosystem, there's probably better options.
HomePods are probably the only thing from the Apple evosystem that I don't have.
replyThat doesn't stop me from being realistic about AppleTV: it's a waste of a product. It's a veritable supercomputer in your living room whose only purpose is streaming. Literally everything else is a crippled afterthought.
That's why I was baffled by the original comment: "$300 might be a decent price if you use it for all of the things that it can do". It doesn't do a lot, does it?