Filipe Espósito
Apple has been investing more in sports content recently. This year, the
company made a deal with Major League Baseball to broadcast games every
Friday on Apple TV+. As rumors suggest that this is just the beginning,
designer Parker Ortolani has made a concept imagining a dedicated Apple
Sports app for iOS and watchOS.
The main idea of an Apple Sports app is to bring together everything about
sports in a single place, including not only matches to watch, but also
news, scores, interesting facts about teams and players, and much more.
Ortolani describes the idea as an ultimate sports hub.
The concept of the app is heavily inspired by the Apple TV and Apple News
apps. In Parkers vision, the app would provide easy access to sports
content from Apple TV+ and also third-party providers like ESPN, so that
users can find everything within the same app. The idea is the same as
having Apple TV+ and third-party channels together within the Apple TV app.
But the Apple Sports app would offer much more than just access to video
content. The concept shows how Apple could use Apple News to let users
follow news about their favorite sports, leagues, and players with curated
content right from Apple Sports app.
Ortolani also envisions player cards with detailed information, as well as
real-time updated scoreboards for those times when you cant watch the
matches which sounds perfect for Apple Watch users. Pick your favorite
teams, players, and leagues and get everything you want to know about them.
Theres more to come With iOS 16, Apple has unveiled a new way for users to
follow game scores along with a brief summary of important events directly
from the iPhone lock screen. This feature will be available later this year
with iOS 16.1.
The company has reportedly been negotiating the streaming rights to the NFL,
and Apple is also rumored to be interested in bidding to acquire the
domestic broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League. On top of all this,
Apple has announced an exclusive deal with Major League Soccer starting in
2023.
With all this in mind, its not hard to imagine that Apple will eventually
introduce a dedicated Sports app.
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