Sure, I’ll watch all/most of the games of my favorite team, but I also like to keep tabs on rivals. There are plenty of instances where I’d like to follow a game without having the time to actually watch it. It allows me to have more entertainment while still living a life. But watching a game via DVR is a joy akin to having podcasts or audiobooks on my iPhone. Yet we now have generations of people just watching scores? Where does this add value? So they can share/spoil the game for those of us who DVR the games and watch them on our own time (without commercials and idiotic commentary, and when our family time allows us.because, you know.priorities).įolks - I really love watching football. And not knowing how the game ends (who wins) is part of the draw. You are watching athletes competing.not just watching a scoreboard change its digits. The point of watching sports is that it is entertainment.

In the meantime, some sports apps are offering Live Activities on iOS 16.1, such as Sports Alerts. The feature will likely be expanded to other sports leagues in the future. Apple says the feature is available for MLB games for users in the U.S., Canada, Australia, U.K., Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea, in addition to NBA and Premier League games for users in the U.S. To test the feature with an iPhone on the iOS 16.2 beta, open the TV app and tap on the 'Follow' button for a supported game. When an iPhone 14 Pro is locked, and on all other iPhone models, the score is shown on the Lock Screen. When long pressed, the Dynamic Island expands to show the time elapsed and play-by-play action. The feature allows iPhone users to view live sports scores at a glance on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro models.ĭuring a Premier League match, for example, the Dynamic Island shows a live-updating scoreboard with the number of goals scored by each club.

iOS 16.2 will likely be released to the public around December, so the sports feature should finally be available to all users later this year, as Apple promised.

Midway through the iOS 16.1 beta testing period, Live Activities integration in the TV app was disabled, but it has been reenabled in the first beta of iOS 16.2 seeded to developers this week. However, Live Activities integration for select sports games via Apple's built-in TV app appears to have been pushed back to iOS 16.2. IOS 16.1 was released to the public this week with support for Live Activities in third-party apps.

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