Two days ago, the EU Commission asked all streaming services to temporarily reduce streaming quality in order to reduce the burden on general bandwidth.
The EU Commission’s request to temporarily reduce streaming quality was met Netflix was the first to do so. Yesterday, YouTube and Amazon Prime followed suit. Now, Apple is also said to have tweaked the bitrate on its own Apple TV+ service. According to the US blog 9to5mac, the streaming quality has now been reduced on Apple TV+ as well. Streaming is now possible at lower resolutions and with heavily compressed content. According to the report, the reduced quality is "very noticeable," especially on larger TVs with 4K support. Resolutions are said to be up to 670 pixels high, explains 9to5mac.
So far without statement
Compared to other services like Netflix, which have also reduced their quality, Apple's streaming quality is described as "particularly aggressive." Essentially, it currently resembles a mobile phone stream via a 3G network. While Netflix must initially offer the reduced streaming quality for 30 days, Apple has not announced anything. The company has not yet made a statement on the matter. It remains unclear how long this situation will last. Currently, this measure only affects Europe. Whether other countries will follow suit is not yet known. Have you noticed a difference yet? Let us know in the comments. (Photo by Proxima Studio / Bigstockphoto)
