Apple launched a new MLB seasons, as Apple offers viewing options for both leagues via Apple TV.
“We created Apple Sports to give sports fans what they want — an app that delivers incredibly fast access to scores and stats,” Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, said in a press release. “Apple Sports is available for free in the App Store, and makes it easy for s to stay up to date with their favorite teams and leagues.”
Apple’s app offers features similar to ESPN’s. s can select their favorite teams and sports leagues, easily viewing scores and league standings in the process.
The sports betting integration, however, is minimal.
At first look…..this Apple Sports app leaves a lot to be desired. Probably fine for fans of a particular team but definitely doesn’t do much to appeal to sports bettors even though they do show odds.
— Dan Back (@dan_back) February 21, 2024
ESPN comparison f1gd
Apple Sports pulls DraftKings odds into its app, a DraftKings spokesperson confirmed with Sports Handle. While odds are available to view for informational purposes, there’s no DraftKings branding. s can even turn off betting odds in their settings if they’re not interested in seeing that information.
Additionally, s cannot click on the betting odds and be taken to a betting app.
That’s different from ESPN’s app, which allows s to go directly from the app to betting on games via ESPN BET. It’s unclear if future iterations of Apple Sports could include increased sports betting integrations.
While Apple Sports is simplistic and fairly -friendly, it includes a few puzzling quirks. Among them is the college basketball scoreboard.
s are prompted to select a conference’s scores for the day, rather than being able to view every score across all of college basketball or scores of teams in the Associated Press Top 25. ESPN’s app allows s to filter college basketball scores by the Top 25, NCAA Division I, and every individual conference.
