Apple's content and AirPlay 2 support are available on many smart TVs and media streamers, but the company still sells the Apple TV 4K, the latest iteration of which includes a faster CPU and a new remote. It also offers the ability to Color Balance your TV with a compatible iPhone. Still, it seems less and less necessary, in light of its high price and Apple's continual expansion of services. If you simply want to access iTunes content on your TV and already have an iPhone or iPad, your TV might be able to do that without a media streamer. All TVs that use Roku TV, along with Hisense, LG, Samsung, TCL, and Vizio's TVs, support Apple AirPlay 2. AirPlay lets you stream media from your iOS device directly to your TV over Apple's platform, which is part of the big appeal of Apple TV in the first place. The Apple TV app also provides access to most Apple-purchased movies and shows, including Apple TV+ content, on other devices. It's available on all major smart TVs and media hubs, and even PlayStation and Xbox game consoles. Apple TV is expensive compared with alternatives, but it still offers some benefits for dedicated Apple users: It functions as an Apple HomeKit hub and includes a remote that lets you talk to Siri. Those are the only real advantages of the Apple TV device over the Apple TV app, however. For the same price, you could get an Apple HomePod mini and another media streamer on this list.