Man, it snuck up on everyone, but the second-gen Apple TV got a huge update in the last hour. The iOS 4.3.3 update for the Apple TV 2 does add some minor things like Vimeo support to the feature set of Apple’s set-top box, but here’s the real biggie: you can now buy any television show directly from your Apple TV, then access and stream them using your iTunes account.
This is pretty swank. No longer is the Apple TV just a rental box: it’ll now let you buy and stream indefinitely any television show iTunes sells. Arguably, it should have done this all along, but hey, better late than never.
The best part? If Apple can do this for television shows, movies are coming soon.
Like we said, the update is now available. Get downloading. There’s no reason to miss this one. You can also download it here.
[via 9to5Mac]
