I expect more from one of the biggest Media companies in the world. – F1 TV Review

Absolutely ridiculous that a sport that purports to be on the forefront of technology doesn’t have basic functionality built into its own mobile app. Come on guys, the app needs Airplay. I mean you can Airplay your entire screen to your Apple TV but you don’t get full screen on the video, so I end up just using Safari and browsing to the F1 TV website to watch. At least that way I can get closer to full screen. This is so basic. Needs to be fixed ASAP before we get too far into the season. Would also really like to see a native Apple TV app released so I don’t have to deal with Airplay at all. Other than that, the app seems to be getting better. I don’t have the crashing and other issues that many seem to be plagued with (I use on an iPad Pro and iPhone X), although I’d like some basic functionality added to it like 10 or 15sec skip forward and skip back buttons. The ability to resume where you left off, mark favorite videos, and view your watch history list are also table stakes in the streaming video market circa 2019, and given F1 is owned by Liberty MEDIA you’d think that they would accept nothing less than the best from their streaming app, especially considering how much they’re asking us to pay for the season. Needless to say the app really needs a major rework.
Review by sjracer on F1 TV.