Apple TV+ scores first award nomination with 'The Morning Show'

The Morning Show's Billy Crudup with Jennifer Aniston

In less than two months since its launch, Apple TV+ gets its first award nomination. The Critics' Choice Association nominated The Morning Show's Billy Crudup for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He goes up against Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage and This Is Us's Asante Blackk. It took Netflix years to get its foot in the door of big award nominations, so we can't entirely discount this nod.

But Apple is still far off from what Netflix has done since. The rival streaming service dominated The Critics’ Choice with 61 nominations for its movies and TV shows. Fourteen of these awards go to The Irishman—the Martin Scorsese film is up for top awards like Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. As for the other streaming services, Amazon Prime Video got 14, Hulu got seven, and CBS All got four. 

Source: Engadget

Google Play Movies might get Dolby Vision support

A recent app teardown by Google Play Movies suggests that the app might be getting Dolby Vision support. The presence of the code doesn't necessarily mean that it'll become an actual feature. But it does hint at the possibility of the feature coming to the app. It also makes sense for the streaming app to get support for Dolby Vision. Play Movies already supports 4K HDR and HDR10. 

Dolby Vision will improve on what HDR10 can offer, making it possible for brightness, darkness, and colour profiles to change from scene to scene. The code XDA Developers found hints at the app being able to inform you if the video you're watching supports Dolby Vision. Again, it isn't clear if Google will roll this feature out officially. But we will keep our eye out for it. 

Microsoft to end support for Windows 10 Mobile Office apps in 2021

We already know that the Windows 10 Mobile is on its last legs, tomorrow, December 10, actually marks the end of technical support for the mobile operating system. But now we learn that the Windows 10 Mobile Office apps won't be getting help by next year. Starting January 21, 2021, apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote on Windows 10 Mobile won't get bug fixes, security updates, and general technical support. The existing apps will still work, but you won't be able to install them on new devices. Now might be the best time to finally jump ship, if you're still clinging on to your old Windows 10 Mobile device.

Source: Engadget

Netflix's 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' to come back on January 24, 2020

The wait between season 1 and season 2 of Netflix's adaptation of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina wasn't that long. But the wait between season 2 and 3 felt like it could go on forever. Thankfully, Netflix changed that by announcing that CAOS will be back in the new year. The show will have 10 new episodes, which, in true Netflix style, will drop all at once on January 24, 2020. We welcome all of the cast members back this season as Kiernan Shipka's Sabrina has to deal with the consequences of their actions at the end of season 2. 

You can check out the summary for season 3 under the cut if you don't mind some spoilers for the past season.

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