I signed up yesterday as I had $20 in Google Play credits that had to be used & I am glad I did. I have already watched a couple of the documentaries & woman’s cross races. And the all have been great.
I wish they had a Firestick app but until then I will watch on my computer
Really enjoyed it myself so far: watched all of the legends set and also the Yorkshire documentary. They are doing a great service for cycling and its promotion.
FWIW I discovered a bit more about this bug after cranking up the GCN app on an additional mobile device (iPad)…
On the Android device that prompted my original post, I had an Alert count badge of 18 but no alerts present when the Alerts item was selected.
While over on my iPad I discovered I had no Alert count badge showing, but selecting the Alerts item displayed the 18 alerts that were being indicated on the Android device.
So seemingly an issue arising from running the app on >1 mobile devices: one showed the alert count but no alerts, while the other showed no alert count but all the actual alerts. Something for the developers to get around to sometime in the next decade or two, maybe…
Update on smart TVs from GCN racing news show: For all the people asking for Firestick app: Dan said it’s ready and only waiting approval from Amazon. Might be a few days or so. He said they don’t know since they don’t have much experience with this. (same situation for samsung)
I have had flawless streaming from my IPhone 11 Pro to my Samsung TVs via Apple AirPlay. The video resolution and sound are great. Never used AirPlay before for TV content. I’m thrilled to hear of the coming Amazon Firestick App, as that will make the experience even easier.
I took a flyer on it, really thinking I should support bike content. I love the GCN stuff. And $25 for a year is a bargain. Even though I am US, there are some great races. I watched a replay of a womens’ cyclocross race today to distract me from the VO2 intervals of Bluebird. It was great entertainment and motivation as the racers were working and suffering far more than me and pushing through.
Just learnt the US approval process is a specific and independent to the rest of the world. The app is approved for every GCN+ country with the exception of the US. We are still waiting for Amazon to approve there. Fingers crossed it doesn’t take much longer.