How To

How to Watch the Clinton/Trump Debates On Your iOS Device, Apple TV, and Mac

Tonight marks the first of three scheduled debates between U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (D) and Donald Trump (R). Many observers believe this could turn out to be the most-watch presidential debate in history.

To be the top-watched presidential debate in history, it will have to attract more than 80 million viewers who watched the 1980 debate. Debates in recent years have drawn smaller audiences, with the first 2012 debate drawing only 67 million sets of eyes.

If you want to view tonight’s verbal battle, there is always the traditional television broadcast and cable route, as most major networks and cable channels: ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, Univision, and C-SPAN, will carry the event live.

Apple TV

If you’re an Apple TV users, and prefer to go the streaming route, you can grab one of the following apps to view the debate:

  • Twitter
  • CBS News
  • ABC News
  • Washington Post Video
  • Reuters TV
  • NBC News
  • Bloomberg TV
  • CNNgo
  • Fox News
  • YouTube

iOS

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users who want to catch the verbal sparring can grab one of these apps:

Mac

Most of the major networks and news channels will also offer a live stream of the debate to browser users, and you can view the shindig at the following sites, plus a number of others:

YouTube will also make the debate available to its viewers, as Re/code notes that it will offer livestreams from a number of sources, including Bloomberg, NBC News, PBS and The Washington Post.

(App lists via MacRumors)

 

Chris Hauk

Chris is a Senior Editor at Mactrast. He lives somewhere in the deep Southern part of America, and yes, he has to pump in both sunshine and the Internet.