My xbox one is a significantly better experience than the Apple TV. Despite what I've ready in other comments I actually find the software to be borderline unusable and very unpolished.
For instance on setup I entered the same apple account password more than 4 times despite having synced from my phone... I then had to enter it every time I wanted to purchase something despite checking the setting that did not require a password for purchases. Entering my long-ass password on that tiny apple remote is really frustrating. It doesn't have Amazon prime video -- voice search for apps, or really anything that makes it better than my xbox one. I can't upload my own videos to it to play or play from a network stream.
I can say "xbox watch HBO" and suddenly it switches from my game to my cable box and tunes to the correct channel. "xbox open netflix" and suddenly I'm on netflix.
Of course microsoft just redesigned the entire interface for the xbox and now that sucks too...
Mum bought an apple Tv and I winced at the wasted money. Then as I was watching Esports on twitch on my iphone I noticed a new icon. Press button, select apple TV, suddenly I'm watching on the big screen.
For all it's flaws (and there are many) that kind of integration is really really neat.
Xbox 360 in the tail years (post 2010) and Xbox One from the get go, have good feature addressing TV, content and apps. Actually, XB1 is perhaps the only device that you can feed live TV from antenna or cable through it.
The original Xbox was sold to MS execs as a way to capture the living room. The whole idea of a set-top media streaming box was invented by the Xbox homebrew community, with the Xbox Media Center(now Kodi).
Xbox One was supposed to be the culmination of the vision. Too bad Microsoft alienated their audience (gamers), by mixing messages and designing their whole interface around a hardware fad, the Kinnect. Didn't help that they also alienated so many independent developers and which left them with a dearth of software as well.
The Channels application on Apple TV (http://getchannels.com) allows watching OTA signal from HDHomerun devices on AppleTV. Nice for a cord cutting solution so you don't have to switch from one input to another. Requires additional device (hdhomerun), but can be done. I've heard beta will allow things like pause, etc.. of live TV.
For instance on setup I entered the same apple account password more than 4 times despite having synced from my phone... I then had to enter it every time I wanted to purchase something despite checking the setting that did not require a password for purchases. Entering my long-ass password on that tiny apple remote is really frustrating. It doesn't have Amazon prime video -- voice search for apps, or really anything that makes it better than my xbox one. I can't upload my own videos to it to play or play from a network stream.
I can say "xbox watch HBO" and suddenly it switches from my game to my cable box and tunes to the correct channel. "xbox open netflix" and suddenly I'm on netflix.
Of course microsoft just redesigned the entire interface for the xbox and now that sucks too...