Long in the works, Walmart will finally launch a native Apple TV app for Vudu, its video streaming service, on Aug. 22.
An app has been rumored , and was in June without a firm release date. The app will become "widely available" next Tuesday, Variety . Vudu is U.S. only.
While not allowing people to buy or rent movies directly, the app should otherwise support watching any movie or TV show in a person's library, as well as free, ad-supported titles. Purchases will include access to bonus features like deleted scenes.
To date, the only way of watching Vudu on an Apple TV has been AirPlay and the service's .
The launch comes ahead of an anticipated , which could be revealed as soon as next month. The device should add support for multiple HDR formats and 4K video -- both of which are still missing from the iTunes Store, despite being present on rival services like Vudu and Netflix. Apple may be preparing to shortly.