Best way to respond to that (besides sending direct feedback) is to never ever click on any of the ads, to show them that this kind of "in your face" advertising isn't effective and is not what Apple users expect. I have also relegated the TV and Music apps to the second row so I never see the ads in the first place. If I didn't rely on the watch list I would stop using the TV app altogether and go back to the Movies/TV Shows apps ...
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I don't know but you bring up a great reason for them to rethink this kind of feature.Would there be a way to disable the preview completely (video AND still image)? I updated yesterday, in my church office, and you can imagine the quickness I rearranged icons when the top half of my tv was a lady in a silver outfit (obviously I don't keep up with new music stars
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You, Sir, are a genius.
Awesome! Thanks for checking.
I still don't love the approach, though, and find it pretty gross that Apple is engaging in the kind of attention-grabbing design we're used to from the Googles of the world. As others have pointed out, the Apple TV carries a premium price like other Apple hardware. One would hope that attacks on users' attention spans would be curtailed in exchange for paying that.
PIP only works inside the ATV, both to activate it and to keep it running (backing all the way out stops it). Is this the intended purpose? Hardly useful if it is
I’ve got a 4K Apple TV, but no 4K TV. I’ll be ragin‘ if the screensavers are solely for 4K TV’s. There‘s no mention on their website, other than they’re shot in 4K HDR. Downsampling is easy, Upscaling is where things look wrong, are
seriously saying that they won‘t downsample the images or is this just a glitch/bug?
Glad to see Apple TV. finally autoplays the next episode like Hulu and Amazon.
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I'm having the exact same issue as you. I confirmed that Family Sharing is set up correctly. I tried removing the accounts and adding again. Restarting Apple TV, nothing worked. At one point, I was able to get to an Apple Arcade game in the App Store app with my wife's account set to 'Current Account'. The button said 'Play' because it noticed that it was already on the Apple TV, but as soon as I clicked it, it sent me right back to the Apple Arcade screen in your screenshot. Hoping this bug is fixed soon...
The other issue I'm concerned about is it seems like only one 'Game Center Account' can be in the Apple TV at a time. The area to sign into Game Center is separate from the multiple user accounts area. So it seems like if my children change to their account, they can listen to their own Apple Music iCloud Library, but the Apple TV will still be using my progress in the game because it will be looking at the 'Game Center' Apple ID, which is mine.
I tried playing a game, Skate City, on my iPhone and then opening it on the Apple TV. It had my progress synced, which was great! However, if I signed out of the 'Game Center Account' and then went to Skate City on the Apple TV, it told me that I needed to sign into Game Center to play it. I obviously can't test with other Apple IDs on this Apple TV until the other bug is fixed, but the fact that the 'Game Center Account' is separate from the Multiple User Account area makes me think only one account can play games from Apple Arcade on the Apple TV...
I looked again today at my ATV4k on tvOS 13. No choice for the undersea screensavers. Just the same old Aerial and default ones.
Everything else works great.
Everything else works great.
Takes longer to turn on Apple TV now. UI is more laggy. Top shelf is just awful. Hopefully Apple rethinks this or provides a better option for those who actually buy iTunes content
Atv app on phone blows. Family should be able to go to library and see the family library. I may as well go back to everyone sharing one id for Apple store.
Atv app on phone blows. Family should be able to go to library and see the family library. I may as well go back to everyone sharing one id for Apple store.
Is multi-user feature available for 3rd-party apps? For instance, can Netflix or Youtube switch to a different profile when I switch user system-wide?
It’s barely usable for Apple’s own apps. Wouldn’t expect it to work for 3rd party apps at this point (and it doesn’t).
I simply cannot get Control Center to show my account photo. My wife’s shows up but mine just has my initials. My store account has both an iCloud photo and a contact photo attached to it. Anyone have any guesses? I’ve tried everything.
The Top Shelf aka the "Stop Shelf" is the new Touch Bar.
Because there's no way to downgrade an Apple TV 4K, I went out and purchased a new Apple TV 4K with 12.3 factory installed. I can't upgrade it to 12.4 (just wants to skip straight to 13.0) but at least I have Up Next back where it belongs on the Home Screen (instead of that f**cking advertising). And you know that upper third will be taken over by Apple TV+ content come November...
It's absolutely insane, and totally Apple, that I can't restore an Apple TV from an iCloud backup (like every iOS device), or downgrade to the original factory installed OS (like every macOS device). They got this f**ker on lockdown.
Because there's no way to downgrade an Apple TV 4K, I went out and purchased a new Apple TV 4K with 12.3 factory installed. I can't upgrade it to 12.4 (just wants to skip straight to 13.0) but at least I have Up Next back where it belongs on the Home Screen (instead of that f**cking advertising). And you know that upper third will be taken over by Apple TV+ content come November...
It's absolutely insane, and totally Apple, that I can't restore an Apple TV from an iCloud backup (like every iOS device), or downgrade to the original factory installed OS (like every macOS device). They got this f**ker on lockdown.
Does anyone know how to turn off lyrics? I've never used this before and now when I put on songs, half the screen is taken up by scrolling lyrics when I only want to see album art. I looked in settings and in the ... menu button while it's playing and don't see a way to turn it off.
Don't scroll up and play them with sound. I heard the s-word on one video that only played for 2 seconds. I then moved all the annoying autoplay apps in an folder.Would there be a way to disable the preview completely (video AND still image)? I updated yesterday, in my church office, and you can imagine the quickness I rearranged icons when the top half of my tv was a lady in a silver outfit (obviously I don't keep up with new music stars
The Watch Now list is the new Up Next list, buried inside the TV app. You don't have to do anything to set it up. They just moved it somewhere less convenient, so they can force you to watch ads for paid content aka "Previews" on the home screen.