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Apple Releases tvOS 9.1 for Fourth-Generation Apple TV

adamjackson said:
Can we get a rundown of what's new? My main questions:

1. Any update to setting up the AppleTV and making authentication easier?
2. Any changes to Home Sharing. Can Siri search my iTunes connected via Home Sharing?
3. Any speed improvements to apps like Plesk?
4. Remote App update?
5. App Store changes?

I'm on the fence on buying an AppleTV until some of these issues are addressed.
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I've been running 9.1 beta and it doesn't cover anything you're asking for - as it stands they still have some - IMHO - very basic issues to address before they can even think about doing what you have listed. At this rate, you'll be waiting a very long time.

For example - the iTunes TV app has a major missing feature - the ability to mark a season or episode as watched. This missing feature/bug compounds itself if you have your shows organized on the Favorites view of the app - which is how my family is used to looking for new episodes. This would be ok - as it appears they intend the Favorites view to self-organize so that the shows with the most recently available episodes first. However, it *never* updates the number of episodes in the badge properly! Add this in with the fact that it flat out sometimes doesn't organize itself properly or show the right number of un-watched episodes in the badge for each show and you're then hunting for what's really new and what you really watched.

Just cannot express my disappointment in how 'sloppy' this feels - especially coming from Apple.
 
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alectheking said:
I couldn't believe it wasn't in the release notes!
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Ugh. Just tried turning on home sharing and every time I enter my password it says incorrect. Done it 5 times on the crappy onscreen keyboard and no dice! Can I get an update to fix this?
 
tdroz73 said:
I've been running 9.1 beta and it doesn't cover anything you're asking for - as it stands they still have some - IMHO - very basic issues to address before they can even think about doing what you have listed. At this rate, you'll be waiting a very long time.

For example - the iTunes TV app has a major missing feature - the ability to mark a season or episode as watched. This missing feature/bug compounds itself if you have your shows organized on the Favorites view of the app - which is how my family is used to looking for new episodes. This would be ok - as it appears they intend the Favorites view to self-organize so that the shows with the most recently available episodes first. However, it *never* updates the number of episodes in the badge properly! Add this in with the fact that it flat out sometimes doesn't organize itself properly or show the right number of un-watched episodes in the badge for each show and you're then hunting for what's really new and what you really watched.

Just cannot express my disappointment in how 'sloppy' this feels - especially coming from Apple.
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Wait. we can't mark things as watched via home sharing on AppleTV? (computers app). That's on ATV 3 now...sometimes I mark a movie as unwatched and decide "nah" and mark it was watched...having to go to iTunes to do that is going to be a downgrade.
 
tdroz73 said:
I've been running 9.1 beta and it doesn't cover anything you're asking for - as it stands they still have some - IMHO - very basic issues to address before they can even think about doing what you have listed. At this rate, you'll be waiting a very long time.
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Just cannot express my disappointment in how 'sloppy' this feels - especially coming from Apple.
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This is exactly my thought - the AppleTV 1st-G (2007) was a much more polished product, it was a pleasure to discover new features. 8 years later, we get a product which is missing very basic functionality introduced back then... what a joke !
 
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Apple needs to update ATV3 and add Apple Music app they should care or ATV3 owners are going to be pissed off customers (and I know about Airplay so do not give me that blanket excuse).
 
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I hope the scrolling fix helps some with the trackpad on the remote. I get lots of false touches and actions. But not horrible. Also, I hope HBO changes the HBO GO app... I hate the new layout of it. Very tough to navigate.
 
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tvOS 9.1 seems to have fixed the laggy playback/lack of buffering over Home Sharing problem that many of us were having. I've tested three movies purchased recently from iTunes that before today constantly lagged and hung when streaming from iTunes over Home Sharing. So far, all three are now buffering normally and are playing smoothly without lags.

Huzzah! Thank you, Apple.
 
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ipedro said:
You didn't read the post thoroughly. This isn't about the AppleWatch. It's about integrating the functions of the remote app into iOS through Handover rather than needing a separate app with its own redundant UI and play sources.

AppleWatch gives hints about it with the unused AirPlay button but it's not the only way to control AppleTV. If you're listening to music on AppleTV, it'll appear in Handover on your iPhone where you can drag up to reveal the controls. If you tell Siri on your iPhone to "Play the latest episode of Game of Thrones on my AppleTV", it'll start playing. No need for a separate app.
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I already read the post dude haha. A keyboard is still needed to enter emails, passwords, and search third party apps. Plan and simple. I understand your prediction and I see it as an improvement. But saying there's no need for a keyboard/app for entering long credentials is silly. Regardless: the Remote app works again so all is okay finally.
 
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meegwell said:
I can't get to my ATV at the moment can you elaborate on what you have noticed with Dolby?
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My 5.1 doesn't come up anymore after the update. However, I wondered if even though when my receiver would go into 5.1 mode, if it was actually playing in true 5.1 (my rear speakers were seemingly silent).

Now that I'm forcing pro logic, it seems more immersive. Is the Apple TV unable to playback discrete 5.1 from those supported sources?

UPDATE: My bad.. It works lol
 
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