Apple's 'TV' App Starts Showing Up for Users in the UK, France, and Germany

[Kal El]

Tyr to delete Videos App then re download form App Store, Videos App will download followed by the TV app.

Didn't work on my iPhone or iPad

 

[JamesLeSmash]

Tyr to delete Videos App then re download form App Store, Videos App will download followed by the TV app.

Are you seeing Prime Video and/or Netflix in your 'Watch Now' section (apologies, assuming you have these services)?

 

[oOMezzaOo]

Tyr to delete Videos App then re download form App Store, Videos App will download followed by the TV app.

Didn't work for me but thanks for the suggestion.

Hopefully it will appear soon.

 

[iceman314]

Damn apple always leaving behind the Netherlands.. no Apple News, No TV Shows on itunes, no TV App...

I bet many countries have it worse but it still sucks..

ik ben het ermee eens... Apple Pay ook...

 

[WillyVelsen]

ik ben het ermee eens... Apple Pay ook...

O ja ook vergeten

 

[willnpc]

ATV any good? Was thinking of getting one with the Directv deal..I have a Roku and Firestick..are these much better?

 

[Spacer]

I deleted the Videos app, but now can't reinstall it. Doesn't show in app store, and when I manually found it, it says it needs specific features not available on this device. iPhone X, 11.2. Damn it! Be very careful deleting the videos app!

 

[Janschi]

I logged out of my German account, into my american one for the TV app to appear. After logging in back to my german one the TV app stayed.

 

[everythingapplerainbow]

Damn apple always leaving behind the Netherlands.. no Apple News, No TV Shows on itunes, no TV App...

I bet many countries have it worse but it still sucks..

does switching to US region help?
I still get Apple News despite I'm not in US, such a great app. But I could not get the TV app.

 

[jst_testing]

Given how bad Hulu's new UI is I totally rely on the TV app. Its such a great tool for finding and keeping up to date with shows I'm watching. Its just a real shame that Netflix won't participate. I reckon we should put together a petition and send it to Netflix lol

I actually didn't realize that Netflix didn't participate. I always assumed that if you're able to Siri search a movie and then hit on "Open with Netflix", that the TV app is automatically supported.

But in that case, YES Netflix SHOULD support the TV app!

 

[Janschi]

does switching to US region help?
I still get Apple News despite I'm not in US, such a great app. But I could not get the TV app.

No, region switching won't do anything. The TV app is bound to the Apple ID Country you use for the App Store.

 

[Braindome]

Well, that's disappointing. The TV app showed up on my phone. The Watch Now section failed to load, so I quit the app. Next thing, it reinstalled the Videos app again. TV app is no more

 

[Billberryjuice]

For anyone who does have it is there any way to share an app store link for it perhaps?

 

[cyb3rdud3]

ik ben het ermee eens... Apple Pay ook...

O ja ook vergeten

That is not really apples fault. It’s the ancient banking system in the Netherlands which hasn’t been updated. It used to be way ahead, but they haven’t kept up. A lot of the payments are maestro based through the banking system instead of visa or visa debit. I couldn’t believe it when I went back home last month. They looked at me like I was from the future paying with my watch.

 

[Arslan Ahmad Faisal]

Just changed the region to US and back to Germany. TV app showed up and stayed!

 

[dlondon]

In the UK i dont have it how do i see it

I switched beta off, reset box (just resets rather than factory restore) and the TV app appeared.

The app is good but doesn't show Netflix or Now TV unfortunately.

Edit: Just to clarify that you can search Netflix from TV app or Siri but content doesn’t show in Watch now or Up next sections currently.

 

[Janschi]

Just changed the region to US and back to Germany. TV app showed up and stayed!

for me it didn't. so i logged into my us account and then back to the german one

 

[Arslan Ahmad Faisal]

for me it didn't. so i logged into my us account and then back to the german one

I just changed the region under Setting<General<Language and region<region
not the iTunes account

 

[oOMezzaOo]

For anyone who does have it is there any way to share an app store link for it perhaps?

Use the following, it worked for me.

https://appsto.re/us/vrW-fb.i

 

[daveak]

Use the following, it worked for me.

https://appsto.re/us/vrW-fb.i

For me in UK this results in being told the item is not available, do I want to switch to the US store

 

[Pagemakers]

Use the following, it worked for me.

https://appsto.re/us/vrW-fb.i

Just tried that and although it works it lists all the USA content providers not UK.

I’ll wait for it to appear in the UK store.

 

[BMox81]

Reboot of phone did the trick for me.

 

[simonmet]

Damn apple always leaving behind the Netherlands.. no Apple News, No TV Shows on itunes, no TV App...

I bet many countries have it worse but it still sucks..

No TV shows? Wow, that’s bad. I wonder what could possibly be the reason.

Not missing much with the news app however.

 

[Pagemakers]

Reboot of phone did the trick for me.

No joy on my iPad or iPhone doing that.

 

[oOMezzaOo]

Just tried that and although it works it lists all the USA content providers not UK.

I’ll wait for it to appear in the UK store.

I tried a few more times and it worked so i would keep trying.
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Just tried that and although it works it lists all the USA content providers not UK.

I’ll wait for it to appear in the UK store.

Same happens to me.