Did I miss tvOS 14 features announcements during WWDC???

[john.burn]

You can also finally change the category type for the screensavers, so, for example, only play the underwater ones.

 

[JBaby]

I most likely will. I enjoy the content so far. hopefully they have a yearly sub model.

I like the content too. But I don’t think there’s enough of it to make it valuable to me to keep. This will probably be a 1-2 a year subscription.

 

[cmChimera]

Won’t be AirPlay. AirPlay tops out at 1080p.

This can't be right as a matter of technical specification, because they also announced 4k Airplay from the photos app.

 

[perezr10]

You can also finally change the category type for the screensavers, so, for example, only play the underwater ones.

Awesome!

 

[ipedro]

Actually, I think they spent more time on Apple Homekit Webcams than they did on the whole tvOS 14 section.

That’s probably because whatever big features there are for tvOS 14, will rely on new hardware. Like iOS and watchOS, the September event reveals a lot more new features, the most high profile of which are announced with the new iPhones and Watches.

 

[Juicy Box]

There was a brief section on tvOS14, but it was over in what seemed like less than a minute.

Actually, I think they spent more time on Apple Homekit Webcams than they did on the whole tvOS 14 section.

That’s probably because whatever big features there are for tvOS 14, will rely on new hardware. Like iOS and watchOS, the September event reveals a lot more new features, the most high profile of which are announced with the new iPhones and Watches.

Maybe, but Apple never really spends a lot of time on tvOS or the ATV HW in the past, even when the new HW has been announced.

There also hasn't really been any major changes with tvOS since the introduction of it in 2015.

 

[George Dawes]

It’s odd because they’re now making so much money from it too

 

[uptownnyc]

Multi-user profile will apply to game-progress, so if you switch profiles you'll each have your saved-game progress separately.

 

[2010mini]

Multi-user profile will apply to game-progress, so if you switch profiles you'll each have your saved-game progress separately.

Apple really needs to work on profiles better. Profiles should be the first thing you see when you turn on the ATV. And it needs to work with all apps that have profiles. If not then we need profiles to include all Apple services. Namely, photos and Apple Music.

 

[uptownnyc]

Apple really needs to work on profiles better. Profiles should be the first thing you see when you turn on the ATV. And it needs to work with all apps that have profiles. If not then we need profiles to include all Apple services. Namely, photos and Apple Music.

I'd guess that 95% of households wouldn't have multiple profiles on their AppleTV. Having it in the drawer isn't perfect - but given the other constraints of the interface, I don't find it too bad. I'd actually assumed that switching profiles would have accomplished what TVOS14 claims to provide (switching game progress) but removed them when I found it didn't. Guess I'll re-enable my family members when it's available so that Apple Arcade and other game progress is siloed between users.

 

[PilotC150]

You can also finally change the category type for the screensavers, so, for example, only play the underwater ones.

That's something else I've been looking for. Any idea what the different categories are?

 

[2010mini]

I'd guess that 95% of households wouldn't have multiple profiles on their AppleTV. Having it in the drawer isn't perfect - but given the other constraints of the interface, I don't find it too bad. I'd actually assumed that switching profiles would have accomplished what TVOS14 claims to provide (switching game progress) but removed them when I found it didn't. Guess I'll re-enable my family members when it's available so that Apple Arcade and other game progress is siloed between users.

I would be surprised that a household that has an Apple TV doesn’t have multiple iPhones, iPad, Macs...etc. each of those other devices have their own TV app, photos, music, games profiles.

I am surprised if the person setting up the ATV and is the “owner” of Apple family sharing, don’t get a prompt to “do you want to set up family profiles on this ATV?”

Apple dropped the ball on that. Also tvOS needs iCloud backup.

 

[PilotC150]

I would be surprised that a household that has an Apple TV doesn’t have multiple iPhones, iPad, Macs...etc. each of those other devices have their own TV app, photos, music, games profiles.

I am surprised if the person setting up the ATV and is the “owner” of Apple family sharing, don’t get a prompt to “do you want to set up family profiles on this ATV?”

Apple dropped the ball on that. Also tvOS needs iCloud backup.

What about for kids that don't have their own Apple accounts? I should be able to create user accounts that aren't tied to Apple IDs. They should have their own dashboard layout, "Watch Now", etc.

 

[2010mini]

What about for kids that don't have their own Apple accounts? I should be able to create user accounts that aren't tied to Apple IDs. They should have their own dashboard layout, "Watch Now", etc.

that too. But you can set up a kid Apple ID without them having a device.