Netflix Apple TV App Now Uses Redesigned tvOS 15 Video Player

[MacRumors]

Netflix is currently in the process of rolling out an update to its Apple TV app, introducing support for the tvOS 15 player. As noted on Reddit and Twitter (via 9to5Mac), the updated interface began appearing on Apple TVs earlier this week in version 2.1.23 of the app.

The tvOS 15 native player displays show and movie titles in a larger type on the bottom of the screen above the playback bar. There's also an updated information button that displays details about the content, run time, and subtitles, and more.

With this change, there is no longer an option to swipe down to access subtitles, language, sound output settings, and more, as the native tvOS 15 video player interface does not use that layout.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514330669173944325

Some other streaming services like HBO Max also use the same native player, so the interface will feel familiar to those who already use apps that support the tvOS 15 player. Other apps like Amazon Prime Video continue to use their own interfaces and have not adopted support for the native player.

Apple TV apps update automatically, so users should begin seeing the updated Netflix interface soon.

Article Link: Netflix Apple TV App Now Uses Redesigned tvOS 15 Video Player

 

[agentkow]

Yes but will it stop logging us out? Every. Single. Time.

 

[iMatt.]

Just need TV app integration now

 

[icanhazmac]

Yes but will it stop logging us out? Every. Single. Time.

THIS!

My next AppleTV feature request is touchID.

 

[LivingMyBeachLife]

Yes but will it stop logging us out? Every. Single. Time.

US ???? This maybe isolated to you. I've never been logged out Netflix on my AppleTV. Are you sharing your account or using a shared account?

 

[LivingMyBeachLife]

I hope they consider supporting the "Up Next" feature.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Apple should force every app to use this. Some apps' navigation and UI are simply atrociously bad. Looking at you Youtube.

 

[agentkow]

US ???? This maybe isolated to you. I've never been logged out Netflix. Are you sharing your account or using a shared account?

No shared account. And I'm pretty sure it's a well documented issue for a lot of people.

Our family actually watches way less Netflix now because it's too much of a hassle to log back in every time.

 

[iMatt.]

I’ve never been logged out, are you over your device limit on your subscription?

 

[hoodafoo]

No shared account. And I'm pretty sure it's a well documented issue for a lot of people.

Our family actually watches way less Netflix now because it's too much of a hassle to log back in every time.

One character passwords are the solution to your problem

 

[Think|Different]

“Oh wow” — they’re not gonna get much praise for something overdue. Now make it work with your interactive specials. And stop charging extra for 4K, like everyone else.

 

[Remy149]

US ???? This maybe isolated to you. I've never been logged out Netflix on my AppleTV. Are you sharing your account or using a shared account?

It never happens to me either

 

[Makosuke]

I just hope this makes Netflix less buggy. I've never had the logout problems that some others apparently suffer from, but the app straight-up crashes with some regularity. Not usually in the middle of watching something, but also not never in the middle of watching something.

I also had to turn off frame rate matching for the OS because Netflix kept doing something weird and causing a line of static at the bottom of the frame in some content, which I never saw with other apps. If the player change is just the interface rather than the guts it won't help, but I'll try it.

 

[7thson]

Wow, I didn’t realize HBOMax used the native tvOS player. It’s by far the worst in my experience with regards to crashing and freezing up. I hope the Netflix app doesn’t become like this as well.

 

[jbpiv3]

I just want Netflix integrated into the TV app… it honestly only hurts them because Netflix shows go on the back burner for us because they are not apart of the up next so we tend to forget about them

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Yes but will it stop logging us out? Every. Single. Time.

I’ve literally never had this happen.

This is probably your issue. Apple problem.

https://www.reddit.com/r/appletv/comments/s0ule1/_/hs5ypts

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Can we get TV app integration this century?

 

[Macintosh TV]

tvOS 15 has only been out 8 months and they had 2-3 months before that in beta. Glad they got around to it shortly before tvOS 16 drops in a couple weeks.

 

[thislsmadness]

Wow, I didn’t realize HBOMax used the native tvOS player. It’s by far the worst in my experience with regards to crashing and freezing up. I hope the Netflix app doesn’t become like this as well.

I think HBO just recently switched the newer tvOS15 native player. Previously they were using the old native player and before that they used their own proprietary player.

 

[fredrik9]

I think the swipe down option was better. Now I am usually juat confused trying to change any in-film settings. This is an example of Apple’s sometimes clumsy way of destroying something that worked beautifully. The first tvOS releases a couple of years ago were awesome, swipe down and boom: everything worked. Then, around two years ago, they destroyed the interface by making the highlight color impossible to see. You didn’t know what was highlighted and it became frustrating to use. Now Apple moved everything to the bottom in an effort to make it simple but instead made it very hard to know exactly what all those small symbols really meant and they are also hard to click properly without clicking something you never meant to click. This is with the old remote of course. If they had just kept their original way, everything would’ve been satisfactory.

 

[dr_lha]

Can we get TV app integration this century?

Basically no, because it's not a technical thing, Netflix don't want to be agregated as part of a broader streaming platform, they want to be self contained. They choose not to be part of "Up next".

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Basically no, because it's not a technical thing, Netflix don't want to be agregated as part of a broader streaming platform, they want to be self contained. They choose not to be part of "Up next".

I know. Shame too because Disney doesn’t seem to mind.

 

[dr_lha]

I think the swipe down option was better. Now I am usually juat confused trying to change any in-film settings. This is an example of Apple’s sometimes clumsy way of destroying something that worked beautifully. The first tvOS releases a couple of years ago were awesome, swipe down and boom: everything worked. Then, around two years ago, they destroyed the interface by making the highlight color impossible to see. You didn’t know what was highlighted and it became frustrating to use. Now Apple moved everything to the bottom in an effort to make it simple but instead made it very hard to know exactly what all those small symbols really meant and they are also hard to click properly without clicking something you never meant to click. This is with the old remote of course. If they had just kept their original way, everything would’ve been satisfactory.

This. It's almost impossible to use the old Siri remote to navigate to the subtitle icon without accidentally fast forwarding. I gave up and use a third party click remote, and that works fine.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

I think the swipe down option was better. Now I am usually juat confused trying to change any in-film settings. This is an example of Apple’s sometimes clumsy way of destroying something that worked beautifully. The first tvOS releases a couple of years ago were awesome, swipe down and boom: everything worked. Then, around two years ago, they destroyed the interface by making the highlight color impossible to see. You didn’t know what was highlighted and it became frustrating to use. Now Apple moved everything to the bottom in an effort to make it simple but instead made it very hard to know exactly what all those small symbols really meant and they are also hard to click properly without clicking something you never meant to click. This is with the old remote of course. If they had just kept their original way, everything would’ve been satisfactory.

I agree I liked the old player better. The tvOS 15 one is a downgrade.

 

[FaustsHausUK]

Every streaming app maker needs to use the default player. There are some shockingly janky video player experiences out there - Shudder is by far the worst on every platform it appears on - but most of them leave a lot to be desired.