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Netflix Finally Rolls Out Redesigned Interface to Apple TV
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Living alone has its benefits. Glad the device you're leaving unused is the $149 one, lol.
Don’t know if it’s because I’m on ios26 beta but it’s there
Edit: seems like this is only for Netflix original content. Tried searching something else and it didn’t find it
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Which is a reason why I'm not a regular subscriber.
Blink twice if someone is forcing you to subscribe...
Yeah, but will it let me restrict searches to movies in a specific language? Sometimes I don’t want to read subtitles and sometimes I want to immerse in a language.
For the streaming services, it seems like their recommendations have a lot more to do with how much money they spent making it than the odds of me liking it.
The old interface was an unholy wreck in terms of performance, and this seems 1000x faster.
What about airplay?
Netflix appears to have finished deploying its redesigned interface for Apple TV with version 3.0 of the app now available, bringing a months-long rollout that began with other TV platforms earlier this year to a close. Netflix has been testing a redesigned version of its TV app since last year, and the new look is a notable departure from the previous design.
There is a new home page that has a streamlined, modern design, and Netflix designed it to put content front and center. The redesigned interface loses the left-hand sidebar navigation that Netflix has used since 2018 and replaces it with a top menu bar that relocates Search, Home, Shows, Movies, Games, and My Netflix.
The My List and My Netflix sections have been merged with the aim of streamlining access to personal content. The featured program on the home screen also gets a clearer display, presented in a large card isolated from the rest of the interface. Meanwhile, each section features a large main card that has information like release date and show or movie description.
Users will notice that when scrolling content, the static tiles for TV shows and movies have been replaced with tiles that extend when the remote lands on them, making information like the trailer and description more centralized.
The new design hinges on recommendations, which have been improved. You'll see more relevant, personalized content suggestions based on your past viewing history. Netflix says that recommendations will be more responsive to each user's "moods and interests in the moment."
Netflix has also added contextual labels to provide more information about recommended content. New labels include mentions like "Recent addition" and "No. 3 in movies" to give users better context about why content is being recommended.
Version 3.0 of the Netflix app on Apple TV requires tvOS 17 or later. The Apple TV rollout comes several months after Netflix first announced the redesign in May. Users may need to manually update the app via the App Store on their Apple TV to see the new changes, as the interface update isn't appearing automatically for all users.
On iOS devices, Netflix is still experimenting with a generative AI search feature that will let Netflix users search for shows and movies using conversational language like "I want to watch something funny and upbeat." The feature remains available as a small, opt-in beta.
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I'm not sure what version of the Apple TV you're using, but the Netflix app on my ATV (not this updated version of the app) has the first three items on your list. I don't about the playback speed because I never thought to watch it at anything but 1x speed. And if select a show, you can usually scroll down to find more shows like the one you're on.
I've found a few shows that I devoured too quickly: Dept. Q; The Gentlemen; so I'm limiting myself to one episode every other day of Black Doves.
My main beef with Netflix for YEARS is this
so is it fixed or not? I absolutely hate this big tech greed-driven BS. Anyone who cared about customer experience would just implement all the platform features from the start.
Horrible, liked the older way. If you want to search you have to scroll all the way to the top finder glass to either type or voice what you want to look up. Other way you can just swipe to the side
Let’s hope they fix the navigation clicks sounding when they’re disabled in system settings. This is really annoying.
Also I hate the zooming of the selected item, bouncing wide is really annoying and means on a large TV you have just FOUR items on display at a time.
Also I hate the zooming of the selected item, bouncing wide is really annoying and means on a large TV you have just FOUR items on display at a time.
You can't really fix something the owner doesn't want implemented so no
It's not true. There is no TV App integration. this person is lying I guess their life is meaningless so they lie online for attention.
They don't have other content is why. Their #1 aim is to hide the fact that they've lost most of the content they once had and minimize the churn that results when people realize that.
90+% of the movies you want to watch that aren't made by Netflix aren't available on Netflix. That's probably an underestimate - it's probably closer to 99%.
I stoped watching Netflix years ago and said I will never watch it again. Get an AVP app and I might reconsider.