Anyone who has ever used an Apple TV will tell you it ’s the best streaming equipment you’re able to buy . From the interface and stop number to the relief of setup and overall quality , no other machine come close , and I honestly did n’t recollect there was much room for improvement . The new TV app show me wrong .
TheTV app in tvOS 17.2completely reinvents the Apple boob tube experience with a childlike complex body part and more dynamical options . Instead of the top menu , there ’s a new sidebar that give you speedy access to your movie library , Apple TV+ , and other subscriptions , and lease you see any channels and apps you ’ve installed . There ’s also a base yellow journalism that brings you to the main screen with Up Next , Channels , and , of line , Apple TV+ subject matter , and a ended store that combine movies and telecasting shows into a one - halt workshop .
you could also well swop between users to see individualized recommendations and libraries without jump through menus and login sieve . Apple telecasting already set aside multiple users for iTunes and the App Store , but this new boob tube app menu makes it fantastically fast to switch . And since the Movies and TV apps are pass forth , people will be able to switch between libraries right in the app now .
Nothing about the new interface is particularly novel , but it ’s a tremendous upgrade over the late version , which used a standard lozenge bar . Even though the options are alike — TV+ , Store , Sports , Library , Search — it ’s a much simple , more intuitive presentment . And the young “ Channels & Apps ” option lets you browse content from those services without bouncing from app to app .
Previous reports claim that Apple was making the change tosteer more people to the app , and it ’s so good that Apple should just make it the main interface for Apple TV . The current app grid could be integrate into an “ All Apps ” tabloid ( which would solve the issue of any holdouts , most notably Netflix ) , and the television set app could simply become TV+ for all Apple TV+ bear on content . The fresh interface would solve the only two issues with Apple TV : a want of discovery and a crowded dwelling screen .
Until then , I ’ll be spending a tidy sum of time in the young Apple TV app .
