Apple TV+ Needs it’s own App.

[Man on the moon]

Apple TV+ should have its own application and what has rolled out is simply a half-assed add-on to existing TV app.

I have noticed that the shows get kind of lost among any movies you own from iTunes and or any movies being promoted.

If this is to compete with other stream options it should have respectable app.

Excuse my rant.

Apple software has just been one disappointment after another recently.

 

[mellofello]

I completely agree.

I went to go look for shows yesterday, and it was lost in all the other content.

There isn't even a clearly defined subsection of TV+ shows I could find in the TV app itself

 

[daynemercer98]

I totally agree....

 

[cardfan]

Sorry. They want you buying the promoted shows and movies you don’t own. The tv app is a Store app first. Selling you services > viewing your paid content.

 

[Confuzzeled23]

Apple TV+ should have its own application and what has rolled out is simply a half-assed add-on to existing TV app.

I have noticed that the shows get kind of lost among any movies you own from iTunes and or any movies being promoted.

If this is to compete with other stream options it should have respectable app.

Excuse my rant.

Apple software has just been one disappointment after another recently.

I completely agree. I feel like some of my friends are having a hard time navigating the app to find the AppleTV+ content. Let alone explaining to my mother how to find a show.

People want to open an app and it be there front and centre. Not ten rows down at the bottom somewhere.

 

[PJ.]

I completely agree.

I went to go look for shows yesterday, and it was lost in all the other content.

There isn't even a clearly defined subsection of TV+ shows I could find in the TV app itself

And a better name.

 

[rmoliv]

In the Apple TV app there's an Apple TV+ channel. Click on it and you'll access Apple TV+ shows only.

 

[mallbritton]

There isn't even a clearly defined subsection of TV+ shows I could find in the TV app itself

You mean like this? Just scroll down a bit to the Channels section of the Watch Now screen:

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I disagree. I don't want yet another app to download and use. I like being able to subscribe to the Channels directly in the TV app. That's not to say that Apple can't do a better job naming things. "Apple TV the streaming device, "Apple TV" the app and "Apple TV+" the streaming service are confusing if you've not used the app.

For those of us who have been using the app, though, the Apple TV+ Channel makes sense. I use the TV app for all of my video on demand viewing.

 

[canyonblue737]

I also agree... we all here at Macrumors have long known about AppleTV+ but for many people they won't clearly understand the service and that it is like "Netflix" if the content is buried in an app they have had for many years and contains content from tons of other apps. I think this would be very confusing to my parents etc. who seem to manage Netflix ok.

 

[bigrids]

I totally agree. It is difficult to go directly to Apple TV+ shows.

 

[Jim Lahey]

I just want Up Next to function properly without randomly dropping shows off the list or not adding next episodes. I previously thought this was a tvOS 13 issue but I’ve since realised it’s also happening to iPad.

 

[gkarris]

I disagree. I don't want yet another app to download and use. I like being able to subscribe to the Channels directly in the TV app. That's not to say that Apple can't do a better job naming things. "Apple TV the streaming device, "Apple TV" the app and "Apple TV+" the streaming service are confusing if you've not used the app.

For those of us who have been using the app, though, the Apple TV+ Channel makes sense. I use the TV app for all of my video on demand viewing.

No one says you'd have to download and use it if you can still get to it in the TV App.

I don't at all use the Arcade App and put way at the bottom.

I would like just an AppleTV+ App - it seems to take forever to access the channel after scrolling through all the other junk...

 

[bumbo]

Granted this is for iPhone, but there does seem to be a URL scheme to hit to get directly to the shows - MacStories had a good article on it:

How To Open the Apple TV+ Front Page and Individual Shows Directly in the TV App

Update, November 7: The shortcut has been updated with links to all currently announced Apple TV+ shows. You can find the updated download link below and in the MacStories Shortcuts Archive. I was listening to the latest episode of Upgrade, and, among several fair points about the shortcomings...

www.macstories.net

 

[PJ.]

No one says you'd have to download and use it if you can still get to it in the TV App.

I don't at all use the Arcade App and put way at the bottom.

I would like just an AppleTV+ App - it seems to take forever to access the channel after scrolling through all the other junk...

Arcade app?

 

[bumbo]

Arcade app?

Yeah the Arcade app. Comes with tvOS 13

 

[Rigby]

I like that everything is in one app, but I'd like an option to suppress any content on the main page that I don't own and am not subscribed to (in other words, turn off the advertising). I get that some people like to "discover" stuff, but I usually know what I want to watch and don't like the clutter.

 

[bumbo]

I like that everything is in one app, but I'd like an option to suppress any content on the main page that I don't own and am not subscribed to (in other words, turn off the advertising). I get that some people like to "discover" stuff, but I usually know what I want to watch and don't like the clutter.

Yeah that would be nice but then they couldn’t make money out of us!

 

[cardfan]

I like that everything is in one app, but I'd like an option to suppress any content on the main page that I don't own and am not subscribed to (in other words, turn off the advertising). I get that some people like to "discover" stuff, but I usually know what I want to watch and don't like the clutter.

Sorry apple’s need to increase their service revenue trumps any usability or customer experience that you may have counted on Apple providing you in the past. Just buy a sub and make Tim happy.

 

[TheRedOx]

And a better name.

Yes....

Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+

Apple TV is a hardware device. Apple TV is an app on Apple TV that curates content you can buy from Apple and also content you can stream through other installed apps (but not all apps, and there is no way to tell which ones). Apple TV is an app...

dcurt.is

 

[dorkimoe]

They are treating it like iTunes and thats not a good thing. Really needs some work to it. Hopefully we dont have to wait for a freaking conference to get an update.

Yearly updates that include "we added a menu for our shows...see you next year'

 

[Vin2015]

Completely agree. I know they run the banner in the middle of the Apple app on my unit, but I would live for it to be it’s own thing, so I could quickly just click on it and sort Through the original content.

 

[CE3]

You mean like this? Just scroll down a bit to the Channels section of the Watch Now screen:

Yes, the channels should be at the top.

I think it's more confusing on the Roku app.

 

[Huntn]

Apple TV+ should have its own application and what has rolled out is simply a half-assed add-on to existing TV app.

I have noticed that the shows get kind of lost among any movies you own from iTunes and or any movies being promoted.

If this is to compete with other stream options it should have respectable app.

Excuse my rant.

Apple software has just been one disappointment after another recently.

I’ll suggest 2 main Tabs that divide the App in half. Apple are you listening?Or maybe 3 tabs one of them for your content.

 

[mallbritton]

I’ll suggest 2 main Tabs that divide the App in half. Apple are you listening?Or maybe 3 tabs one of them for your content.

Um, there is a Library tab that lists all of your iTunes Store purchased content.

 

[CE3]

I noticed Apple decided not to carry over the user reviews feature that existed on iTunes to the new Apple TV app. Two thumbs down to that.