Is it just me, or is the YouTube app on TVOS 18 hot garbage? Ever since the update, videos fail to play, or they do play and start in the middle of the video. If you hit PAUSE, the video resumes on its own 3-4 minutes later (It never used to do that) Thre were two other issues that I cant think of at the moment, but I am really frustrated. I used to LOVE YouTube on TVOS, but now it's become an unreliable mess. I hope they get it patched soon.

It's now impossible to exit the app by just clicking the home button a bunch of times. It shows a prompt with "are you sure you want to exit?", and if you hit home-button again, it just hides that message, and you're stuck in a loop. Sure, I can press and hold home, but I don't always want that, sometimes I just want to clear out the entire navigation and exit.

I don't want this prompt. It goes against a golden rule of pressing home to eventually go home.

And even if I press "yes" on the prompt it just turns to a black screen that doesn't respond. (That's likely a temporary bug tho)

With tvOS 14 finally out again no 4K YouTube. Wasn’t that enabled on some betas or it’s up to Google now?

Hello, so I just updated one of my Apple TVs to TVOS 18 and it looks like what happened with TVOS17, is now happening again with 18. When you select the ATV icon, Up Next does not display anything, just big ATV. See pic. Anybody else having the same issue?

***UPDATE*** As erio_ink posted below, restarting the ATV seems to have fixed the issue so give that a try if you have the same thing going on after the update.

I’m finally launching my lockdown side project: Time’s Up! Timer, a visual timer for keeping my toddler entertained when we are waiting for something or have a deadline. It’s also been a fun way to play with SwiftUI. Download it for free on iOS, macOS, and tvOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1550456653

Finally. Wasn’t in the presentation but Macstories has confirmed this. https://www.macstories.net/news/tvos-14-the-macstories-overview/

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 will list its security details later.

Happy Black Friday, Apple TV fans! As a way to express my appreciation to this sub, which helped me out recently with another app I launched (Screen Canvas), I’m making my two of my Apple TV apps, Dark Sleep and Mood Lights, completely FREE for today only (November 30)! No subscriptions, no catch—just download and enjoy.

I originally built both apps for myself because I couldn’t find any existing solutions that worked for me. Then I released them, only to find they started selling—and now they often make it to the Top Paid Apps leaderboard. Here’s what each app does:

🌙 Dark Sleep - Sleep Sounds & Sunrise Alarm (normally $6.99)
I was looking for a simple app that played sleep sounds with a dark screen and could be started with a single click on the remote—but I couldn’t find one, so I built it. Then I realized, if the light from the screen was preventing me from falling asleep—which was the reason for the dark screen to begin with—maybe I could do the opposite and use the light from the TV screen to wake me up, just like those expensive sunrise alarm clock hardware devices. That’s how the sunrise alarm clock feature came to life. I use this app every single day to sleep and wake up.

👉 DarkSleep.app | App Store Link

🎨 Mood Lights - Make Your TV a Mood Lamp (normally $4.99)
There are plenty of apps that make the screen dark, but I couldn’t find anything that changes the TV’s color for different moods. Sometimes I don’t want it dark—I want colorful lights, just like a mood lamp. So I decided to make one myself.

👉 MoodLights.app | App Store Link

⏳ This is a one-day offer, valid only on November 29. Must download today before it goes back to being paid.

Thanks again to this amazing community for your support—you’re the best! Enjoy the apps, and let me know your thoughts in the comments! 😊

Recently released my App for tvOS that allows you to build custom content for your home or signage for your business.

Put your Apple TV to use when you're NOT watching TV!

It's free to build one screen.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1glanceapp/id6468119714

Lots of example on my Website: https://1Glance.app

Setup:
Apple TV 4K 3rd generation 128GB (purchased 2 weeks ago)
Ethernet connection to router
Samsung 75" TU7000 series TV
Samsung S series soundbar (via HDMI eARC connection)
TV setup to pass-through audio to the soundbar

Apple TV settings:
Match content = off
Audio = auto
Apple TV detects that audio is going to "receiver speakers"

Problem:
UPDATE: I have found that if I go back to the home screen and use the remote to navigate around quickly, it will "coax" the sound to come back. So at this time, I no longer need to reboot the Apple TV. It seems that the sound goes to sleep or something and by using the remote to navigate it will eventually start making the navigation clicks again, letting me know the sound is back. I hope this helps.

Original post (on Apple Forums):
Immediately after upgrading to TVOS 17 I noticed audio issues that first present within a minute of uptime. While on the home screen, the system clicks only intermittently play. This is also true when in apps (Settings, Hulu, Netflix, Disney+, etc.)

Within a few hours of uptime, the audio issues "bleed" to streaming. Presenting as no audio at all.

I force quit the streaming apps, to no effect. Also no audio on home screen or other apps.

Restarting the Apple TV provides a temporary work around.

I believe this to be a software bug. I had the Apple TV for about 2 weeks prior to upgrading to TVOS 17 and there were no audio issues.

I have performed the following troubleshooting steps:
Reset TV to factory and reapplied all settings
Swapped HDMI cables
Changed Apple TV audio settings from auto to 16 bit and changed formats instead of using auto.
If I change audio output on TV from soundbar to TV speakers it seems to improve but that cannot be the answer here.

is anyone else having this issue? Has anyone fixed it? Does anyone have a lead on the next TVOS update from Apple?

https://developer.apple.com/news/releases/ says so, but https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 says no security fixes. What was fixed then?

tvOS 15.0

https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/21/apple-tv-os-15-screensavers/

Hello everyone!

Does the Apple TV 4K 2021 support AV1 and VP9-2 codecs.

I read everywhere that it doesn't, but I have read several people who say they have 4K HDR on Youtube that works with the VP9-2 codec.

And I have read several people who say they have managed to play AV1 videos in 4K.

How come ?

Is it just software decoding and not hardware decoding?

https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/218633. I confirmed with two old 3G Apple TVs minutes ago. I wonder what it fixed. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 doesn't show any security fixes for it.