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calm

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#3494982 25-May-2026 06:23

RunningMan:

@FineWine they have been trotting out that excuse for a month - see here.

How they could possibly think signing off on a platform that doesn't support landscape when all their content is landscape is beyond me. The whole thing is so far from being fit for public release.

yeah i sent some feedback too after checking this thread and working out it was not just me. i said that it was not fit for purpose if i cannot do landscape...

Goosey

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#3494984 25-May-2026 06:28

Finding that the iPad app opens in portrait mode until you hit “channels” to watch anything live and it flips to landscape….then when content finishes it reverts back to portrait).

RunningMan

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#3499005 1-Jun-2026 07:04

Noticed that the Apple TV app that previously held the number 1 position in the ATV app store has dropped to number 8. No guesses needed as to why.

Morgenmuffel

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#3499019 1-Jun-2026 09:42

AppleTV 4th gen original thingie

Have they pushed a fix/new version if the app recently?

As I noticed my continue watching is now in the correct order

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RunningMan

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#3499044 1-Jun-2026 11:32

Suspect the continue watching issue is a server side thing, independent of the client used, so probably a partial fix at their end.

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#3499784 3-Jun-2026 10:03

Apple TV version 7.0.4 is out.

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RunningMan

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#3499790 3-Jun-2026 10:28

And for reference, the garbage picture quality remains on some shows. From is still sitting at less than 1Mb/s with the picture a soft blury mess, including the ads.

Scrolling around the UI is jumpy and jerky, even on the current model ATV, whereas the previous app was fine even on a 10 year old ATV HD.

They have updated the splash screen though, so presumably that justifies a new version number and makes all the difference to a good viewing experience. Not.

calm

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#3500073 4-Jun-2026 07:02

it quit/crashed while watching last night on the appletv. this morning i see it has logged me out but will not recognise my email to log back in. anyone else?

calm

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#3500077 4-Jun-2026 07:22

calm:

it quit/crashed while watching last night on the appletv. this morning i see it has logged me out but will not recognise my email to log back in. anyone else?

forced update to app and it is not giving incorrect error messages. yay?

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#3500161 4-Jun-2026 10:45

It's been behaving quite well for me recently on ATV as far as navigation and watching goes. Only real pain is the continue watching section not updating.

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#3500165 4-Jun-2026 10:57

I guess to summarise where things are at, specifically using Apple TV client (currently v 7.0.4):

1) The crashing/freezing/lock ups seem to have been fixed.

2) Remembering watch history/place has improved, but still problematic.

3) Picture quality - still dreadful on some shows (From is a repeatable example) and fine on others. Unclear if this is a client or server side issue though.

4) App UI is jumpy, scrolling not smooth, even on most recent ATV.

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#3500184 4-Jun-2026 11:33

RunningMan:

I guess to summarise where things are at, specifically using Apple TV client (currently v 7.0.4):

1) The crashing/freezing/lock ups seem to have been fixed.

2) Remembering watch history/place has improved, but still problematic.

3) Picture quality - still dreadful on some shows (From is a repeatable example) and fine on others. Unclear if this is a client or server side issue though.

4) App UI is jumpy, scrolling not smooth, even on most recent ATV.

The UI is now smooth and fast on my ATV 4K 128 GB.

RunningMan

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#3500199 4-Jun-2026 12:37

Hmm, perhaps that has improved.

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#3500736 6-Jun-2026 12:02

Apple TV 7.0.5 released.

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#3500750 6-Jun-2026 12:35

I'm going back to my previous observation that the UI is jumpy - particularly scrolling up and down on say the home screen.

And still sub 1Mb/s stream using From as a test show.

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