TVNZ+ Upgrade - What's Changing?

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#3482403 20-Apr-2026 10:44

freitasm:

Here's the problem I'm seeing on the Amazon Fire TV Stick. It looks like they have not updated the old app with the correct Amazon links.

I get the same on my Fire TV 4K Max (1st gen) but selecting the "Continue" option allows you to carry on using the existing App without an update. Not sure how long this will last.

Casting from my phone to an old Chromecast appears to work ok, but on a Sony tv with Chromecast built in get stuttering and pauses

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#3482407 20-Apr-2026 11:18

I am told they are waiting Amazon approval for the app update to be available on Fire TV.

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#3482409 20-Apr-2026 11:29

Don't make a mistake entering the code, because you can't go back and edit it even before going to log in.

And only their featured selections have big thumbnails now, so harder to see every other item when scrolling sideways from the other side of the room.

I feel like all my comments are negative, and they are, but I fail to see a single improvement whatsoever. None of the plethora of problems are balanced out by any fundamentally improved feature anywhere else. The UI changes, though subtle, make it harder to use, the app locking up and various login problems just shouldn't happen, and the total blindness of putting out a press release that says how great it is, rather than acknowledging the issues people are having is pretty poor PR.

The 9:16 aspect ratio that seems locked even if you rotate the phone is inexcusable when (almost?) all your content is 16:9, yet that's touted as a great new feature in the media release.

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