How I tricked my Apple TV into working with Netfli...

For causes I do not know if I am going to ever perceive, Apple and Netflix simply don’t seem to get along. Each main streaming service integrates instantly into the Apple TV app, which helps you to entry your watchlist and simply proceed watching one thing with out having to open up the particular app. It is a good timesaver as you solely should open up a single app to entry all the pieces.

Exterior of an error that built-in Netflix into the app, there would not appear to be any indication that Netflix and Apple will lastly enter a partnership. Meaning you continue to have to enter the Netflix app to proceed watching your exhibits. Clearly, that is not the top of the world, however I admire saving time once I can. Though it isn’t the identical factor, I discovered a workaround that permits you to get the following neatest thing. One of the best a part of all of it is that it takes just some seconds to arrange.

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The right way to make Netflix and Apple play properly

It is easy and straightforward

Should you’re like me, you in all probability do not do quite a lot of tweaking to your Apple TV 4K’s house web page, however there’s fairly a bit you are able to do. In case you have many various apps put in, you may categorize them into folders simply to make issues much less cluttered. What you won’t have recognized is that your app’s place issues. Apps within the high row of your Apple TV homepage act in another way as you are in a position to hover over them and nonetheless have entry to the very high of the display. By doing this, you may get entry to Netflix with out opening the app.

All it’s a must to do is maintain down the massive heart circlepad in your Apple TV distant whereas having the Netflix icon chosen on your own home display. This can pull up the choice to Edit House Display, and from there, you wish to drag your Netflix tile to the highest row. You will have to maneuver one thing out of the spot, so simply transfer one thing you do not ever use. When you do that, you may scroll by means of your Netflix picks on the high of the display so long as you might have the Netflix app chosen. It’s extremely restricted, and you will must open the app to see all the pieces, however that is greater than sufficient for getting again into what you watched final. I additionally suppose it is good to see a number of the new issues hitting Netflix, even in the event you get much more data by opening the app itself.

This undoubtedly would not repair all the problems you could possibly have with Netflix not integrating with Apple TV, however I discovered it to be a pleasant workaround within the meantime. I might nonetheless very a lot desire full integration throughout the app, however I am going to take this for now.

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A troublesome-to-swallow tablet

I am undecided if there can be something higher than this workaround with regards to Apple and Netflix. Each main app seems on the Apple TV app besides Netflix, and it would not appear like there are any plans to alter that. Netflix has acknowledged up to now that it desires subscribers to really scroll by means of the app as a substitute of having the ability to entry it by means of different means.

We all know the know-how to make the combination is so simple as a flip of a change resulting from it randomly working earlier in 2025. Because it seems, that was short-lived, so it would not look like there’s going to be any deal struck, as a lot as I might like one to be. On the very least, I hope you may make the most of this easy trick to get your Netflix Continue Watching list to point out up in your Apple TV house display. It isn’t the true deal, nevertheless it’s the very best we’ll get for proper now.

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