How I tricked my Apple TV into working with Netflix

For causes I do not know if I will ever perceive, Apple and Netflix simply don’t seem to get along. Each main streaming service integrates straight 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 must open up a single app to entry every little thing.

Outdoors 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. Which means 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 recognize saving time after I can. Though it isn’t the identical factor, I discovered a workaround that permits you to get the subsequent smartest thing. The perfect a part of all of it is that it takes just some seconds to arrange.

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How you can make Netflix and Apple play properly

It is easy and straightforward

For those who’re like me, you in all probability do not do loads of tweaking to your Apple TV 4K’s dwelling web page, however there’s fairly a bit you are able to do. When you’ve got many various apps put in, you possibly can categorize them into folders simply to make issues much less cluttered. What you won’t have identified is that your app’s place issues. Apps within the prime 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 prime of the display. By doing this, you will get entry to Netflix with out opening the app.

All you must do is maintain down the massive middle 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 screen, and from there, you need 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 possibly can scroll by means of your Netflix picks on the prime 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 every little thing, 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 when you get much more data by opening the app itself.

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

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A tricky-to-swallow tablet

I am undecided if there can be something higher than this workaround in terms of Apple and Netflix. Each main app seems on the Apple TV app besides Netflix, and it would not appear to be there are any plans to vary 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 as a result of it randomly working earlier in 2025. Because it seems, that was short-lived, so it would not appear to be there’s going to be any deal struck, as a lot as I would like one to be. On the very least, I hope you possibly can reap the benefits of this straightforward trick to get your Netflix Continue Watching list to point out up in your Apple TV dwelling display. It isn’t the true deal, however it’s one of the best we’ll get for proper now.

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