Apple Seeds Third Beta of tvOS 17.2 to Developers

Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming tvOS 17.2 to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the release of the second tvOS 17.2 beta.

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Registered developers are able to download the tvOS 17.2 update by opting in to the beta through the Settings app on the Apple TV. A registered developer account is required.

tvOS updates are often minor in scale compared to other operating system updates, focusing primarily on bug fixes and smaller improvements rather than notable outward-facing changes, but tvOS 17.2 introduces an overhauled ‌Apple TV‌ app.

The app now includes a sidebar that houses content from both Apple's services and streaming services that integrate with the tvOS Watch Now feature. There are dedicated sections for Search, Watch Now, ‌Apple TV+‌, MLS Season Pass, Sports, the Store, and the Library at the top of the sidebar, along with dedicated sections for streaming services like ABC, CBS, Comedy Central, Hulu, ESPN, Discovery, Peacock, Prime Video, and more.

You can click into each streaming service to see content that's available specifically on that service, and there's also a new My TV section that replaces "My Channels."

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Top Rated Comments

bigpoppa Avatar
9 months ago

Can't wait to see if this fixes spoken search to work in each app rather than activating system-wide Siri.
It’s not broken. What they did was change how the button reacts. If you’re in a search field, just tap the button once and it acts as it should. Long press invokes Siri. Just don’t press the button that long.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
EndlessSummer71 Avatar
9 months ago

Hopefully Apple fixed their 5.1 issues with beta 3.
It's finally fixed!
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
srbNYC Avatar
9 months ago
Can't wait to see if this fixes spoken search to work in each app rather than activating system-wide Siri.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
iOSBry Avatar
9 months ago

It’s not broken. What they did was change how the button reacts. If you’re in a search field, just tap the button once and it acts as it should. Long press invokes Siri. Just don’t press the button that long.
This works perfectly; wish it was more discoverable in tvOS - they should display a pop-up explaining the new behavior.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
iOSBry Avatar
9 months ago

It’s not broken. What they did was change how the button reacts. If you’re in a search field, just tap the button once and it acts as it should. Long press invokes Siri. Just don’t press the button that long.
Oh, thank you! Will test this tomorrow.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Broken Hope Avatar
9 months ago
Hopefully Apple fixed their 5.1 issues with beta 3.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)