Why won't Apple TV + autoplay next episode?

There is a work around if you stream from iPhone it will continue playing automatically

This issue was brought to Apple’s attention about a year ago. Auto play doesn’t work for purchased content. It’s a software glitch that they don’t seem to care about fixing. I was planning on buying more content and using the platform more but have held off because of this. It’s really frustrating and disappointing.

Unfortunately discovered this bug after purchasing content. Apple is supposed to be the most user friendly “it just works” interface. Simply put this doesn’t work, and reflects poorly on their streaming service by association.

why autoplay hasn’t been corrected in a world of binge watching is just silly. The experience just causes frustration with no immersion.

Had the exact same query... ended up on Reddit finding out others are having the same issue. I made a thread:

The only thing preventing me from making the switch to tv+...

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The ability to skip intros, skip recap, and play next or auto play next episode. Been wanting this for a couple of years now. Honestly I've become really spoiled by the features other streaming apps provide which tv+ sorely lacks.

For reference, I'm deep in the Apple ecosystem and it's my preferred OS for anything, I have the new ATV4K 2021, and it's a huge pain in the *** when watching a series in iTunes or in the tv+ app.

Anyone else have this problem? Any workarounds?

I agree with you in sentiment. The only thing we disagree on is intentionality. I still believe that Apple is intentionally providing this somewhat crippled version of a streaming service, because it’s financially beneficial for them to do so. So it’s not an issue of incompetence; it’s one of intentional neglect, as well as blatant dishonesty in their refusing to come clean about it.

However, if enough people would stop spending money on the Apple streaming products or services, it might force them to correct this injustice against the loyal Apple consumers, whom they have short-changed with their pitiful excuse for a streaming platform.

Its ridiculous this is still an issue. I purchase The Office on AppleTV and it's painful to watch it this way. Especially for a series witch such short episodes.

Why apple can’t solve this issue? Going on for long time now. We want see THE NEXT EPISODE AUTOMATICALLY. Thanks

This is such a ridiculous problem. Autoplaying the next episode in a series is a basic feature of literally every streaming service. The people who designed Apple TV should be sacked and replaced by llamas.

Currently trying to watch Silicon Valley while working from home after just purchasing the entire series, and it is extremely frustrating to constantly have to exit the episode when credits roll just to swipe right and click play for every new episode. Apple has this very strange tendency to claim their customers have a 99% satisfaction rate because everything “just works” but then they have all these annoying little issues that they never care to solve for their users until years later. Clearly they aren’t reading these posts and the team in charge of streaming on Apple TV functionality is completely useless since “auto play” is literally a basic feature of every streaming service now and has been for years. This is especially frustrating for short shows like The Office, and I know they are aware of it because the Apple TV app on iPad and iPhone DOES do auto play next episode. They e literally just ignored that function on the ONLY device dedicated ENTIRELY to consuming films and television shows. Please fire whomever is in charge of this.

Sincerely,

Apple TV Customers

Apple is the most technologically brilliant, innovative company in the world. They do not tolerate “bugs” or “glitches.”

The reason their next episodes won’t automatically play is to purposely make it tedious for customers who want to binge-watch...or to put their favorite show on to play in the background while they are spending time at home.

This frees up AppleTv’s servers and saves them a lot of money! Very smart business model...until people have had enough of it and go elsewhere to stream tv shows.

I still love Apple. But I rarely use their streaming service because of their internal policies to limit the customers access to comfortable streaming. Amazon Prime Video is way better! They let you watch several episodes before asking you if you’re still watching.

So...this was still not resolved? When I Dm'd an apple TV help account they told me how to watch The Office from Watch Next...but then it started to only play a select few...until I would play the next directly from Tv shows - Itunes app so it was as if the Apple TV app knew to continue from there....but then it stared to do it again and then always go back to a certain episode...and now it doesn't automatically play anything anymore.

This seems to be such a silly issue that should've been fixed by now.

Oh please. I get being a fan of Apple, but this is honestly just pathetic reasoning... I hold Apple accountable to certain standards and criticisms precisely because I enjoy their products and content. Let's not stick our heads in the mud and pretend everything is fine and Apple is amazing no matter what. Have some self-respect.

Apple will not fix this simple problem for another 10 years. That’s how they work. Get used to it. How long did we have to wait for Picture in Picture multitasking on iOS? And their reasoning was “we had to wait until it was PERFECT.” It still isn’t perfect.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

Simple technology that’s been available forever.

A f*cking iPod could automatically play the next track.

A f*cking CD could automatically play the next track.

Get your sh*t together Apple.

About to stick strictly with Amazon.