Favorites on my Apple TV

reviewing the answers to this question on how to do favorites. What no one is saying that the TV App on ur TV doesn’t have a place to add to favorites. After much research and I have no idea why they make this hard to find a simple solution.


Apple TV on an android TV doesn’t have an option to add to favorites. Period. It does however, save recently watched shows in in favorites u just can’t access from the app on an android TV.


If u want to go in and add favorites you have to do it from ur iPhone as the favorites add button is in the top right corner when selecting a show.


Finally my question is why make it so hard? Options like favorites should be the same across devices! This type of frustration will lead to loss in sales to Apple as people don’t want to go to so much trouble to do a simple task.

Posted on Aug 5, 2021 7:25 AM

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Posted on Aug 5, 2021 7:52 AM

Using the [+Add] button adds that content to the Up Next queue list. You could use that as a kind of Favorites feature, but that is not its intended purpose, and maybe not that useful in the same way.

You can add items to Up Next on any of your devices with the Apple TV app, including the Apple TV app on your TV. Just like on iPhone, there is an [+Add]/[+Add to Up Next] button on the Details page of a movie or TV show, although more near other buttons on non-touch screen devices.


Apple TV app user guide for smart TVs and third party streaming devices - Apple Support

Apple TV user guide for the Apple TV box (tvOS 14) - Apple Support

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Aug 5, 2021 7:52 AM in response to Shadycrooks

Using the [+Add] button adds that content to the Up Next queue list. You could use that as a kind of Favorites feature, but that is not its intended purpose, and maybe not that useful in the same way.

You can add items to Up Next on any of your devices with the Apple TV app, including the Apple TV app on your TV. Just like on iPhone, there is an [+Add]/[+Add to Up Next] button on the Details page of a movie or TV show, although more near other buttons on non-touch screen devices.


Apple TV app user guide for smart TVs and third party streaming devices - Apple Support

Apple TV user guide for the Apple TV box (tvOS 14) - Apple Support

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