The Apple TV’s Universal Search feature, which allows viewers to discover content across multiple streaming apps via a text or Siri voice search, has added support for several new apps in the United States, Canada and other locales.
In the United States, AHC Go (American History Channel), Destination America Go, Discover Life Go, Filmstruck, Shudder, Sundance Now, and Velocity Go have been updated with Universal Search support.
In Australia, AnimeLab and DocPlay support Universal Search, as do City Video and Crave in Canada.
In France, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain, the MUBI app has been updated with support for Universal Search.
The Universal Search functionality first debuted a few years back as a feature of the then new fourth-generation Apple TV. While the original list of supported apps was limited to iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and Showtime, Apple has since slowly added new apps that are compatible with the feature.
Currently, Universal Search includes support for:
- ABC
- A&E
- AHC GO
- AMC
- Animal Planet Go
- Apple Music
- BET
- Bravo Now
- Cartoon Network
- CBS
- Comedy Central
- Cooking Channel
- Crackle
- Crunchyroll
- Curiosity Stream
- CW
- CW Seed
- Destination America GO
- Discovery GO
- Discovery Life GO
- DIY
- E! Now
- Filmstruck
- Food Network
- FOXNOW
- Freeform
- FXNOW
- Hallmark
- HBO GO
- HBO NOW
- HGTV
- History
- Hopster
- Hulu
- Investigative Discovery GO
- Lifetime
- MTV
- MUBI
- NBC
- PBS
- PBS Kids
- Science Discovery GO
- SHOWTIME
- SHOWTIME Anytime
- Shudder
- Spike
- Starz
- Sundance Now
- Syfy Now
- TBS
- Telemundo Now
- TLC GO
- TNT
- Travel Channel
- Tribeca Shortlist
- USA NOW
- Velocity GO
- VH1
Users can control which apps appear in Universal Search by doing the following.
On your Apple TV, go to Settings > Apps > TV. On your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > TV. Then you can adjust these settings:
- Turn Up Next on or off: If you don’t want to display the viewing history in the TV app on your device—past or future—turn off Up Next. When you turn off Up Next on your device, the setting turns off only on that device, and your viewing information won’t sync to your other devices anymore (until you turn Up Next back on).
- Remove content from certain apps: To remove an app’s past or future content from the TV app, select the app that you want to clear. Then choose Remove or Remove and Clear Play History.
- Clear viewing history: To remove your viewing history from the TV app, select Clear Play History.
