Apple has added three new streaming apps to its fourth-generation Apple TV’s Universal Search function. The three apps added are from popular networks Comedy Central, MTV, and VH1.
For those unfamiliar with universal search, it is a feature that lets users conduct Siri voice searches or text-based searches to find TV and movie content across a wide range of apps. At launch, universal search supported only a few apps, but Apple has been adding new apps on a regular basis.
Supported channels in the United States include:
- Movies and TV shows in iTunes
- ABC
- A&E
- Bravo
- CBS
- Comedy Central
- Cooking Channel
- Disney Channel
- Disney Jr
- Disney XD
- DIY
- E!
- Food Network
- FOXNOW
- FXNOW
- FYI
- HBO GO
- HBO NOW
- HGTV
- History
- Hulu
- Lifetime
- MTV
- Nat Geo TV
- NBC
- Netflix
- PBS
- PBS Kids
- SHOWTIME
- SHOWTIME Anytime
- Starz
- Syfy
- Travel Channel
- USA
- VH1
Viewers outside of the United States aren’t as well served, with Netflix and iTunes the only apps supported by Universal Search in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Most other countries currently only see support for iTunes.
For more information on how to use search with Siri on the fourth-generation Apple TV, visit the Apple support website.
