Apple seems to be engaged on a big change on how customers can arrange their watch queue within the Apple TV app. In iOS 18.1 the long-standing Up Subsequent queue has been renamed to ‘Proceed Watching’, and a brand new separate Watchlist part might be discovered on the Residence tab.
The Watchlist solely contains TV exhibits and films that the person has explicitly added to look at later. This accountability was beforehand dealt with by Up Subsequent, which additionally blended in objects that the person was presently within the midst of watching.
In its present beta state, the brand new function doesn’t appear to be totally carried out. For one, whereas Up Subsequent has been renamed to Proceed Watching, its performance is identical as earlier variations. It comprises the identical objects, together with not too long ago added objects that are actually additionally discovered within the Watchlist.
You possibly can think about that this will likely change in future betas. Equally, the Watchlist is presently discovered solely on the Residence tab and requires scrolling a number of screenfuls value of distance downwards. When the function is completed, we’d anticipate it’s situated in a extra outstanding place (and maybe additionally linked from the Library tab).
Assuming these adjustments occur earlier than it ships to the general public, it will assist simplify the way in which the TV app works, bringing it nearer to the habits of each different standard streaming service app, which cleanly delineate the listing of content material the person has added to look at sooner or later, and the listing of content material presently in progress of being watched by the person.
The outdated Apple TV app idea of Up Subsequent — utilizing a single listing that mixed watch queue and presently watching content material objects — was fairly complicated for customers coming to the TV app for the primary time.
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