Using TvOs 17.1. When I use the native search app, it only displays results for music and podcasts. With Siri disabled, if I use the dictation search button on the remote, I receive similar results. With Siri enabled and using the dictation on the remote, I get results for movies and TV across apps. Is it normal behavior for the native search app (no Siri) to display no movie or tv results, and only be able to search for them with Siri global search?
Apple TV 4K
This exact same thing is happening to me also. I found a workaround though. If I first go into the Apple TV app, and then do my search within the TV app, I am given movie results once again. I doubt this is the intended behavior. Perhaps a future update to TVOs will fix the issue.
As the current experience is different from the documentation, I would suggest to report this bug as a problem with (probably) the current version tvOS software: Feedback - Apple TV - Apple.
The same issue is happening to us. This appears to a new problem with TVOS 17 or TVOS 17.1. Hey apple, any idea whats going on?
Apple TV 4K Search App vs Siri
