Since upgrading to TVOS 18 I've experienced a situation where using the fast forward or rewind buttons on my Apple TV remote will turn on closed captioning. At first I thought it was the remote and then when my second Apple TV auto upgraded and I experienced the same behavior it felt like it was a TVOS 18 thing. Anyone else seeing anything like this.
Apple TV 4K, tvOS 18
About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates - Apple Support
What's new in tvOS 18
Subtitles
* Subtitles appear when you mute audio or when you skip back, up to 30 seconds.
It seems intended for the “What did s/he say?” moments.
About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates - Apple Support
What's new in tvOS 18
Subtitles
* Subtitles appear when you mute audio or when you skip back, up to 30 seconds.
It seems intended for the “What did s/he say?” moments.
The other day when I skipped back I saw the message about closed captioning would be on for a few seconds (don't recall how many it said). So it's not as obnoxious as I thought. I didn't see that message previously and was going into the CC settings and turning it off. Now that I know it's on for a few seconds it's not that bad. Still, would be nice if there was a setting in Apple TV somewhere that would let you turn this off if you wanted to. But overall the nuisance meter dropped point or two. Thanks for the replies.
I searched all over the menu and internet on how to toggle this off, and the best I can tell, Apple considers this a feature…
Interesting. It didn't happen with TVOS 17 that I could tell. Definitely feels like it started with TVOS 18.
100% tvOS 18
TVOS 18.0 turns on unintentional closed captioning
