AppleTV app on iPad wont autoplay next downloaded episode

iPad running iOS 17. AppleTV app with multiple downloaded episodes of shows will not auto play after the initially started episode concludes. I have to manually start the next one. I have verified the Auto-Play Video Previews accessibility setting is enabled. As well as the auto-play setting within the TV app.

Posted on Jul 20, 2025 6:50 PM

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Posted on Jul 21, 2025 10:51 AM

The ᴀᴜᴛᴏ-ᴘʟᴀʏ Play Next Episode option in the TV app account settings should govern this behavior.

If that is set to On (slider), and it still doesn’t work, then please contact Apple Support. As my iPad is on iPadOS 18.5, I can’t really check if that was different on iPadOS 17, but I don’t think so.


Are these episodes from an Apple TV+ show? Apple TV app Channel? Third party app? Store purchase? Synced content from other non-DRM’ed sources?

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Jul 21, 2025 10:51 AM in response to Turner595

The ᴀᴜᴛᴏ-ᴘʟᴀʏ Play Next Episode option in the TV app account settings should govern this behavior.

If that is set to On (slider), and it still doesn’t work, then please contact Apple Support. As my iPad is on iPadOS 18.5, I can’t really check if that was different on iPadOS 17, but I don’t think so.


Are these episodes from an Apple TV+ show? Apple TV app Channel? Third party app? Store purchase? Synced content from other non-DRM’ed sources?

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