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This is the state of the Apple TV app on windows, it's literally unusable. If this is the way of apple deliberately making the UX worse on non apple devices, guess it's time to cancel my sub.
Windows
I couldn't find any. Uninstalling and reinstalling the app fixed it temporarily, but it came back just few moments later. I guess auto hiding the taskbar is the only solution for now.
I may have stumbled on a solution.
Start watching something with AppleTV+.
close window.
then open film from library. Worked for me last night
The on-screen controls are supposed to fade in a second or two, if the mouse pointer isn’t moving. Please verify that your mouse isn’t on an uneven surface that could cause the mouse pointer to move between two pixel positions back-and-forth.
To get rid of player controls - move cursor to far edge of screen.
I haven't figured out the taskbar issue, I just have to right click on the taskbar, go to taskbar settings, then behaviour, then hide taskbar automatically.
It's a pain but does at least allow you to watch full screen!
as @hawkeye26 mentioned, auto hide works to get rid of the taskbar.
For player controls there is a small workaround.
Play any Apple Event replays in the app, surprisingly these videos don't get this problem, you can watch it for a couple seconds then play your preferred movie/show. This time, the player controls hide as expected! It works for me sometime but you can try it! If you get the same bug again, you might need to repeat the process.
For persistent app issues, please report as product feedback: Feedback - Apple TV App - Apple
Nope. That's not the issue.
@Urquhart1244 This is not an isolated issue, there are reports of the same on reddit and ms store. Apple support was clueless.
Did that a month ago, they wouldn't fix something that is intended.
Did you end up finding a fix? Running into the same problem, super annoying
Not really a definitive fix, but you can set the taskbar to automatically hide under the taskbar behavior settings.
On Windows 11: Settings > Personalization > Taskbar behaviors
Have the same problem with the taskbar since last month.
Something was probably bad programmed.
Apple TV on Windows does not hide the player controls and taskbar
