Apple TV 6.1 Software Update Makes Hiding Channels Easier - Mac Rumors

Alongside the launch of iOS 7.1, Apple today updated its Apple TV software to version 6.1, adding a much-requested feature that allows users to hide unwanted channel icons from the main screen without needing to access the Parental Controls menu. The hiding feature joins an already existing rearranging feature, letting users further customize their Apple TV home screens as the number of channels has grown significantly in recent months.

Arranging or hiding icons can be initiated by selecting an item in the main menu and then pressing and holding on the Select button of the remote control until the icon jiggles, much as how icon rearranging functions within iOS. Icons can be moved using directional buttons, with Play/Pause available for more options.

The Apple TV software was last updated to version 6.0.1 in October, following the release of the 6.0 software in September, which brought several new features including iTunes Radio and AirPlay from iCloud. Earlier this week, the Apple TV gained a new iTunes Festival channel ahead of SXSW.

Users can download the Apple TV 6.1 software through the Apple TV’s over-the-air update mechanism found in Settings --> General –-> Software Update.

Add this feature to iOS for iPhone and iPad!

Finally! No more annoying posts about not being able to hide apps (when you could, in a convoluted way)!

Sweet! An easy way for a grown man to hide 8 Disney channels

Neato.

Now release an App Store and a dope 4th gen AppleTV :D

BRB, hiding 80% of all icons...

I wonder what Apple will do on Apple TV Software later...

Safari feels.... oh sorry, wrong device.

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