With the arrival of tvOS 26, Apple has made a subtle but very user-friendly change to the way the Apple TV screen saver works. While the ‘A bird’s-eye view’ screen saver previously automatically showed a selection of aerial images, users now have significantly more control over what exactly they see.
The Bird’s-eye view mode has been providing beautiful aerial views of cities, oceans, landscapes and other high-resolution spatial images for years. Although this feature is a popular screen saver, previously users could only toggle the categories on or off. With the arrival of tvOS 26, it is now also possible to hide specific parts, which is useful if you have seen the Grand Canyon after years.
Control what you see
Since tvOS 26, the screen saver has been further improved and divided into different sections. Users can now choose which images they want to show or hide per category under ‘At a glance’. For example, the ‘Landscape’ category contains dozens of videos of the most beautiful locations on earth. Each of these components can be managed separately, so you can, for example, disable the videos of the Grand Canyon.
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- Open Settings on your Apple TV
- Navigate to ‘Screen Saver’
- Go to ‘Screen saver preferences’
- Choose ‘At a glance’
- Select ‘Choose screen saver’
You can then select a category in the sidebar and view all items. The screen saver rotates through the Bird’s-eye view images on your Apple TV. Hide the images you do not want to see by selecting them in the overview and pressing the selection button on the remote control. Items with a crossed out eye are no longer shown during the screen saver.