# New AppleTV Plex Client - Lost functionality

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-appletv-plex-client-lost-functionality/945826>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** apple-tv\
**Created:** [November 11, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-appletv-plex-client-lost-functionality/945826 "2026-11-11T14:54:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![pjpmccarthy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pjpmccarthy/32/750_2.png) [@pjpmccarthy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pjpmccarthy)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-appletv-plex-client-lost-functionality/945826/1 "2026-11-11T14:54:05Z")

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Team,

I’m a longtime Plex user that bought a lifetime pass in 2009. I’ve incorporated OTA with an HDhomerun. I find that the new appleTV client has lost some functionality that I used every day:

- The old client let you select **OTA only / Plex channels only / merged**
- Favorites could be managed in **one place**
- Category filtering worked across the combined guide
- The redesign now requires switching between separate Live TV areas
- This adds friction for users who actually use both Plex FAST channels and a local tuner

I hope that some or all of these features will make it into the new client.

- Paul McCarthy

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/new-appletv-plex-client-lost-functionality/945826/2 "2026-11-11T15:04:34Z")

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It seems there are already a few suggestions addressing what you’re asking for.  
Please comment/vote in those suggestions to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes.

Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion, I’ll close this thread a a duplicate.

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> [@pjpmccarthy](#):
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> - The old client let you select **OTA only / Plex channels only / merged**
> - Favorites could be managed in **one place**

> [@Allow Combined Live TV & Plex Channels in Favorites](https://forums.plex.tv/t/allow-combined-live-tv-plex-channels-in-favorites/931079/1):
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> I would like you to bring back the combined Live TV & Plex Channels as favorites in the TV Guide on Roku. It allows seamless scrolling through the guide and time slots. It is the single feature that “sealed the deal” to make us cord cutters. The new separation of content will mean that we will likely not ever look at the Plex Channels. The new navigation from Live TV to Plex Channels is cumbersome and not fluid.

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> [@pjpmccarthy](#):
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> - Category filtering worked across the combined guide

[https://forums.plex.tv/t/bring-back-browse-tab-in-live-tv-guide/934270/1](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bring-back-browse-tab-in-live-tv-guide/934270/1)