The second beta of iOS 15.2 arrived a few days ago. Some of the new features focus on posting “Hide My Email” in the Mail app or parenting news in the Messages app. However, other novelties have appeared over the days. One of them is in the design of the Apple TV application on iPad. The new version includes a new sidebar that replaces the lower tabs in addition to a new shortcut to the iTunes Store. This design will be released with the release of the final version of iOS 15.2 for all users.
A new sidebar in the second beta of iOS 15.2 in the Apple TV app
The Redesigned Apple TV app for iPad It is now available in the second developer beta version iOS 15.2. This version was released alongside watchOS 8.3 and macOS Monterey 12.1, both in their second beta version also for developers. The new app design removes lower tabs you were browsing with by the request and is replaced by a sidebar like in other applications such as Safari, Photos or Files.
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Apple launches second public beta of iOS 15.2, iPadOS 15.2, tvOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3 and macOS Monterrey 12.1
You can see the new design in the screenshot offered by 9to5mac. In the new sidebar we can see all the information we previously found at the bottom: view now, originals, search, movies, shared, etc. In addition, a new element is added: Shop. Now the Apple TV app will include in a separate article anything that has a rental or purchase option available in the iTunes Store. Previously, this content was mixed with content from the Apple TV app, making it impossible to really discern what was on demand and what was not.
This new design highlights the new homogenization that Apple is trying to integrate into all of its applications. Leaving the bottom menus aside a bit by going on a new model based on sidebars that they can take full advantage of the screens of their devices, especially iPads.
