Has anyone else run into this?
In tvOS 27.0, clicking the right or left side of the Siri Remote’s clickpad ring while music was playing under the Aerial screen saver would skip to the next or previous track. The screen saver would stay running, and my app would receive MPRemoteCommandCenter’s nextTrackCommand or previousTrackCommand.
Since tvOS 27.2 RC (24K120), those clicks change the Aerial instead. Playback stays on the same track, and neither command reaches the app. I’ve confirmed it still happens in the public release of 27.2.
Setup:
Apple TV 4K, 2nd generation
Silver Siri Remote
Clickpad set to Click and Touch
Aerial screen saver
To reproduce, start music playback, wait for Aerial to start, then physically click the right or left side of the clickpad ring.
I’ve also reproduced the same behavior in Apple’s Podcasts app. Testers initially reported it as a bug in our app, Playris, but our logs show the remote commands simply stop arriving while Aerial is active.
Apple’s support article describes tapping left or right to change songs during Aerial playback. On this remote, tapping hasn’t worked for me on either version; clicking the ring was what worked on 27.0.
I’ve filed FB25262013. Is there a supported workaround for apps using MPRemoteCommandCenter, or does this need a fix in tvOS?