Apple has been steadily adding partners for the universal search feature on Apple TV. Apple’s tvOS has topped 50 apps in the US plus local partners in other regions.
Apple TV universal search
Universal search is one of the more helpful features on Apple TV. It lets you find a TV show across various apps simply by asking Siri or performing a text search.
If you ask Siri to find “the latest James Bond movies” she will give you results from across all the apps that offer it, and highlight any option where it is included in one of your current subscriptions. That way you can easily find what you are looking for and identify the cheapest option. It will even include results from within apps that are not currently installed on Apple TV.
There are now over 50 apps included in universal search in the US. The more apps that are included, the more accurate search results will be.
Universal search is not available in every region as it ties in with Siri. The feature is currently offered in the US, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Span, and Sweden.
You can see the full list of partners for your region here. Apple is slowly but surely expanded universal search to more and more regions alongside with Siri voice search.
Apple TV universal search partners
| Movies and TV shows in iTunes |
| A&E |
| ABC |
| AMC |
| Animal Planet GO |
| Apple Music |
| Bravo |
| CBS |
| Comedy Central |
| Cooking Channel |
| Crunchyroll |
| CuriosityStream |
| CW Seed |
| Discovery GO |
| Disney Channel |
| Disney Jr |
| Disney X D |
| DIY |
| E! |
| Food Network |
| FOXNOW |
| FXNOW |
| FYI |
| Hallmark Channel |
| HBO GO |
| HBO NOW |
| HGTV |
| History |
| Hulu |
| Investigation Discovery GO |
| Lifetime |
| MTV |
| MUBI |
| Nat Geo TV |
| NBC |
| Netflix |
| PBS |
| PBS Kids |
| Science Channel GO |
| SHOWTIME |
| SHOWTIME Anytime |
| Starz |
| Syfy |
| TBS |
| Telemundo |
| The CW |
| TLC GO |
| TNT |
| Travel Channel |
| Tribeca Shortlist |
| USA |
| VH1 |
