Ever since I discovered I can temporarily play at 2x speed on my iPad by simply holding down on the screen, it’s my absolute favorite feature – perfect for speeding up boring parts but still catching the things that get said.
Now I want to use it on my Apple TV! Unfortunately, the 2x speed is only selectable from the Video menu, which requires many clicks to navigate to and turn on, and then many more clicks to navigate to and turn off.
It’s been confirmed that the temporary 2x features does not exist on Apple TV: 2x temp playback speed is not working on old Apple TV
So this is a feature request for a similar “press-and-hold” 2x speed. I don’t know how much flexibility the app has in responding to remote events, but the intuitive equivalent to me would be simply holding down the middle button of the clickpad – or, if possible, even better might be just resting the finger on the touch-sensitive clickpad? The same way you currently just rest your finger anywhere on the screen for iOS.
Really, the temporary 2x speed is just a godsend for lectures, reality TV, crazy long suspense scenes that go on forever in horror… so bringing that to Apple TV would be amazing.