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Aug 2, 2024, 9:48:00 AM8/2/24

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For example, netflix, on the apple plus app under my profile, will my shows from Netflix show up and only mine. Then for my wifes profile only hers will show up? Or based on the account used to log in with on Netflix on the main apple TV box will that be the shows that are shown across multiple platforms?

However the individual apps, like Netflix, Hulu, Prime etc... do not in most cases support multiple accounts and will use whichever account is signed in to the App at the time its being used regardless of which Apple ID is active on the Apple TV.

Apps however do support multiple profiles, so if you and your wife have your own profile within each app, you will be able to change to your profile within the App independently of the Apple ID being signed in.

If you each have your own subscription and account with each app and not just a profile within the same account, then you would need to sign the other person out of the app and sign in with your account.

If you want to run an app on a different profile than what the Apple TV is currently logged into then simply change the profile and all billing and preferences for the different profile will be used. Very very simple to do. For example, my wife and I have different profiles and preferences and we are Netflix customers. We both use the same Apple ID for billing however we like to watch different types of content. When she is logged into her account, she sees her preferences and what she has watched in the past, what she would like to watch etc, when I log in to my account then I see what I want.

Thanks. We have separate profiles now, and I am thinking about getting an Apple TV box to consolidate all the services into you. So to be clear, I sign in on the main box to all the accounts with the billing sign in IE Netflix and Apple TV plus. But then the profile on the apple TV app will ask which profile to use for each service. IE Netflix for wife profile on wifes profile for Apple TV plus? 180 dollars is alot to spend if we cant separate the profiles.

Guess what I am trying to say , on the apple tv app, my profile will house all the profiles from streaming apps like Netflix and Disney plus, but then my wifes profiles will consolidated under her own apple tv app profile.

For the 3rd party apps like Netflix, they will need to be signed in with one account that is paying for them, and is not really tied to the Apple ID logins on the Apple TV box in Settings. Netflix may be using the Apple ID as its account, but it is not tied to the Apple ID that is actually active in Settings.

No, The TV App and other Apple apps will use whichever Apple ID is currently active at the time you open the App. It will not ask, you will need to manually change the active Apple ID in Settings if you want to change the user for the Apple apps.

This is, as mentioned, unrelated to the account used for other 3rd party apps like Netflix. For those, if each of you is paying for your own subscription to Netflix, you will need to sign each other out of the App and sign in with your own account.

If you are using the same billing account for Netflix, but have different profiles inside the app, then you can just select the profile within the App you wish to use. But again, this is unrelated to the active Apple ID from the Settings App.

Again, no. Do not confuse accounts with profiles. Accounts hold profiles. Apple IDs do not have profiles. They are just one account that holds information for one user. The active Apple ID will not define what account is logged in to 3rd party apps like Netflix or Disney+, but may define what subscriptions are active for the channels within the Apple TV App.

3rd party Apps like Netflix use accounts with the billing information, and then hold different profiles for different users within that account so they can separate viewed content and likes and dislikes. These are not tied to the active Apple ID at all.

If you have Husband Apple ID and Wife Apple ID, but then you have a subscription account to Netflix with 2 profiles under that account for viewing content, these are unrelated to the Apple IDs. Again it may use the Apple ID as its account, but it has no connection to the Apple ID that is active in Settings.

Please add the ability to select from multiple accounts (similar to netflix profiles) when the twitch app is opened (android tv doesn't have this, at least, not sure about other tv apps). I share my television with family and it's a pain to log out and back in every time someone else uses the television.

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Is there a way to create multiple profiles on a single Roku account (similar to Netflix or Disney) My kids are complaining that when one watches a show on their Roku TV, it advances the same show on the other Roku TV and they lose the episode they had stopped at.

I hope Roku adds profiles in an upcoming update. They often announce some features in the summer, and roll them out (or start the months-long rollout) around October, but there's no official public schedule; it's just how they usually do it.

Do not read that to mean it's coming. I don't have any knowledge about that. Of the Big Four platforms (Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Android/Google TV) two have profiles and two do not. The other that doesn't has announced it as "coming soon." It may have already arrived there, but I don't know, as I've not looked into it deeply.

If you're using Netflix, then you have profiles within the app, and can already avoid that. So, I'm assuming you're using something other than Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, or some other app with profiles. I'm assuming the app can't handle what you're after via profiles.

Suppose you have the (making up a name) AmberFlix app. It doesn't have profiles, but it's a subscription service. You log in on your Roku. Now, imagine you share it with me. I have a totally different Roku account. What's on my Roku has no impact to what's on your Roku. They're totally separate. But you and I are friends, and are sharing accounts. I log in to AmberFlix using your AmberFlix account. If I watch a TV show, it advances on both my Roku and on your Roku. And on the AmberFlix app on your phone. And on my tablet. And on the FireTV app in the spare room. And on the Apple TV in the other guest room.

Thank you. We have separate profiles across the various subscription streaming services for those, this is particularly relating to the Roku channels that come with the Roku service. It sounds like the only way to bypass this issue is to create a separate account for each TV. Is that understanding correct?

My issue is with an older person. The number of pre-installed apps are confusing for someone who simply wants to watch channel 'X'. Say for example, they want to watch 'the view' on ABC. There is the ABC app and then Xfinity. If they use ABC they are only watching what was available via stream vs using Xfinity to watch the local ABC affiliate channel. If I could create a simple profile that only had Xfinity it would really help to avoid her getting confused and frustrated.

Starting from the Home position on the main menu, pressing OK takes the user from the menu on the left to the first position on the menu. Put the desired app there, and they're there with one key press.

I am not the original poster but I want to NOT have the same channels across every Roku in the house. I have channels that no one else would be interested in on the Roku in my office so they just become something to clutter navigating the Roku in the kitchen or living room. I am the only one who's really interested in The Week in Tech and some other technical/scientific channels. So I'd like to simplify channel selection outside of my office. I've read about having multiple Roku accounts as a possible solution. Any ideas on the best way to do that?

They would be separate, to be sure. But, if you subscribed directly to services (not via Roku Pay or within Roku Channel) you could use the same credentials on apps on the different devices. Both the device on the family account could sign in to the same Netflix account as your personal account. But no sharing across Roku Pay subscriptions.

Multiple users on the same account complicates recommendation process The majority of Netflix accounts are used by multiple people, typically members of a household, according to Neil Hunt, the company's chief product officer. Netflix relies on in-house algorithms to suggest titles, and they're partly based on the subscriber's viewing history and the history of users with similar tastes. When there are multiple people on the same account, Hunt says, the recommendation process becomes too much like hitting a moving target. Hunt tells The Verge that there's "no doubt in my mind," that the profile pages, which are offered free of charge, will lead to more customer satisfaction.

There are situations that are more likely than not to be actual violations, such as consistent log-ins to the same account during prime time at several repeating geographic locations within the same city, or daily simultaneous use in different countries or continents. There may exist isolated cases of legitimate use even within these occurrences, but they are hard to imagine and would certainly be in the minority.