Aerial Screensavers on Apple TV

Sadly, Apple has seemingly abandoned its plans for the TV and Movies screensaver that it announced during last year’s WWDC keynote. It was quietly scrapped in late November when Apple scrubbed all references to it from its Apple TV 4K webpage.

Some had hoped it was being delayed until the next major release of tvOS, but the silence on this one suggests it’s probably now entirely off the table. Instead, all we’re getting in the way of new screensavers this year is a new aerial collection of scenes from India, specifically Goa and Kerala.

These don’t appear to be in the rotation yet, but one new feature in tvOS 26 will give you more control over which aerial screensavers you want to see. Previously, you could only exclude entire categories, such as omitting all underwater screensavers. However, tvOS 26 will let you hide specific sets.

In typical beta 1 fashion, the screen for this isn’t fully baked yet — only empty placeholders are shown — but it can be found in the Settings app under Screen Saver > Aerials > Choose Aerials, where you’ll be able to browse through all the screen savers in the four categories and hide any you don’t want included.