Apple TV user select screen

[Luke 42077]

Is it consistent?

[gthrift 64]

On 11/29/2025 at 11:11 PM, Luke said:

Is it consistent?

Which part?

 

Apple TV - requires password no matter what if select user is enabled.  If login last user or login a selected user is enabled, switching profiles does not require a password.  

Android TV - I don’t think I’ve changed or set any particular setting, but I can check when I’m home tonight.   Once logged in, the password is remembered and the select user screen comes up every time allowing users to access their profile without any auth.  

iPhone client auto logs in as the last user and doesn’t require passwords for user switching for the 2 last user accounts.  Selecting Change User does show a login page   

Testing the browser, it is the same as Android TV.  The only time I notice a difference on the web, is when connecting off network, it requires auth every time, which is ideal.  

I don’t have a Roku.  It’s been a long time since I’ve used WebOS on my TV but I remember it being the same as Android TV.  

[Luke 42077]

I mean in the Emby app, not the platform’s profile system.

[gthrift 64]

12 minutes ago, Luke said:

I mean in the Emby app, not the platform’s profile system.

That is in the emby app.  It consistently requires the password when show user selection is enabled.   

[Deihmos 169]

On 11/19/2025 at 9:02 PM, gthrift said:

As far as I can tell it behaves similarly to Android TV.  I set it show login screen and it remembers the password for all users that have previously been logged in, which is what I would prefer for Apple TV.  

This is my experience on the Apple TV. The password is remembered and I have show login screen. 

[gthrift 64]

On 12/9/2025 at 7:57 PM, Deihmos said:

This is my experience on the Apple TV. The password is remembered and I have show login screen. 

Then what’s going on with my setup… 

 

i have 3 Apple TVs and it’s all the same. A password is required every time if show user selection is enabled.   @SamES

[SamES 1056]

On 02/12/2025 at 02:47, Luke said:

I mean in the Emby app, not the platform’s profile system.

@LukeOn the web app, if the Startup Behaviour is set to 'Show login screen', once a user has logged in once their password is remembered and it is not prompted for again until the user signs out.  You can switch between users and they are not prompted for password unless they sign out.

On ATV, when 'Show login screen' is selected we're not remembering their password and they need to enter the password on each user switch, even if they have previously logged in.

Assuming thet the web app function is the expected behaviour, then we will need to update the ATV to do the same.

[SamES 1056]

3 minutes ago, SamES said:

@LukeOn the web app, if the Startup Behaviour is set to 'Show login screen', once a user has logged in once their password is remembered and it is not prompted for again until the user signs out.  You can switch between users and they are not prompted for password unless they sign out.

On ATV, when 'Show login screen' is selected we're not remembering their password and they need to enter the password on each user switch, even if they have previously logged in.

Assuming thet the web app function is the expected behaviour, then we will need to update the ATV to do the same.

In addition, if the Startup Behaviour is set to 'Remember last user' then signed in users are remebered and you can switch between users without re-entering the password, so this behaviour just needs to be replicated for the 'Show login screen' option so that it matches the web app (assuming of course that the web app is correct)

[gthrift 64]

2 hours ago, SamES said:

In addition, if the Startup Behaviour is set to 'Remember last user' then signed in users are remebered and you can switch between users without re-entering the password, so this behaviour just needs to be replicated for the 'Show login screen' option so that it matches the web app (assuming of course that the web app is correct)

Glad I’m not the only one.  I enabled PINs for right now and they’re just 0000 but still not ideal.  
 

it’s funny though, because randomly it will skip the pin and sign a user in.  

[gthrift 64]

Came home from being gone for Christmas and my Apple TV updated to 2.0.3 (2) and can now log in with show user selection without pin or password.  
 

Thanks for the update and accepting our feedback, @Luke