uncle_lazy_at
Active Member
This is an fyi post.
Today I updated my to tvOS 26 and since then the app store was not visible. Reached out to Apple support and they were clueless. I was in their chat for about 40 mins with 0 progress. Meanwhile, in parallel, I check with AI and It asked me to check the "Restriction" (Settings -> General -> Restriction). I have set restrictions for "Apps", so that my son cannot open any app without an approval from my phone or by entering the passcode. The moment I disabled restriction, App store shows in the home page. This was not the behaviour in tvOS 18. Even though I set restrictions, default apps like Apple TV, Apple Music, Podcast, Appstore etc are visible and can be open without approval. But in tvOS 26, the only the appstore is completely not visible in Home screen.
Now I changed the restriction in "APP" for 4+.
Today I updated my to tvOS 26 and since then the app store was not visible. Reached out to Apple support and they were clueless. I was in their chat for about 40 mins with 0 progress. Meanwhile, in parallel, I check with AI and It asked me to check the "Restriction" (Settings -> General -> Restriction). I have set restrictions for "Apps", so that my son cannot open any app without an approval from my phone or by entering the passcode. The moment I disabled restriction, App store shows in the home page. This was not the behaviour in tvOS 18. Even though I set restrictions, default apps like Apple TV, Apple Music, Podcast, Appstore etc are visible and can be open without approval. But in tvOS 26, the only the appstore is completely not visible in Home screen.
Now I changed the restriction in "APP" for 4+.