Accessibility
Accessibility in Tivi
Last updated 10 November 2026
Tivi should work for everyone who watches TV. This page says plainly what the app does for accessibility today, and what it doesn’t do yet.
Settings Tivi follows
Tivi reads these settings from iOS and adapts straight away, with no restart. You can see whether each one is on in Tivi under Settings → Accessibility.
Larger Text
Words grow with your text size; hold a remote key to see it large.
Reduce Motion
Animations crossfade and the rings stand still.
Reduce Transparency
Glass buttons and cards turn solid.
Increase Contrast
The rings behind screens are removed.
Dark by design
Tivi’s interface is black first, which is easier on the eyes in a dark room. A light appearance is available in Tivi’s Settings, and the app can follow your iPhone’s appearance.
Changing these settings
On your iPhone, open Settings → Accessibility. Reduce Motion is under Motion; Larger Text, Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast are under Display & Text Size. Tapping a row in Tivi’s Accessibility section opens Tivi in the Settings app.
VoiceOver and Voice Control
Every key on the remote is named for what it does — Volume up, Pause, Back — so VoiceOver reads it that way and Voice Control answers to the same name. Swipe up or down on the Volume and Channel rockers to change them, like any adjustable control. Each TV in your list says whether it’s connected, and Tivi announces when a connection works or fails.
With Differentiate Without Color on, a selected item also shows a checkmark, so nothing relies on color alone. A control outside the remote and the TV list may still be described less well; if you find one, tell us.
Tell us what doesn’t work
If something in Tivi is hard to use the way you use your iPhone, write to us. Every message is read by the people who build the app.
[email protected]