Apple expanded universal search on Apple TV 4 to include Fox Now, FXNow, and National Geographic TV. At launch, the feature was limited to iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go, HBO Now, Showtime and Showtime Anytime, but later Apple expanded it to include PBS and PBS Kids.

Universal search allows users to quicky search for movies and shows in multiple apps simultaneously using text entry or the Siri remote (voice search). You can search by title, genre, actor, and more. Apple Music members can also search for songs and albums.

Universal search for movies and TV shows in iTunes, HBO GO, HBO NOW, Hulu, Netflix, PBS, PBS Kids, SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME Anytime, FOXNOW, FXNOW, Nat Geo TV is only available in the U.S. 

Users in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and United Kingdom can search for movies and TV shows available on the iTunes Store and Netflix.

In other countries the universal search feature only works with iTunes.

Apple has promised to bring more services to the feature over time. In an interview with BuzzFeed‘s John Paczkowski, Tim Cook said that in the near future the universal search will be intelligent enough to know which services the user is subscribed to, highlighting which sources are available free or with existing subscriptions.

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Well your Apple TV home-screen just got a bit more congested today, as two more channels made it to the show. Though a bit late, FOX Now and CNBC are now showing on Apple TV.

CNBC brings all of their business related news and the original Prime series shows to the channel. However you’ll need to sign in with your supported cable subscription account to take full advantage of this. Though a library of videos are available even for non-subscribers, VOD and live streaming are restricted to subscribers of Comcast, AT&T, DirecTV, DISH, Verizon, and more.

FOX Now channel on the other side provides their popular shows like Glee, American Idol, The Following, Family Guy, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, 24: Live Another Day, New Girl, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mindy Project and many others for on-demand streaming. If you’re a subscriber, you can stream episodes right on the day after they’re aired while others will have to wait a whole week to do so.

The FOX Now channel shouldn’t be confused with their FXNow service, about which we discussed a couple of days back. Also TV2 Sumo, the official Apple TV channel for TV2 networks is now available exculsively to Norway users.

If you find your home-screen to be too cluttered and have unused channels, you can follow our guide on How to easily hide unwanted channel icons on Apple TV.

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