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Black screen
Every time you swipe down on the control Center on you phone or you go into full screen mode too quickly the video will instantly black screen and only the audio is there and the video is gone. You then have to exit the video and re load it witch takes forever because the app is super laggy this annoys me to the extent that I can’t be bothered to use the app. There are also Ted animations which I find really engaging but there is only a small section of them and they refresh every so often and if you don’t know the exact name of the animation that it is impossible to find it as there is no way to search for animations. Good content but just generally frustrating and annoying. Wouldn’t recommend.Show less.-.-:(/(!
10 years later, player’s still glitchy
I used to have the TED app on my iPhone 10 years ago; it was glitchy, so it’s surprising to see that 10 years later, there has been little improvement with the player.
Whatever video player you all use needs to be overhauled.
Simply pulling down the control center to increase the brightness of my phone causes the video to go black—every time, but the audio still plays somehow. The website’s video also tends to go black randomly and is laggy beyond belief, no matter what device or browser I use.
I don’t imagine I’m only one who, out of frustration with the player, stopped visiting your app and website and chose to rely on YT to watch TED videos. The think about that is one tends to forget TED videos even exist after a while. Oh well…Show lessV.EKR
Suggestion - multiple lists
First off… Love the Ted App. Suggestion - Would like to create multiple lists and be able to move them between lists. Maybe like Pinterest boards. Examples - Maybe I’d make them for different work aspects, marriage, boards of clips I want to watch with my kids or suggest for them to watch before they can do some mindless other app. Once my kid watched it, I can move to a “Done” board.Show lessForestfolks
Great content. Good App. Would love automatic profile switching and TVOS top shelf customization
Great content. Good app. Please add auto detection of which Apple ID is logged in to the Apple TV so that my spouse watches things on their account and I watch things based on my account without having to manually switch it in the TedTalks app.
Also, glad you use the top shelf function on Apple TV. It would be great to populate the suggestions with talks from my watch list or recommended talks based on my watch history.Show lessThigpenHicks
Hmm
You would sort of think that the people at TED would have a brilliant app that…worked (at minimum). I love this app and I spend a lot of time with it. I love the ideas that it brings me. But on my phone, it crashes a lot. Every time they “improve” it, it seems to get worse. The buttons require several clicks before they work. The search feature actually won’t find individual presenters by name. Several times recently I found a TED talk that I wanted to see, and the app crashed and closed before it would start. Just some of them. Not always. Is it really that hard to make an app that gets the basics right?Show lessfhjfdrgvydguh
Bad UI
Don't get me wrong, learning is one of my favorite hobbies, and now that I have a job where I need to keep myself auditorily entertained, this app is perfect. Not only can I find mountains of content about all different topics I want to know more about, but I can download these videos for free so I don't have to worry about my work's wifi cutting out (like it does).
However, there is no section of the app to find what you've downloaded, and no section to find the things you've added to your "list". I wanted to pre-download a bunch of videos before work, but I have 0 idea where they are, and don't know how to find them. It seems the developers were more focused on showing off their recommendations and podcasts than they were on making the app user friendly and easy to navigate/keep track of.
If that issue gets fixed in a future update, I'm happy to redo my review to properly reflect the changes that were implemented, but until then, don't bother with the app if you want to save anything for the future.Show lessclaireture
Developer Response
Thank you for your feedback, which is a bit confusing. This feature already exists. As long as you're logged in to a TED account, you can find Your List and downloaded videos by tapping the "person" icon in the lower right corner of the app. This will open your profile page, which contains all data you've saved to your account and locally on the app.Not very useable
In 2019 bugs were introduced to the TED app that make it very hard to use. The problem was reported to TED support at the time and was responded to with something to the effect of, “We will consider Voice Over (VO) access as a future enhancement.” While the TED app is updated regularly, the bugs have yet to be resolved.” The biggest problem is the lack of button labelling. It is common to encounter screens that are a mix of labeled and unlabeled buttons.
I can only conclude that either TED does not test the app before updates are released or people who use VO are simply not enough of a priority to justify the problems encountered during pre-release testing.Show lessthgtithktj
Website’s Better
I’m very disappointed with this app. I downloaded it so I could search for a talk my group might find interesting for discussion. I’d started this process on the TED website, and wondered if the app might offer additional controls. The answer to that latter question is, “apparently not.”
But more important to me, the app fails as a search tool compared to the website. On the latter, I was able to search by category: Click on the category; see all relevant talks. All I could do on the app was search by words that might appear in talk titles. That latter is simply not very helpful. Oh, well. Back to the website.Show lessscades2
Recent updates make app unusable
I’ve used this app for years and it has always worked fine. now it’s broken so badly it fails to play videos in many cases. Screens freeze constantly. tapping on a Ted talk often does nothing. you are lucky enough to get a video to play, the entire app may freeze while it’s playing — including the playback controls. It’s a terrible mess and should never have been released.
I see there was a new release just two days ago. It’s not any better as far as I can tell.
Ted talks are a wonderful gift to the world and you have made a terrible mess of some great content.Show lesseanagel
Seeking enlightenment
It wasn’t until I became open minded. that I began to learn. These videos are awesome. I’ve recently been going through marital problems. My hope is I can take this information and use it in a positive constructive way in hopes to change the outcome. Although I do struggle with excepting the fact that some people are unwilling or cannot or do not have the ability to be open minded. Through watching these videos I have learned that my approach or delivery to the problem could be why I am misunderstood. So for now I will just forward the videos with the link hope that they take the time to watch them.Show lessbreistig b
