TED Talks User Reviews

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Ngk it’s not rlly for kids

I’m 9

👍

❤️

Cool

Medication wow

Women know what a man is

Thank you for previous inspiring talks but as a woman. I don’t need to be mansplained what a man is and is not. I will now delete TED frommy life.

Transcript Issue

Great app, but the “Read transcript” button doesn’t seem to work in this app. It works normally on the website version. I hope this bug can be fixed soon.

tv

2026/04/03: I appreciate your thorough response, and understand the issues of having a small development team. As you said, hopefully, things will get better in the future, and the TV app will return to its former glory.

I’m not a fan of using AirPlay – especially in my own home – just to use a streaming service; I only use AirPlay if I’m at someone else’s home/office to share content. But, thank you for the suggestion.
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AppleTV app crashing

I cannot search on the Apple TV app because the app keeps crashing extremely disappointing

同時に2つの字幕をつけたい

I am a student. I often use this app as a tool for learning English, and I really appreciate it. There are many different topics, and I enjoy being able to watch videos in fields that interest me.

However, as someone who is studying English, it would be very helpful if it were possible to display both English and Japanese subtitles at the same time. If possible, I would greatly appreciate it if this feature could be added in a future update.

Thank you for your consideration.
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tv

Update, 2026/03/05: the tv app is broken/non-functional once again. 😒

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Update, 2026/01/09: With the latest tv update, the app launches again, but the search bug crash still persists.

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2025/11/21: The tv app is completely broken now… which is the main way I consume my Ted content. Yes, the search function has been broken for a few years, but now when you open the app, you’re just greeted with a “network error“ splash screen. r.i.p. 😒
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UX

How am I supposed to enable/disable subtitles or change the playback speed? How is that genius behind the idea of menu buttons that disappear in half-a-second?

Glitchy

I love Ted talks, but the app is glitchy. I have constantly deleted saved and downloaded talks, for them to just re-appear in my list the next time I open the app. I even deleted and redownloaded the app and this still happens.

Problems

The app is not playing videos smoothly with frequent crashes. Some older videos just wouldn’t play. The home page is full of suggestions for outdated videos. Some of my saved videos have been lost.

tv

Update, 2026/01/09: With the latest tv update, the app launches again, but the search bug crash still persists.

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2025/11/21: The tv app is completely broken now… which is the main way I consume my Ted content. Yes, the search function has been broken for a few years, but now when you open the app, you’re just greeted with a “network error“ splash screen. r.i.p. 😒
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Podcast commercials

The app itself is actually great
My issue is when i want to listen to a podcast the first 4-5 minutes is nothing but commercials. I can watch a video no problem no extra long commercials.

Fix algorithm

Great app, but it would be great if the shorts would be updated. Every single time I open it, I see the same videos in the same order. I would really appreciate it if they would fix this.

Good but

After watching two or three videos any more simply do not play the only way round this was to download it and then press play. This is tooo much work causing me to move away from Ted.

Apple TV Update

The Apple TV version of this app is in desperate need of some attention and basically useless and has been for a while.

Great app. Speed change for shorts

Could you add an option for change the speed of the shorts? The videos have them but the shorts doesn’t and I would like to have that ability please

tv

The tv app is completely broken now… which is the main way I consume my Ted content. Yes, the search function has been broken for a few years, but now when you open the app, you’re just greeted with a “network error“ splash screen. r.i.p. 😒

App doesn’t work, videos don’t play in app

App never plays videos, anytime I attempt videos it crashes and sends me back to the thumbnail. iPhone 14 Pro Max. Latest iOS.