PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-11683565-B2
Application Number: US-201916584790-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B2

Title: User interfaces for interacting with channels that provide content that plays in a media browsing application

Abstract:
In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a plurality of representations of content items that are available on a respective channel in response to successfully subscribing the respective channel. In some embodiments, an electronic device plays content that is provided by a channel in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents information about subscribing to a channel based on content consumption activity of the user on the electronic device in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure.

Claims:
The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method comprising:
 at an electronic device in communication with a display and one or more input devices:
 displaying, on the display, a user interface of a media browsing application that includes content accessible from one or more content providers, wherein the user interface includes:
 a first region that includes one or more representations of a first set of content items available for playback, including a first representation of a first content item selectable to initiate playback of the first content item, and a second representation of a second content item selectable to initiate playback of the second content item, wherein the first set of content items is selected based on a first shared characteristic, other than being content from a same channel, and 
 a second region, separate from the first region, that includes one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, wherein the one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription are displayed in a first portion of a row in the second region; 
 
 while displaying the user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to subscribe to a first channel of the one or more channels; and 
 in response to receiving the input:
 initiating a process to subscribe to the first channel on the electronic device; and 
 in accordance with a determination that subscription to the first channel was successful: 
 displaying, via the display, an updated first region that includes the one or more representations of the first set of content items and a plurality of representations of a second set of content items available for playback from the first channel, including a first representation of a first respective content item from the first channel that is selectable to initiate a process to display the first respective content item on the display, and a second representation of a second respective content item from the first channel that is selectable to initiate a process to display the second respective content item on the display; 
 
 while displaying the updated first region that includes the one or more representations of the first set of content items and the plurality of representations of the second set of content items available for playback from the first channel and while not displaying the second region, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second input corresponding to a request to scroll through the user interface; and 
 in response to receiving the second input, displaying, via the display, a representation of the first channel in a second portion, different from the first portion, of the row in the second region that is visually distinguished from others of the one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription in the first portion of the row in the second region. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the one or more representations of the first set of content items available for playback in the first region and the one or more representations of the one or more channels in the second region are displayed as separate rows in the user interface. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that the one or more channels includes a plurality of channels, the second region includes a full representation of a first respective channel in the plurality of channels and a portion of a representation of a second respective channel in the plurality of channels, wherein a current focus moves from the full representation of the first respective channel to the representation of the second respective channel in response to scrolling input received at the one or more input devices; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the one or more channels consists of a single channel, the second region includes a full representation of the single channel without including representations of other channels. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first channel is a channel whose content is viewable within the media browsing application or within a respective application, separate from the media browsing application, and 
 the process to subscribe to the first channel includes displaying a selectable option for linking to the media browsing application an existing subscription to the first channel, the existing subscription used to view the content from the first channel in the respective application. 
 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that a user of the electronic device has subscribed to less than a predetermined number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a plurality of representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has subscribed to more than the predetermined number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a single representation of a channel available for subscription in the media browsing application without including other representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel:
 in accordance with the determination that the subscription to the first channel was successful:
 in accordance with the second region including the plurality of representations of channels available for subscription prior to receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel, maintaining display, in the user interface, of the second region and one or more representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application. 
 
 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 content of a first type and content of a second type, different from the first type, are accessible from the media browsing application, 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the first type and not content of the second type, the one or more channels are first one or more channels on which content of the first type is available, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the second type and not content of the first type, the one or more channels are second one or more channels on which content of the second type is available, the first one or more channels different than the second one or more channels. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 content of a first type and content of a second type, different from the first type, are accessible from the media browsing application, 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the first type and not content of the second type, the plurality of representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include a plurality of representations of content of the first type without including representations of content of the second type, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the second type and not content of the first type, the plurality of representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include a plurality of representations of content of the second type without including representations of content of the first type. 
 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that a content consumption history of a user of the electronic device is a first content consumption activity, the plurality of representations of the second set of content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include first one or more representations of first content, and 
 in accordance with a determination that a content consumption history of a user of the electronic device is a second content consumption activity, different than the first content consumption activity, the plurality of representations of the second set of content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include second one or more representations of second content, different than the first content. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 content from a plurality of channels is accessible from the media browsing application, 
 the plurality of channels includes a first set of channels and a second set of channels, content from the first set of channels viewable within the media browsing application, and content from the second set of channels not viewable within the media browsing application, and 
 the second region includes one or more representations of channels in the first set of channels without including representations of channels in the second set of channels. 
 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a user of the electronic device is subscribed to at least one channel available for subscription in the media browsing application, and 
 the user interface includes:
 the one or more representations of the first set of content items available for playback as one or more rows in the first region, and 
 the one or more representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application as a row in the second region in the user interface separate from the first region, the second region including a representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed, and a representation of at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is not subscribed. 
 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 while displaying, on the display, the second region of the user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to select a respective representation of a respective channel in the second region of the user interface; and 
 in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to select the respective representation of the respective channel in the second region:
 in accordance with a determination that the respective channel is a first respective channel, displaying, on the display, a user interface corresponding to the first respective channel and including information about content available on the first respective channel; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the respective channel is a second respective channel, different than the first respective channel, displaying, on the display, a user interface corresponding to the second respective channel and including information about content available on the second respective channel. 
 
 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed is displayed at a beginning of the row in the second region, and 
 the representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is not subscribed is displayed at an end of the row in the second region. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is subscribed to greater than a threshold number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a visual indication delineating one or more representations of channels to which the user is subscribed from one or more representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is not subscribed to greater than the threshold number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region does not include the visual indication delineating the one or more representations of channels to which the user is subscribed from the one or more representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed. 
 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 before receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel of the one or more channels, the first region did not include the plurality of representations of the second set of content items. 
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 before receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel of the one or more channels, the first region includes a plurality of representations of a third set of content items available for playback from a second channel. 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first shared characteristic includes being a content item of a same genre. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first content item of the first set of content items available for playback is an episode of a television show, and the second content item of the first set of content items available for playback is a movie. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second region includes a visual delineation between the first portion of the row and the second portion of the row in the second region. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 in response to receiving the second input, displaying, via the display, at least a portion of the updated first region, and the representation of the first channel in the second portion, different from the first portion, of the row in the second region that is visually distinguished from others of the one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription in the first portion of the row in the second region. 
 
     
     
       21. An electronic device, comprising:
 one or more processors; 
 memory; and 
 one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: 
 displaying, on a display, a user interface of a media browsing application that includes content accessible from one or more content providers, wherein the user interface includes:
 a first region that includes one or more representations of a first set of content items available for playback, including a first representation of a first content item selectable to initiate payback of the first content item, and a second representation of a second content item selectable to initiate playback of the second content item, wherein the first set of content items is selected based on a first shared characteristic, other than being content from a same channel, and 
 a second region, separate from the first region, that includes one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, wherein the one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription are displayed in a first portion of a row in the second region; 
 
 while displaying the user interface, receiving, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to subscribe to a first channel of the one or more channels; and 
 in response to receiving the input:
 initiating a process to subscribe to the first channel on the electronic device; and 
 in accordance with a determination that subscription to the first channel was successful:
 displaying, via the display, an updated first region that includes the one or more representations of the first set of content items and a plurality of representations of a second set of content items available for playback from the first channel, including a first representation of a first respective content item from the first channel that is selectable to initiate a process to display the first respective content item on the display, and a second representation of a second respective content item from the first channel that is selectable to initiate a process to display the second respective content item on the display; 
 
 
 while displaying the updated first region that includes the one or more representations of the first set of content items and the plurality of representations of the second set of content items available for playback from the first channel and while not displaying the second region, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second input corresponding to a request to scroll through the user interface; and 
 in response to receiving the second input, displaying, via the display, a representation of the first channel in a second portion, different from the first portion, of the row in the second region that is visually distinguished from others of the one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription in the first portion of the row in the second region. 
 
     
     
       22. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the one or more representations of the first set of content items available for playback in the first region and the one or more representations of the one or more channels in the second region are displayed as separate rows in the user interface. 
 
     
     
       23. The electronic device of  claim 22 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that the one or more channels includes a plurality of channels, the second region includes a full representation of a first respective channel in the plurality of channels and a portion of a representation of a second respective channel in the plurality of channels, wherein a current focus moves from the full representation of the first respective channel to the representation of the second respective channel in response to scrolling input received at the one or more input devices; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the one or more channels consists of a single channel, the second region includes a full representation of the single channel without including representations of other channels. 
 
     
     
       24. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 the first channel is a channel whose content is viewable within the media browsing application or within a respective application, separate from the media browsing application, and 
 the process to subscribe to the first channel includes displaying a selectable option for linking to the media browsing application an existing subscription to the first channel, the existing subscription used to view the content from the first channel in the respective application. 
 
     
     
       25. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that a user of the electronic device has subscribed to less than a predetermined number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a plurality of representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has subscribed to more than the predetermined number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a single representation of a channel available for subscription in the media browsing application without including other representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application. 
 
     
     
       26. The electronic device of  claim 25 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
 in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel:
 in accordance with the determination that the subscription to the first channel was successful:
 in accordance with the second region including the plurality of representations of channels available for subscription prior to receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel, maintaining display, in the user interface, of the second region and one or more representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application. 
 
 
 
     
     
       27. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 content of a first type and content of a second type, different from the first type, are accessible from the media browsing application, 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the first type and not content of the second type, the one or more channels are first one or more channels on which content of the first type is available, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the second type and not content of the first type, the one or more channels are second one or more channels on which content of the second type is available, the first one or more channels different than the second one or more channels. 
 
     
     
       28. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 content of a first type and content of a second type, different from the first type, are accessible from the media browsing application, 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the first type and not content of the second type, the plurality of representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include a plurality of representations of content of the first type without including representations of content of the second type, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the second type and not content of the first type, the plurality of representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include a plurality of representations of content of the second type without including representations of content of the first type. 
 
     
     
       29. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that a content consumption history of a user of the electronic device is a first content consumption activity, the plurality of representations of the second set of content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include first one or more representations of first content, and 
 in accordance with a determination that a content consumption history of a user of the electronic device is a second content consumption activity, different than the first content consumption activity, the plurality of representations of the second set of content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include second one or more representations of second content, different than the first content. 
 
     
     
       30. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 content from a plurality of channels is accessible from the media browsing application, 
 the plurality of channels includes a first set of channels and a second set of channels, content from the first set of channels viewable within the media browsing application, and content from the second set of channels not viewable within the media browsing application, and 
 the second region includes one or more representations of channels in the first set of channels without including representations of channels in the second set of channels. 
 
     
     
       31. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 a user of the electronic device is subscribed to at least one channel available for subscription in the media browsing application, and 
 the user interface includes:
 the one or more representations of the first set of content items available for playback as one or more rows in the first region, and 
 the one or more representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application as a row in the second region in the user interface separate from the first region, the second region including a representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed, and a representation of at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is not subscribed. 
 
 
     
     
       32. The electronic device of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
 while displaying, on the display, the second region of the user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to select a respective representation of a respective channel in the second region of the user interface; and 
 in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to select the respective representation of the respective channel in the second region:
 in accordance with a determination that the respective channel is a first respective channel, displaying, on the display, a user interface corresponding to the first respective channel and including information about content available on the first respective channel; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the respective channel is a second respective channel, different than the first respective channel, displaying, on the display, a user interface corresponding to the second respective channel and including information about content available on the second respective channel. 
 
 
     
     
       33. The electronic device of  claim 31 , wherein:
 the representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed is displayed at a beginning of the row in the second region, and 
 the representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is not subscribed is displayed at an end of the row in the second region. 
 
     
     
       34. The electronic device of  claim 33 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is subscribed to greater than a threshold number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a visual indication delineating one or more representations of channels to which the user is subscribed from one or more representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is not subscribed to greater than the threshold number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region does not include the visual indication delineating the one or more representations of channels to which the user is subscribed from the one or more representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed. 
 
     
     
       35. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 before receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel of the one or more channels, the first region did not include the plurality of representations of the second set of content items. 
 
     
     
       36. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein:
 before receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel of the one or more channels, the first region includes a plurality of representations of a third set of content items available for playback from a second channel. 
 
     
     
       37. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein the first shared characteristic includes being a content item of a same genre. 
     
     
       38. The electronic device of  claim 21 , wherein the first content item of the first set of content items available for playback is an episode of a television show, and the second content item of the first set of content items available for playback is a movie. 
     
     
       39. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
 display, on a display, a user interface of a media browsing application that includes content accessible from one or more content providers, wherein the user interface includes:
 a first region that includes one or more representations of a first set of content items available for playback, including a first representation of a first content item selectable to initiate playback of the first content item, and a second representation of a second content item selectable to initiate playback of the second content item, wherein the first set of content items is selected based on a first shared characteristic, other than being content from a same channel, and 
 a second region, separate from the first region, that includes one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, wherein the one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription are displayed in a first portion of a row in the second region; 
 
 while displaying the user interface, receive, via one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to subscribe to a first channel of the one or more channels; and 
 in response to receiving the input:
 initiate a process to subscribe to the first channel on the electronic device; and 
 in accordance with a determination that subscription to the first channel was successful:
 display, via the display, an updated first region that includes the one or more representations of the first set of content items and a plurality of representations of a second set of content items available for playback from the first channel, including a first representation of a first respective content item from the first channel that is selectable to initiate a process to display the first respective content item on the display, and a second representation of a second respective content item from the first channel that is selectable to initiate a process to display the second respective content item on the display; 
 
 
 while displaying the updated first region that includes the one or more representations of the first set of content items and the plurality of representations of the second set of content items available for playback from the first channel and while not displaying the second region, receive, via the one or more input devices, a second input corresponding to a request to scroll through the user interface; and 
 in response to receiving the second input, display, via the display, a representation of the first channel in a second portion, different from the first portion, of the row in the second region that is visually distinguished from others of the one or more representations of one or more channels available for subscription in the first portion of the row in the second region. 
 
     
     
       40. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 the one or more representations of the first set of content items available for playback in the first region and the one or more representations of the one or more channels in the second region are displayed as separate rows in the user interface. 
 
     
     
       41. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 40 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that the one or more channels includes a plurality of channels, the second region includes a full representation of a first respective channel in the plurality of channels and a portion of a representation of a second respective channel in the plurality of channels, wherein a current focus moves from the full representation of the first respective channel to the representation of the second respective channel in response to scrolling input received at the one or more input devices; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the one or more channels consists of a single channel, the second region includes a full representation of the single channel without including representations of other channels. 
 
     
     
       42. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 the first channel is a channel whose content is viewable within the media browsing application or within a respective application, separate from the media browsing application, and 
 the process to subscribe to the first channel includes displaying a selectable option for linking to the media browsing application an existing subscription to the first channel, the existing subscription used to view the content from the first channel in the respective application. 
 
     
     
       43. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that a user of the electronic device has subscribed to less than a predetermined number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a plurality of representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device has subscribed to more than the predetermined number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a single representation of a channel available for subscription in the media browsing application without including other representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application. 
 
     
     
       44. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 43 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
 in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel:
 in accordance with the determination that the subscription to the first channel was successful:
 in accordance with the second region including the plurality of representations of channels available for subscription prior to receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel, maintain display, in the user interface, of the second region and one or more representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application. 
 
 
 
     
     
       45. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 content of a first type and content of a second type, different from the first type, are accessible from the media browsing application, 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the first type and not content of the second type, the one or more channels are first one or more channels on which content of the first type is available, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the second type and not content of the first type, the one or more channels are second one or more channels on which content of the second type is available, the first one or more channels different than the second one or more channels. 
 
     
     
       46. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 content of a first type and content of a second type, different from the first type, are accessible from the media browsing application, 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the first type and not content of the second type, the plurality of representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include a plurality of representations of content of the first type without including representations of content of the second type, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the second type and not content of the first type, the plurality of representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include a plurality of representations of content of the second type without including representations of content of the first type. 
 
     
     
       47. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that a content consumption history of a user of the electronic device is a first content consumption activity, the plurality of representations of the second set of content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include first one or more representations of first content, and 
 in accordance with a determination that a content consumption history of a user of the electronic device is a second content consumption activity, different than the first content consumption activity, the plurality of representations of the second set of content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the first region of the user interface include second one or more representations of second content, different than the first content. 
 
     
     
       48. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 content from a plurality of channels is accessible from the media browsing application, 
 the plurality of channels includes a first set of channels and a second set of channels, content from the first set of channels viewable within the media browsing application, and content from the second set of channels not viewable within the media browsing application, and 
 the second region includes one or more representations of channels in the first set of channels without including representations of channels in the second set of channels. 
 
     
     
       49. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 a user of the electronic device is subscribed to at least one channel available for subscription in the media browsing application, and 
 the user interface includes:
 the one or more representations of the first set of content items available for playback as one or more rows in the first region, and 
 the one or more representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application as a row in the second region in the user interface separate from the first and second regions, the second region including a representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed, and a representation of at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is not subscribed. 
 
 
     
     
       50. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 49 , wherein the instructions further cause the electronic device to:
 while displaying, on the display, the second region of the user interface, receive, via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to a request to select a respective representation of a respective channel in the second region of the user interface; and 
 in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to select the respective representation of the respective channel in the second region:
 in accordance with a determination that the respective channel is a first respective channel, display, on the display, a user interface corresponding to the first respective channel and including information about content available on the first respective channel; and 
 in accordance with a determination that the respective channel is a second respective channel, different than the first respective channel, display, on the display, a user interface corresponding to the second respective channel and including information about content available on the second respective channel. 
 
 
     
     
       51. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 49 , wherein:
 the representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed is displayed at a beginning of the row in the second region, and 
 the representation of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is not subscribed is displayed at an end of the row in the second region. 
 
     
     
       52. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 51 , wherein:
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is subscribed to greater than a threshold number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a visual indication delineating one or more representations of channels to which the user is subscribed from one or more representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed, and 
 in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is not subscribed to greater than the threshold number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region does not include the visual indication delineating the one or more representations of channels to which the user is subscribed from the one or more representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed. 
 
     
     
       53. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 before receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel of the one or more channels, the first region did not include the plurality of representations of the second set of content items. 
 
     
     
       54. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein:
 before receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel of the one or more channels, the first region includes a plurality of representations of a third set of content items available for playback from a second channel. 
 
     
     
       55. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein the first shared characteristic includes being a content item of a same genre. 
     
     
       56. The computer readable storage medium of  claim 39 , wherein the first content item of the first set of content items available for playback is an episode of a television show, and the second content item of the first set of content items available for playback is a movie.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/822,952, filed Mar. 24, 2019, the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     This relates generally to user interfaces that enable a user to interact with channels that provide content that plays in a media browsing application on an electronic device. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     User interaction with electronic devices has increased significantly in recent years. These devices can be devices such as computers, tablet computers, televisions, multimedia devices, mobile devices, and the like. 
     In some circumstances, such a device presents items of content using a media browsing application. In some circumstances, the items of content are provided by a variety of sources. Enhancing the user&#39;s interactions with the device improves the user&#39;s experience with the device and decreases user interaction time, which is particularly important where input devices are battery-operated. 
     It is well understood that the use of personally identifiable information should follow privacy policies and practices that are generally recognized as meeting or exceeding industry or governmental requirements for maintaining the privacy of users. In particular, personally identifiable information data should be managed and handled so as to minimize risks of unintentional or unauthorized access or use, and the nature of authorized use should be clearly indicated to users. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that present a plurality of representations of content items that are available on a respective channel in response to successfully subscribing to the respective channel. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that play content that is provided by a channel in a unified media browsing application. Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more electronic devices that present information about subscribing to a channel based on content consumption activity of the user on the electronic device. The full descriptions of the embodiments are provided in the Drawings and the Detailed Description, and it is understood that the Summary provided above does not limit the scope of the disclosure in any way. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       For a better understanding of the various described embodiments, reference should be made to the Detailed Description below, in conjunction with the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures. 
         FIG.  1 A  is a block diagram illustrating a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  1 B  is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components for event handling in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  2    illustrates a multifunction device having a touch screen in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  3    is a block diagram of an exemplary multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIG.  4    illustrates an exemplary user interface for a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the display in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS.  5 A- 5 C  illustrate block diagrams of exemplary architectures for devices according to some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS.  6 A- 6 HH  illustrate exemplary ways in which an electronic device presents a plurality of representations of content items that are available on a respective channel in response to successfully subscribing to the respective channel in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS.  7 A- 7 J  are flow diagrams illustrating a method of presenting a plurality of representations of content items that are available on a respective channel in response to successfully subscribing to the respective channel in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS.  8 A- 8 AA  illustrate exemplary ways in which an electronic device plays content that is provided by a channel in a unified media browsing application in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS.  9 A- 9 J  are flow diagrams illustrating a method of playing content that is provided by a channel in a unified media browsing application in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS.  10 A- 10 K  illustrate exemplary ways in which an electronic device presents information about subscribing to a channel based on content consumption activity of the user on the electronic device in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
         FIGS.  11 A- 11 D  are flow diagrams illustrating a method of presenting information about subscribing to a channel based on content consumption activity of the user on the electronic device in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In the following description of embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which it is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments that are optionally practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments are optionally used and structural changes are optionally made without departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments. Further, although the following description uses terms “first,” “second,” etc. to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by the terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first touch could be termed a second touch, and, similarly, a second touch could be termed a first touch, without departing from the scope of the various described embodiments. The first touch and the second touch are both touches, but they are not the same touch. 
     The terminology used in the description of the various described embodiments herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in the description of the various described embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “including,” “comprises,” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. 
     The term “if” is, optionally, construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [a stated condition or event] is detected” is, optionally, construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [the stated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the stated condition or event],” depending on the context. 
     Exemplary Devices 
     Embodiments of electronic devices, user interfaces for such devices, and associated processes for using such devices are described. In some embodiments, the device is a portable communications device, such as a mobile telephone, that also contains other functions, such as PDA and/or music player functions. Exemplary embodiments of portable multifunction devices include, without limitation, the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® devices from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. Other portable electronic devices, such as laptops or tablet computers with touch-sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch screen displays and/or touch pads), are, optionally, used. It should also be understood that, in some embodiments, the device is not a portable communications device, but is a desktop computer or a television with a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch screen display and/or a touch pad). In some embodiments, the device does not have a touch screen display and/or a touch pad, but rather is capable of outputting display information (such as the user interfaces of the disclosure) for display on a separate display device, and capable of receiving input information from a separate input device having one or more input mechanisms (such as one or more buttons, a touch screen display and/or a touch pad). In some embodiments, the device has a display, but is capable of receiving input information from a separate input device having one or more input mechanisms (such as one or more buttons, a touch screen display and/or a touch pad). 
     In the discussion that follows, an electronic device that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. It should be understood, however, that the electronic device optionally includes one or more other physical user-interface devices, such as a physical keyboard, a mouse and/or a joystick. Further, as described above, it should be understood that the described electronic device, display and touch-sensitive surface are optionally distributed amongst two or more devices. Therefore, as used in this disclosure, information displayed on the electronic device or by the electronic device is optionally used to describe information outputted by the electronic device for display on a separate display device (touch-sensitive or not). Similarly, as used in this disclosure, input received on the electronic device (e.g., touch input received on a touch-sensitive surface of the electronic device) is optionally used to describe input received on a separate input device, from which the electronic device receives input information. 
     The device typically supports a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a drawing application, a presentation application, a word processing application, a website creation application, a disk authoring application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a workout support application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, a television channel browsing application, and/or a digital video player application. 
     The various applications that are executed on the device optionally use at least one common physical user-interface device, such as the touch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface as well as corresponding information displayed on the device are, optionally, adjusted and/or varied from one application to the next and/or within a respective application. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as the touch-sensitive surface) of the device optionally supports the variety of applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent to the user. 
     Attention is now directed toward embodiments of portable or non-portable devices with touch-sensitive displays, though the devices need not include touch-sensitive displays or displays in general, as described above.  FIG.  1 A  is a block diagram illustrating portable or non-portable multifunction device  100  with touch-sensitive displays  112  in accordance with some embodiments. Touch-sensitive display  112  is sometimes called a “touch screen” for convenience, and is sometimes known as or called a touch-sensitive display system. Device  100  includes memory  102  (which optionally includes one or more computer readable storage mediums), memory controller  122 , one or more processing units (CPU&#39;s)  120 , peripherals interface  118 , RF circuitry  108 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , microphone  113 , input/output (I/O) subsystem  106 , other input or control devices  116 , and external port  124 . Device  100  optionally includes one or more optical sensors  164 . Device  100  optionally includes one or more contact intensity sensors  165  for detecting intensity of contacts on device  100  (e.g., a touch-sensitive surface such as touch-sensitive display system  112  of device  100 ). Device  100  optionally includes one or more tactile output generators  167  for generating tactile outputs on device  100  (e.g., generating tactile outputs on a touch-sensitive surface such as touch-sensitive display system  112  of device  100  or touchpad  355  of device  300 ). These components optionally communicate over one or more communication buses or signal lines  103 . 
     As used in the specification and claims, the term “intensity” of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface refers to the force or pressure (force per unit area) of a contact (e.g., a finger contact) on the touch-sensitive surface, or to a substitute (proxy) for the force or pressure of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The intensity of a contact has a range of values that includes at least four distinct values and more typically includes hundreds of distinct values (e.g., at least 256). Intensity of a contact is, optionally, determined (or measured) using various approaches and various sensors or combinations of sensors. For example, one or more force sensors underneath or adjacent to the touch-sensitive surface are, optionally, used to measure force at various points on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, force measurements from multiple force sensors are combined (e.g., a weighted average) to determine an estimated force of a contact. Similarly, a pressure-sensitive tip of a stylus is, optionally, used to determine a pressure of the stylus on the touch-sensitive surface. Alternatively, the size of the contact area detected on the touch-sensitive surface and/or changes thereto, the capacitance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto, and/or the resistance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto are, optionally, used as a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are used directly to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is described in units corresponding to the substitute measurements). In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are converted to an estimated force or pressure and the estimated force or pressure is used to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is a pressure threshold measured in units of pressure). Using the intensity of a contact as an attribute of a user input allows for user access to additional device functionality that may otherwise not be accessible by the user on a reduced-size device with limited real estate for displaying affordances (e.g., on a touch-sensitive display) and/or receiving user input (e.g., via a touch-sensitive display, a touch-sensitive surface, or a physical/mechanical control such as a knob or a button). 
     As used in the specification and claims, the term “tactile output” refers to physical displacement of a device relative to a previous position of the device, physical displacement of a component (e.g., a touch-sensitive surface) of a device relative to another component (e.g., housing) of the device, or displacement of the component relative to a center of mass of the device that will be detected by a user with the user&#39;s sense of touch. For example, in situations where the device or the component of the device is in contact with a surface of a user that is sensitive to touch (e.g., a finger, palm, or other part of a user&#39;s hand), the tactile output generated by the physical displacement will be interpreted by the user as a tactile sensation corresponding to a perceived change in physical characteristics of the device or the component of the device. For example, movement of a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch-sensitive display or trackpad) is, optionally, interpreted by the user as a “down click” or “up click” of a physical actuator button. In some cases, a user will feel a tactile sensation such as an “down click” or “up click” even when there is no movement of a physical actuator button associated with the touch-sensitive surface that is physically pressed (e.g., displaced) by the user&#39;s movements. As another example, movement of the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally, interpreted or sensed by the user as “roughness” of the touch-sensitive surface, even when there is no change in smoothness of the touch-sensitive surface. While such interpretations of touch by a user will be subject to the individualized sensory perceptions of the user, there are many sensory perceptions of touch that are common to a large majority of users. Thus, when a tactile output is described as corresponding to a particular sensory perception of a user (e.g., an “up click,” a “down click,” “roughness”), unless otherwise stated, the generated tactile output corresponds to physical displacement of the device or a component thereof that will generate the described sensory perception for a typical (or average) user. 
     It should be appreciated that device  100  is only one example of a portable or non-portable multifunction device, and that device  100  optionally has more or fewer components than shown, optionally combines two or more components, or optionally has a different configuration or arrangement of the components. The various components shown in  FIG.  1 A  are implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of both hardware and software, including one or more signal processing and/or application specific integrated circuits. Further, the various components shown in  FIG.  1 A  are optionally implemented across two or more devices; for example, a display and audio circuitry on a display device, a touch-sensitive surface on an input device, and remaining components on device  100 . In such an embodiment, device  100  optionally communicates with the display device and/or the input device to facilitate operation of the system, as described in the disclosure, and the various components described herein that relate to display and/or input remain in device  100 , or are optionally included in the display and/or input device, as appropriate. 
     Memory  102  optionally includes high-speed random access memory and optionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices. Memory controller  122  optionally controls access to memory  102  by other components of device  100 . 
     Peripherals interface  118  can be used to couple input and output peripherals of the device to CPU  120  and memory  102 . The one or more processors  120  run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructions stored in memory  102  to perform various functions for device  100  and to process data. 
     In some embodiments, peripherals interface  118 , CPU  120 , and memory controller  122  are, optionally, implemented on a single chip, such as chip  104 . In some other embodiments, they are, optionally, implemented on separate chips. 
     RF (radio frequency) circuitry  108  receives and sends RF signals, also called electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry  108  converts electrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices via the electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry  108  optionally includes well-known circuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited to an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. RF circuitry  108  optionally communicates with networks, such as the Internet, also referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and other devices by wireless communication. The RF circuitry  108  optionally includes well-known circuitry for detecting near field communication (NFC) fields, such as by a short-range communication radio. The wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols, and technologies, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), high-speed uplink packet access (HSDPA), Evolution, Data-Only (EV-DO), HSPA, HSPA+, Dual-Cell HSPA (DC-HSPDA), long term evolution (LTE), near field communication (NFC), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n, and/or IEEE 802.11ac), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for e-mail (e.g., Internet message access protocol (IMAP) and/or post office protocol (POP)), instant messaging (e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS)), and/or Short Message Service (SMS), or any other suitable communication protocol, including communication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of this document. 
     Audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , and microphone  113  provide an audio interface between a user and device  100 . Audio circuitry  110  receives audio data from peripherals interface  118 , converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to speaker  111 . Speaker  111  converts the electrical signal to human-audible sound waves. Audio circuitry  110  also receives electrical signals converted by microphone  113  from sound waves. Audio circuitry  110  converts the electrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to peripherals interface  118  for processing. Audio data is, optionally, retrieved from and/or transmitted to memory  102  and/or RF circuitry  108  by peripherals interface  118 . In some embodiments, audio circuitry  110  also includes a headset jack (e.g.,  212 ,  FIG.  2   ). The headset jack provides an interface between audio circuitry  110  and removable audio input/output peripherals, such as output-only headphones or a headset with both output (e.g., a headphone for one or both ears) and input (e.g., a microphone). 
     I/O subsystem  106  couples input/output peripherals on device  100 , such as touch screen  112  and other input control devices  116 , to peripherals interface  118 . I/O subsystem  106  optionally includes display controller  156 , optical sensor controller  158 , intensity sensor controller  159 , haptic feedback controller  161  and one or more input controllers  160  for other input or control devices. The one or more input controllers  160  receive/send electrical signals from/to other input or control devices  116 . The other input control devices  116  optionally include physical buttons (e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches, joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some alternate embodiments, input controller(s)  160  are, optionally, coupled to any (or none) of the following: a keyboard, infrared port, USB port, and a pointer device such as a mouse. The one or more buttons (e.g.,  208 ,  FIG.  2   ) optionally include an up/down button for volume control of speaker  111  and/or microphone  113 . The one or more buttons optionally include a push button (e.g.,  206 ,  FIG.  2   ). 
     A quick press of the push button optionally disengages a lock of touch screen  112  or optionally begins a process that uses gestures on the touch screen to unlock the device, as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/322,549, “Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image,” filed Dec. 23, 2005, U.S. Pat. No. 7,657,849, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. A longer press of the push button (e.g.,  206 ) optionally turns power to device  100  on or off. The functionality of one or more of the buttons are, optionally, user-customizable. Touch screen  112  is used to implement virtual or soft buttons and one or more soft keyboards. 
     Touch-sensitive display  112  provides an input interface and an output interface between the device and a user. As described above, the touch-sensitive operation and the display operation of touch-sensitive display  112  are optionally separated from each other, such that a display device is used for display purposes and a touch-sensitive surface (whether display or not) is used for input detection purposes, and the described components and functions are modified accordingly. However, for simplicity, the following description is provided with reference to a touch-sensitive display. Display controller  156  receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to touch screen  112 . Touch screen  112  displays visual output to the user. The visual output optionally includes graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some or all of the visual output corresponds to user-interface objects. 
     Touch screen  112  has a touch-sensitive surface, sensor or set of sensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactile contact. Touch screen  112  and display controller  156  (along with any associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory  102 ) detect contact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on touch screen  112  and convert the detected contact into interaction with user-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages or images) that are displayed on touch screen  112 . In an exemplary embodiment, a point of contact between touch screen  112  and the user corresponds to a finger of the user. 
     Touch screen  112  optionally uses LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, or LED (light emitting diode) technology, although other display technologies are used in other embodiments. Touch screen  112  and display controller  156  optionally detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologies now known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with touch screen  112 . In an exemplary embodiment, projected mutual capacitance sensing technology is used, such as that found in the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. 
     A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of touch screen  112  is, optionally, analogous to the multi-touch sensitive touchpads described in the following U.S. Pat. No. 6,323,846 (Westerman et al.), U.S. Pat. No. 6,570,557 (Westerman et al.), and/or U.S. Pat. No. 6,677,932 (Westerman), and/or U.S. Patent Publication 2002/0015024A1, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. However, touch screen  112  displays visual output from device  100 , whereas touch-sensitive touchpads do not provide visual output. 
     A touch-sensitive display in some embodiments of touch screen  112  is described in the following applications: (1) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/381,313, “Multipoint Touch Surface Controller,” filed May 2, 2006; (2) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,862, “Multipoint Touchscreen,” filed May 6, 2004; (3) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/903,964, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jul. 30, 2004; (4) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/048,264, “Gestures For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 31, 2005; (5) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/038,590, “Mode-Based Graphical User Interfaces For Touch Sensitive Input Devices,” filed Jan. 18, 2005; (6) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,758, “Virtual Input Device Placement On A Touch Screen User Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (7) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,700, “Operation Of A Computer With A Touch Screen Interface,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; (8) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/228,737, “Activating Virtual Keys Of A Touch-Screen Virtual Keyboard,” filed Sep. 16, 2005; and (9) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/367,749, “Multi-Functional Hand-Held Device,” filed Mar. 3, 2006. All of these applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. 
     Touch screen  112  optionally has a video resolution in excess of 100 dpi. In some embodiments, the touch screen has a video resolution of approximately 160 dpi. The user optionally makes contact with touch screen  112  using any suitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, a finger, and so forth. In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work primarily with finger-based contacts and gestures, which can be less precise than stylus-based input due to the larger area of contact of a finger on the touch screen. In some embodiments, the device translates the rough finger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command for performing the actions desired by the user. 
     In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, device  100  optionally includes a touchpad (not shown) for activating or deactivating particular functions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive area of the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visual output. The touchpad is, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from touch screen  112  or an extension of the touch-sensitive surface formed by the touch screen. 
     Device  100  also includes power system  162  for powering the various components. Power system  162  optionally includes a power management system, one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable or non-portable devices. 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more optical sensors  164 .  FIG.  1 A  shows an optical sensor coupled to optical sensor controller  158  in I/O subsystem  106 . Optical sensor  164  optionally includes charge-coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) phototransistors. Optical sensor  164  receives light from the environment, projected through one or more lenses, and converts the light to data representing an image. In conjunction with imaging module  143  (also called a camera module), optical sensor  164  optionally captures still images or video. In some embodiments, an optical sensor is located on the back of device  100 , opposite touch screen display  112  on the front of the device so that the touch screen display is enabled for use as a viewfinder for still and/or video image acquisition. In some embodiments, an optical sensor is located on the front of the device so that the user&#39;s image is, optionally, obtained for video conferencing while the user views the other video conference participants on the touch screen display. In some embodiments, the position of optical sensor  164  can be changed by the user (e.g., by rotating the lens and the sensor in the device housing) so that a single optical sensor  164  is used along with the touch screen display for both video conferencing and still and/or video image acquisition. 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more contact intensity sensors  165 .  FIG.  1 A  shows a contact intensity sensor coupled to intensity sensor controller  159  in I/O subsystem  106 . Contact intensity sensor  165  optionally includes one or more piezoresistive strain gauges, capacitive force sensors, electric force sensors, piezoelectric force sensors, optical force sensors, capacitive touch-sensitive surfaces, or other intensity sensors (e.g., sensors used to measure the force (or pressure) of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface). Contact intensity sensor  165  receives contact intensity information (e.g., pressure information or a proxy for pressure information) from the environment. In some embodiments, at least one contact intensity sensor is collocated with, or proximate to, a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touch-sensitive display system  112 ). In some embodiments, at least one contact intensity sensor is located on the back of device  100 , opposite touch screen display  112  which is located on the front of device  100 . 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more proximity sensors  166 .  FIG.  1 A  shows proximity sensor  166  coupled to peripherals interface  118 . Alternately, proximity sensor  166  is, optionally, coupled to input controller  160  in I/O subsystem  106 . Proximity sensor  166  optionally performs as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/241,839, “Proximity Detector In Handheld Device”; Ser. No. 11/240,788, “Proximity Detector In Handheld Device”; Ser. No. 11/620,702, “Using Ambient Light Sensor To Augment Proximity Sensor Output”; Ser. No. 11/586,862, “Automated Response To And Sensing Of User Activity In Portable Devices”; and Ser. No. 11/638,251, “Methods And Systems For Automatic Configuration Of Peripherals,” which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. In some embodiments, the proximity sensor turns off and disables touch screen  112  when the multifunction device is placed near the user&#39;s ear (e.g., when the user is making a phone call). 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more tactile output generators  167 .  FIG.  1 A  shows a tactile output generator coupled to haptic feedback controller  161  in I/O subsystem  106 . Tactile output generator  167  optionally includes one or more electroacoustic devices such as speakers or other audio components and/or electromechanical devices that convert energy into linear motion such as a motor, solenoid, electroactive polymer, piezoelectric actuator, electrostatic actuator, or other tactile output generating component (e.g., a component that converts electrical signals into tactile outputs on the device). Contact intensity sensor  165  receives tactile feedback generation instructions from haptic feedback module  133  and generates tactile outputs on device  100  that are capable of being sensed by a user of device  100 . In some embodiments, at least one tactile output generator is collocated with, or proximate to, a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touch-sensitive display system  112 ) and, optionally, generates a tactile output by moving the touch-sensitive surface vertically (e.g., in/out of a surface of device  100 ) or laterally (e.g., back and forth in the same plane as a surface of device  100 ). In some embodiments, at least one tactile output generator sensor is located on the back of device  100 , opposite touch screen display  112  which is located on the front of device  100 . 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more accelerometers  168 .  FIG.  1 A  shows accelerometer  168  coupled to peripherals interface  118 . Alternately, accelerometer  168  is, optionally, coupled to an input controller  160  in I/O subsystem  106 . Accelerometer  168  optionally performs as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 20050190059, “Acceleration-based Theft Detection System for Portable Electronic Devices,” and U.S. Patent Publication No. 20060017692, “Methods And Apparatuses For Operating A Portable Device Based On An Accelerometer,” both of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. In some embodiments, information is displayed on the touch screen display in a portrait view or a landscape view based on an analysis of data received from the one or more accelerometers. Device  100  optionally includes, in addition to accelerometer(s)  168 , a magnetometer (not shown) and a GPS (or GLONASS or other global navigation system) receiver (not shown) for obtaining information concerning the location and orientation (e.g., portrait or landscape) of device  100 . 
     In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory  102  include operating system  126 , communication module (or set of instructions)  128 , contact/motion module (or set of instructions)  130 , graphics module (or set of instructions)  132 , text input module (or set of instructions)  134 , Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set of instructions)  135 , and applications (or sets of instructions)  136 . Furthermore, in some embodiments, memory  102  ( FIG.  1 A ) or  370  ( FIG.  3   ) stores device/global internal state  157 , as shown in  FIGS.  1 A and  3   . Device/global internal state  157  includes one or more of: active application state, indicating which applications, if any, are currently active; display state, indicating what applications, views or other information occupy various regions of touch screen display  112 ; sensor state, including information obtained from the device&#39;s various sensors and input control devices  116 ; and location information concerning the device&#39;s location and/or attitude. 
     Operating system  126  (e.g., Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, iOS, WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includes various software components and/or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components. 
     Communication module  128  facilitates communication with other devices over one or more external ports  124  and also includes various software components for handling data received by RF circuitry  108  and/or external port  124 . External port  124  (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly to other devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wireless LAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with the 30-pin connector used on iPod (trademark of Apple Inc.) devices. 
     Contact/motion module  130  optionally detects contact with touch screen  112  (in conjunction with display controller  156 ) and other touch-sensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). Contact/motion module  130  includes various software components for performing various operations related to detection of contact, such as determining if contact has occurred (e.g., detecting a finger-down event), determining an intensity of the contact (e.g., the force or pressure of the contact or a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact) determining if there is movement of the contact and tracking the movement across the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., detecting one or more finger-dragging events), and determining if the contact has ceased (e.g., detecting a finger-up event or a break in contact). Contact/motion module  130  receives contact data from the touch-sensitive surface. Determining movement of the point of contact, which is represented by a series of contact data, optionally includes determining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction), and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of the point of contact. These operations are, optionally, applied to single contacts (e.g., one finger contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g., “multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, contact/motion module  130  and display controller  156  detect contact on a touchpad. 
     In some embodiments, contact/motion module  130  uses a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user (e.g., to determine whether a user has “clicked” on an icon). In some embodiments at least a subset of the intensity thresholds are determined in accordance with software parameters (e.g., the intensity thresholds are not determined by the activation thresholds of particular physical actuators and can be adjusted without changing the physical hardware of device  100 ). For example, a mouse “click” threshold of a trackpad or touch screen display can be set to any of a large range of predefined threshold values without changing the trackpad or touch screen display hardware. Additionally, in some implementations a user of the device is provided with software settings for adjusting one or more of the set of intensity thresholds (e.g., by adjusting individual intensity thresholds and/or by adjusting a plurality of intensity thresholds at once with a system-level click “intensity” parameter). 
     Contact/motion module  130  optionally detects a gesture input by a user. Different gestures on the touch-sensitive surface have different contact patterns (e.g., different motions, timings, and/or intensities of detected contacts). Thus, a gesture is, optionally, detected by detecting a particular contact pattern. For example, detecting a finger tap gesture includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event at the same position (or substantially the same position) as the finger-down event (e.g., at the position of an icon). As another example, detecting a finger swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive surface includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting one or more finger-dragging events, and subsequently followed by detecting a finger-up (liftoff) event. 
     Graphics module  132  includes various known software components for rendering and displaying graphics on touch screen  112  or other display, including components for changing the visual impact (e.g., brightness, transparency, saturation, contrast or other visual property) of graphics that are displayed. As used herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can be displayed to a user, including without limitation text, web pages, icons (such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images, videos, animations and the like. 
     In some embodiments, graphics module  132  stores data representing graphics to be used. Each graphic is, optionally, assigned a corresponding code. Graphics module  132  receives, from applications etc., one or more codes specifying graphics to be displayed along with, if necessary, coordinate data and other graphic property data, and then generates screen image data to output to display controller  156 . 
     Haptic feedback module  133  includes various software components for generating instructions used by tactile output generator(s)  167  to produce tactile outputs at one or more locations on device  100  in response to user interactions with device  100 . 
     Text input module  134 , which is, optionally, a component of graphics module  132 , provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications (e.g., contacts  137 , e-mail  140 , IM  141 , browser  147 , and any other application that needs text input). 
     GPS module  135  determines the location of the device and provides this information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone  138  for use in location-based dialing, to camera  143  as picture/video metadata, and to applications that provide location-based services such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets). 
     Applications  136  optionally include the following modules (or sets of instructions), or a subset or superset thereof:
         contacts module  137  (sometimes called an address book or contact list);   telephone module  138 ;   video conferencing module  139 ;   e-mail client module  140 ;   instant messaging (IM) module  141 ;   workout support module  142 ;   camera module  143  for still and/or video images;   image management module  144 ;   video player module;   music player module;   browser module  147 ;   calendar module  148 ;   widget modules  149 , which optionally include one or more of: weather widget  149 - 1 , stocks widget  149 - 2 , calculator widget  149 - 3 , alarm clock widget  149 - 4 , dictionary widget  149 - 5 , and other widgets obtained by the user, as well as user-created widgets  149 - 6 ;   widget creator module  150  for making user-created widgets  149 - 6 ;   search module  151 ;   video and music player module  152 , which merges video player module and music player module;   notes module  153 ;   map module  154 ; and/or   online video module  155 .       

     Examples of other applications  136  that are, optionally, stored in memory  102  include other word processing applications, other image editing applications, drawing applications, presentation applications, JAVA-enabled applications, encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, and voice replication. 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , contacts module  137  are, optionally, used to manage an address book or contact list (e.g., stored in application internal state  192  of contacts module  137  in memory  102  or memory  370 ), including: adding name(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from the address book; associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), physical address(es) or other information with a name; associating an image with a name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephone numbers or e-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communications by telephone  138 , video conference module  139 , e-mail  140 , or IM  141 ; and so forth. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , microphone  113 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , telephone module  138  are optionally, used to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to a telephone number, access one or more telephone numbers in contacts module  137 , modify a telephone number that has been entered, dial a respective telephone number, conduct a conversation, and disconnect or hang up when the conversation is completed. As noted above, the wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols, and technologies. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , microphone  113 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , optical sensor  164 , optical sensor controller  158 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , contacts module  137 , and telephone module  138 , video conference module  139  includes executable instructions to initiate, conduct, and terminate a video conference between a user and one or more other participants in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , e-mail client module  140  includes executable instructions to create, send, receive, and manage e-mail in response to user instructions. In conjunction with image management module  144 , e-mail client module  140  makes it very easy to create and send e-mails with still or video images taken with camera module  143 . 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , the instant messaging module  141  includes executable instructions to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to an instant message, to modify previously entered characters, to transmit a respective instant message (for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Message Service (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receive instant messages, and to view received instant messages. In some embodiments, transmitted and/or received instant messages optionally include graphics, photos, audio files, video files and/or other attachments as are supported in an MMS and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). As used herein, “instant messaging” refers to both telephony-based messages (e.g., messages sent using SMS or MMS) and Internet-based messages (e.g., messages sent using XMPP, SIMPLE, or IMPS). 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , GPS module  135 , map module  154 , and music player module, workout support module  142  includes executable instructions to create workouts (e.g., with time, distance, and/or calorie burning goals); communicate with workout sensors (sports devices); receive workout sensor data; calibrate sensors used to monitor a workout; select and play music for a workout; and display, store, and transmit workout data. 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , optical sensor(s)  164 , optical sensor controller  158 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , and image management module  144 , camera module  143  includes executable instructions to capture still images or video (including a video stream) and store them into memory  102 , modify characteristics of a still image or video, or delete a still image or video from memory  102 . 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , and camera module  143 , image management module  144  includes executable instructions to arrange, modify (e.g., edit), or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in a digital slide show or album), and store still and/or video images. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , browser module  147  includes executable instructions to browse the Internet in accordance with user instructions, including searching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages or portions thereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to web pages. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , e-mail client module  140 , and browser module  147 , calendar module  148  includes executable instructions to create, display, modify, and store calendars and data associated with calendars (e.g., calendar entries, to-do lists, etc.) in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , and browser module  147 , widget modules  149  are mini-applications that are, optionally, downloaded and used by a user (e.g., weather widget  149 - 1 , stocks widget  149 - 2 , calculator widget  149 - 3 , alarm clock widget  149 - 4 , and dictionary widget  149 - 5 ) or created by the user (e.g., user-created widget  149 - 6 ). In some embodiments, a widget includes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In some embodiments, a widget includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file and a JavaScript file (e.g., Yahoo! Widgets). 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , and browser module  147 , the widget creator module  150  are, optionally, used by a user to create widgets (e.g., turning a user-specified portion of a web page into a widget). 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , search module  151  includes executable instructions to search for text, music, sound, image, video, and/or other files in memory  102  that match one or more search criteria (e.g., one or more user-specified search terms) in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , RF circuitry  108 , and browser module  147 , video and music player module  152  includes executable instructions that allow the user to download and play back recorded music and other sound files stored in one or more file formats, such as MP3 or AAC files, and executable instructions to display, present, or otherwise play back videos (e.g., on touch screen  112  or on an external, connected display via external port  124 ). In some embodiments, device  100  optionally includes the functionality of an MP3 player, such as an iPod (trademark of Apple Inc.). 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , and text input module  134 , notes module  153  includes executable instructions to create and manage notes, to-do lists, and the like in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with RF circuitry  108 , touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , text input module  134 , GPS module  135 , and browser module  147 , map module  154  are, optionally, used to receive, display, modify, and store maps and data associated with maps (e.g., driving directions, data on stores and other points of interest at or near a particular location, and other location-based data) in accordance with user instructions. 
     In conjunction with touch screen  112 , display controller  156 , contact/motion module  130 , graphics module  132 , audio circuitry  110 , speaker  111 , RF circuitry  108 , text input module  134 , e-mail client module  140 , and browser module  147 , online video module  155  includes instructions that allow the user to access, browse, receive (e.g., by streaming and/or download), play back (e.g., on the touch screen or on an external, connected display via external port  124 ), send an e-mail with a link to a particular online video, and otherwise manage online videos in one or more file formats, such as H.264. In some embodiments, instant messaging module  141 , rather than e-mail client module  140 , is used to send a link to a particular online video. Additional description of the online video application can be found in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/936,562, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Playing Online Videos,” filed Jun. 20, 2007, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/968,067, “Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Playing Online Videos,” filed Dec. 31, 2007, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. 
     Each of the above-identified modules and applications corresponds to a set of executable instructions for performing one or more functions described above and the methods described in this application (e.g., the computer-implemented methods and other information processing methods described herein). These modules (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures, or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwise rearranged in various embodiments. For example, video player module is, optionally, combined with music player module into a single module (e.g., video and music player module  152 ,  FIG.  1 A ). In some embodiments, memory  102  optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, memory  102  optionally stores additional modules and data structures not described above. 
     In some embodiments, device  100  is a device where operation of a predefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screen and/or a touchpad as the primary input control device for operation of device  100 , the number of physical input control devices (such as push buttons, dials, and the like) on device  100  is, optionally, reduced. 
     The predefined set of functions that are performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad optionally include navigation between user interfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user, navigates device  100  to a main, home, or root menu from any user interface that is displayed on device  100 . In such embodiments, a “menu button” is implemented using a touchpad. In some other embodiments, the menu button is a physical push button or other physical input control device instead of a touchpad. 
       FIG.  1 B  is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components for event handling in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, memory  102  ( FIG.  1 A ) or  370  ( FIG.  3   ) includes event sorter  170  (e.g., in operating system  126 ) and a respective application  136 - 1  (e.g., any of the aforementioned applications  137 - 151 ,  155 ,  380 - 390 ). 
     Event sorter  170  receives event information and determines the application  136 - 1  and application view  191  of application  136 - 1  to which to deliver the event information. Event sorter  170  includes event monitor  171  and event dispatcher module  174 . In some embodiments, application  136 - 1  includes application internal state  192 , which indicates the current application view(s) displayed on touch-sensitive display  112  when the application is active or executing. In some embodiments, device/global internal state  157  is used by event sorter  170  to determine which application(s) is (are) currently active, and application internal state  192  is used by event sorter  170  to determine application views  191  to which to deliver event information. 
     In some embodiments, application internal state  192  includes additional information, such as one or more of: resume information to be used when application  136 - 1  resumes execution, user interface state information that indicates information being displayed or that is ready for display by application  136 - 1 , a state queue for enabling the user to go back to a prior state or view of application  136 - 1 , and a redo/undo queue of previous actions taken by the user. 
     Event monitor  171  receives event information from peripherals interface  118 . Event information includes information about a sub-event (e.g., a user touch on touch-sensitive display  112 , as part of a multi-touch gesture). Peripherals interface  118  transmits information it receives from I/O subsystem  106  or a sensor, such as proximity sensor  166 , accelerometer(s)  168 , and/or microphone  113  (through audio circuitry  110 ). Information that peripherals interface  118  receives from I/O subsystem  106  includes information from touch-sensitive display  112  or a touch-sensitive surface. 
     In some embodiments, event monitor  171  sends requests to the peripherals interface  118  at predetermined intervals. In response, peripherals interface  118  transmits event information. In other embodiments, peripherals interface  118  transmits event information only when there is a significant event (e.g., receiving an input above a predetermined noise threshold and/or for more than a predetermined duration). 
     In some embodiments, event sorter  170  also includes a hit view determination module  172  and/or an active event recognizer determination module  173 . 
     Hit view determination module  172  provides software procedures for determining where a sub-event has taken place within one or more views when touch-sensitive display  112  displays more than one view. Views are made up of controls and other elements that a user can see on the display. 
     Another aspect of the user interface associated with an application is a set of views, sometimes herein called application views or user interface windows, in which information is displayed and touch-based gestures occur. The application views (of a respective application) in which a touch is detected optionally correspond to programmatic levels within a programmatic or view hierarchy of the application. For example, the lowest level view in which a touch is detected is, optionally, called the hit view, and the set of events that are recognized as proper inputs are, optionally, determined based, at least in part, on the hit view of the initial touch that begins a touch-based gesture. 
     Hit view determination module  172  receives information related to sub-events of a touch-based gesture. When an application has multiple views organized in a hierarchy, hit view determination module  172  identifies a hit view as the lowest view in the hierarchy which should handle the sub-event. In most circumstances, the hit view is the lowest level view in which an initiating sub-event occurs (e.g., the first sub-event in the sequence of sub-events that form an event or potential event). Once the hit view is identified by the hit view determination module  172 , the hit view typically receives all sub-events related to the same touch or input source for which it was identified as the hit view. 
     Active event recognizer determination module  173  determines which view or views within a view hierarchy should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In some embodiments, active event recognizer determination module  173  determines that only the hit view should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, active event recognizer determination module  173  determines that all views that include the physical location of a sub-event are actively involved views, and therefore determines that all actively involved views should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, even if touch sub-events were entirely confined to the area associated with one particular view, views higher in the hierarchy would still remain as actively involved views. 
     Event dispatcher module  174  dispatches the event information to an event recognizer (e.g., event recognizer  180 ). In embodiments including active event recognizer determination module  173 , event dispatcher module  174  delivers the event information to an event recognizer determined by active event recognizer determination module  173 . In some embodiments, event dispatcher module  174  stores in an event queue the event information, which is retrieved by a respective event receiver  182 . 
     In some embodiments, operating system  126  includes event sorter  170 . Alternatively, application  136 - 1  includes event sorter  170 . In yet other embodiments, event sorter  170  is a stand-alone module, or a part of another module stored in memory  102 , such as contact/motion module  130 . 
     In some embodiments, application  136 - 1  includes a plurality of event handlers  190  and one or more application views  191 , each of which includes instructions for handling touch events that occur within a respective view of the application&#39;s user interface. Each application view  191  of the application  136 - 1  includes one or more event recognizers  180 . Typically, a respective application view  191  includes a plurality of event recognizers  180 . In other embodiments, one or more of event recognizers  180  are part of a separate module, such as a user interface kit (not shown) or a higher level object from which application  136 - 1  inherits methods and other properties. In some embodiments, a respective event handler  190  includes one or more of: data updater  176 , object updater  177 , GUI updater  178 , and/or event data  179  received from event sorter  170 . Event handler  190  optionally utilizes or calls data updater  176 , object updater  177 , or GUI updater  178  to update the application internal state  192 . Alternatively, one or more of the application views  191  include one or more respective event handlers  190 . Also, in some embodiments, one or more of data updater  176 , object updater  177 , and GUI updater  178  are included in a respective application view  191 . 
     A respective event recognizer  180  receives event information (e.g., event data  179 ) from event sorter  170  and identifies an event from the event information. Event recognizer  180  includes event receiver  182  and event comparator  184 . In some embodiments, event recognizer  180  also includes at least a subset of: metadata  183 , and event delivery instructions  188  (which optionally include sub-event delivery instructions). 
     Event receiver  182  receives event information from event sorter  170 . The event information includes information about a sub-event, for example, a touch or a touch movement. Depending on the sub-event, the event information also includes additional information, such as location of the sub-event. When the sub-event concerns motion of a touch, the event information optionally also includes speed and direction of the sub-event. In some embodiments, events include rotation of the device from one orientation to another (e.g., from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, or vice versa), and the event information includes corresponding information about the current orientation (also called device attitude) of the device. 
     Event comparator  184  compares the event information to predefined event or sub-event definitions and, based on the comparison, determines an event or sub-event, or determines or updates the state of an event or sub-event. In some embodiments, event comparator  184  includes event definitions  186 . Event definitions  186  contain definitions of events (e.g., predefined sequences of sub-events), for example, event  1  ( 187 - 1 ), event  2  ( 187 - 2 ), and others. In some embodiments, sub-events in an event ( 187 ) include, for example, touch begin, touch end, touch movement, touch cancellation, and multiple touching. In one example, the definition for event  1  ( 187 - 1 ) is a double tap on a displayed object. The double tap, for example, comprises a first touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a first liftoff (touch end) for a predetermined phase, a second touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, and a second liftoff (touch end) for a predetermined phase. In another example, the definition for event  2  ( 187 - 2 ) is a dragging on a displayed object. The dragging, for example, comprises a touch (or contact) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a movement of the touch across touch-sensitive display  112 , and liftoff of the touch (touch end). In some embodiments, the event also includes information for one or more associated event handlers  190 . 
     In some embodiments, event definition  187  includes a definition of an event for a respective user-interface object. In some embodiments, event comparator  184  performs a hit test to determine which user-interface object is associated with a sub-event. For example, in an application view in which three user-interface objects are displayed on touch-sensitive display  112 , when a touch is detected on touch-sensitive display  112 , event comparator  184  performs a hit test to determine which of the three user-interface objects is associated with the touch (sub-event). If each displayed object is associated with a respective event handler  190 , the event comparator uses the result of the hit test to determine which event handler  190  should be activated. For example, event comparator  184  selects an event handler associated with the sub-event and the object triggering the hit test. 
     In some embodiments, the definition for a respective event ( 187 ) also includes delayed actions that delay delivery of the event information until after it has been determined whether the sequence of sub-events does or does not correspond to the event recognizer&#39;s event type. 
     When a respective event recognizer  180  determines that the series of sub-events do not match any of the events in event definitions  186 , the respective event recognizer  180  enters an event impossible, event failed, or event ended state, after which it disregards subsequent sub-events of the touch-based gesture. In this situation, other event recognizers, if any, that remain active for the hit view continue to track and process sub-events of an ongoing touch-based gesture. 
     In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer  180  includes metadata  183  with configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how the event delivery system should perform sub-event delivery to actively involved event recognizers. In some embodiments, metadata  183  includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how event recognizers interact, or are enabled to interact, with one another. In some embodiments, metadata  183  includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate whether sub-events are delivered to varying levels in the view or programmatic hierarchy. 
     In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer  180  activates event handler  190  associated with an event when one or more particular sub-events of an event are recognized. In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer  180  delivers event information associated with the event to event handler  190 . Activating an event handler  190  is distinct from sending (and deferred sending) sub-events to a respective hit view. In some embodiments, event recognizer  180  throws a flag associated with the recognized event, and event handler  190  associated with the flag catches the flag and performs a predefined process. 
     In some embodiments, event delivery instructions  188  include sub-event delivery instructions that deliver event information about a sub-event without activating an event handler. Instead, the sub-event delivery instructions deliver event information to event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or to actively involved views. Event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or with actively involved views receive the event information and perform a predetermined process. 
     In some embodiments, data updater  176  creates and updates data used in application  136 - 1 . For example, data updater  176  updates the telephone number used in contacts module  137 , or stores a video file used in video player module. In some embodiments, object updater  177  creates and updates objects used in application  136 - 1 . For example, object updater  177  creates a new user-interface object or updates the position of a user-interface object. GUI updater  178  updates the GUI. For example, GUI updater  178  prepares display information and sends it to graphics module  132  for display on a touch-sensitive display. 
     In some embodiments, event handler(s)  190  includes or has access to data updater  176 , object updater  177 , and GUI updater  178 . In some embodiments, data updater  176 , object updater  177 , and GUI updater  178  are included in a single module of a respective application  136 - 1  or application view  191 . In other embodiments, they are included in two or more software modules. 
     It shall be understood that the foregoing discussion regarding event handling of user touches on touch-sensitive displays also applies to other forms of user inputs to operate multifunction devices  100  with input devices, not all of which are initiated on touch screens. For example, mouse movement and mouse button presses, optionally coordinated with single or multiple keyboard presses or holds; contact movements such as taps, drags, scrolls, etc. on touchpads; pen stylus inputs; movement of the device; oral instructions; detected eye movements; biometric inputs; and/or any combination thereof are optionally utilized as inputs corresponding to sub-events which define an event to be recognized. 
       FIG.  2    illustrates a portable or non-portable multifunction device  100  having a touch screen  112  in accordance with some embodiments. As stated above, multifunction device  100  is described as having the various illustrated structures (such as touch screen  112 , speaker  111 , accelerometer  168 , microphone  113 , etc.); however, it is understood that these structures optionally reside on separate devices. For example, display-related structures (e.g., display, speaker, etc.) and/or functions optionally reside on a separate display device, input-related structures (e.g., touch-sensitive surface, microphone, accelerometer, etc.) and/or functions optionally reside on a separate input device, and remaining structures and/or functions optionally reside on multifunction device  100 . 
     The touch screen  112  optionally displays one or more graphics within user interface (UI)  200 . In this embodiment, as well as others described below, a user is enabled to select one or more of the graphics by making a gesture on the graphics, for example, with one or more fingers  202  (not drawn to scale in the figure) or one or more styluses  203  (not drawn to scale in the figure). In some embodiments, selection of one or more graphics occurs when the user breaks contact with the one or more graphics. In some embodiments, the gesture optionally includes one or more taps, one or more swipes (from left to right, right to left, upward and/or downward) and/or a rolling of a finger (from right to left, left to right, upward and/or downward) that has made contact with device  100 . In some implementations or circumstances, inadvertent contact with a graphic does not select the graphic. For example, a swipe gesture that sweeps over an application icon optionally does not select the corresponding application when the gesture corresponding to selection is a tap. 
     Device  100  optionally also includes one or more physical buttons, such as “home” or menu button  204 . As previously described, menu button  204  is, optionally, used to navigate to any application  136  in a set of applications that are, optionally executed on device  100 . Alternatively, in some embodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI displayed on touch screen  112 . 
     In one embodiment, device  100  includes touch screen  112 , menu button  204 , push button  206  for powering the device on/off and locking the device, volume adjustment button(s)  208 , Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card slot  210 , head set jack  212 , and docking/charging external port  124 . Push button  206  is, optionally, used to turn the power on/off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button in the depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the device by depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefined time interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate an unlock process. In an alternative embodiment, device  100  also accepts verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functions through microphone  113 . Device  100  also, optionally, includes one or more contact intensity sensors  165  for detecting intensity of contacts on touch screen  112  and/or one or more tactile output generators  167  for generating tactile outputs for a user of device  100 . 
       FIG.  3    is a block diagram of an exemplary multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface in accordance with some embodiments. Device  300  need not include the display and the touch-sensitive surface, as described above, but rather, in some embodiments, optionally communicates with the display and the touch-sensitive surface on other devices. Additionally, device  300  need not be portable. In some embodiments, device  300  is a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a tablet computer, a multimedia player device (such as a television or a set-top box), a navigation device, an educational device (such as a child&#39;s learning toy), a gaming system, or a control device (e.g., a home or industrial controller). Device  300  typically includes one or more processing units (CPU&#39;s)  310 , one or more network or other communications interfaces  360 , memory  370 , and one or more communication buses  320  for interconnecting these components. Communication buses  320  optionally include circuitry (sometimes called a chipset) that interconnects and controls communications between system components. Device  300  includes input/output (I/O) interface  330  comprising display  340 , which is typically a touch screen display. I/O interface  330  also optionally includes a keyboard and/or mouse (or other pointing device)  350  and touchpad  355 , tactile output generator  357  for generating tactile outputs on device  300  (e.g., similar to tactile output generator(s)  167  described above with reference to  FIG.  1 A ), sensors  359  (e.g., optical, acceleration, proximity, touch-sensitive, and/or contact intensity sensors similar to contact intensity sensor(s)  165  described above with reference to  FIG.  1 A ). Memory  370  includes high-speed random access memory, such as DRAM, SRAM, DDR RAM or other random access solid state memory devices; and optionally includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid state storage devices. Memory  370  optionally includes one or more storage devices remotely located from CPU(s)  310 . In some embodiments, memory  370  stores programs, modules, and data structures analogous to the programs, modules, and data structures stored in memory  102  of portable or non-portable multifunction device  100  ( FIG.  1 A ), or a subset thereof. Furthermore, memory  370  optionally stores additional programs, modules, and data structures not present in memory  102  of portable or non-portable multifunction device  100 . For example, memory  370  of device  300  optionally stores drawing module  380 , presentation module  382 , word processing module  384 , website creation module  386 , disk authoring module  388 , and/or spreadsheet module  390 , while memory  102  of portable or non-portable multifunction device  100  ( FIG.  1 A ) optionally does not store these modules. 
     Each of the above identified elements in  FIG.  3    are, optionally, stored in one or more of the previously mentioned memory devices. Each of the above identified modules corresponds to a set of instructions for performing a function described above. The above identified modules or programs (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwise re-arranged in various embodiments. In some embodiments, memory  370  optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, memory  370  optionally stores additional modules and data structures not described above. 
       FIG.  4    illustrates an exemplary user interface on a device (e.g., device  300 ,  FIG.  3   ) with a touch-sensitive surface  451  (e.g., a tablet or touchpad  355 ,  FIG.  3   ) that is separate from the display  450  (e.g., touch screen display  112 ). Device  300  also, optionally, includes one or more contact intensity sensors (e.g., one or more of sensors  357 ) for detecting intensity of contacts on touch-sensitive surface  451  and/or one or more tactile output generators  359  for generating tactile outputs for a user of device  300 . 
     Although some of the examples that follow will be given with reference to inputs on touch screen display  112  (where the touch sensitive surface and the display are combined), in some embodiments, the device detects inputs on a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from the display, as shown in  FIG.  4   . In some embodiments the touch sensitive surface (e.g.,  451  in  FIG.  4   ) has a primary axis (e.g.,  452  in  FIG.  4   ) that corresponds to a primary axis (e.g.,  453  in  FIG.  4   ) on the display (e.g.,  450 ). In accordance with these embodiments, the device detects contacts (e.g.,  460  and  462  in  FIG.  4   ) with the touch-sensitive surface  451  at locations that correspond to respective locations on the display (e.g., in  FIG.  4 ,  460    corresponds to  468  and  462  corresponds to  470 ). In this way, user inputs (e.g., contacts  460  and  462 , and movements thereof) detected by the device on the touch-sensitive surface (e.g.,  451  in  FIG.  4   ) are used by the device to manipulate the user interface on the display (e.g.,  450  in  FIG.  4   ) of the multifunction device when the touch-sensitive surface is separate from the display. It should be understood that similar methods are, optionally, used for other user interfaces described herein. 
     Additionally, while the following examples are given primarily with reference to finger inputs (e.g., finger contacts, finger tap gestures, finger swipe gestures), it should be understood that, in some embodiments, one or more of the finger inputs are replaced with input from another input device (e.g., a mouse based input or stylus input). For example, a swipe gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click (e.g., instead of a contact) followed by movement of the cursor along the path of the swipe (e.g., instead of movement of the contact). As another example, a tap gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click while the cursor is located over the location of the tap gesture (e.g., instead of detection of the contact followed by ceasing to detect the contact). Similarly, when multiple user inputs are simultaneously detected, it should be understood that multiple computer mice are, optionally, used simultaneously, or a mouse and finger contacts are, optionally, used simultaneously. 
     As used herein, the term “focus selector” refers to an input element that indicates a current part of a user interface with which a user is interacting. In some implementations that include a cursor or other location marker, the cursor acts as a “focus selector,” so that when an input (e.g., a press input) is detected on a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touchpad  355  in  FIG.  3    or touch-sensitive surface  451  in  FIG.  4   ) while the cursor is over a particular user interface element (e.g., a button, window, slider or other user interface element), the particular user interface element is adjusted in accordance with the detected input. In some implementations that include a touch-screen display (e.g., touch-sensitive display system  112  in  FIG.  1 A ) that enables direct interaction with user interface elements on the touch-screen display, a detected contact on the touch-screen acts as a “focus selector,” so that when an input (e.g., a press input by the contact) is detected on the touch-screen display at a location of a particular user interface element (e.g., a button, window, slider or other user interface element), the particular user interface element is adjusted in accordance with the detected input. In some implementations focus is moved from one region of a user interface to another region of the user interface without corresponding movement of a cursor or movement of a contact on a touch-screen display (e.g., by using a tab key or arrow keys to move focus from one button to another button); in these implementations, the focus selector moves in accordance with movement of focus between different regions of the user interface. Without regard to the specific form taken by the focus selector, the focus selector is generally the user interface element (or contact on a touch-screen display) that is controlled by the user so as to communicate the user&#39;s intended interaction with the user interface (e.g., by indicating, to the device, the element of the user interface with which the user is intending to interact). For example, the location of a focus selector (e.g., a cursor, a contact or a selection box) over a respective button while a press input is detected on the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touchpad or touch screen) will indicate that the user is intending to activate the respective button (as opposed to other user interface elements shown on a display of the device). 
     As used in the specification and claims, the term “characteristic intensity” of a contact refers to a characteristic of the contact based on one or more intensities of the contact. In some embodiments, the characteristic intensity is based on multiple intensity samples. The characteristic intensity is, optionally, based on a predefined number of intensity samples, or a set of intensity samples collected during a predetermined time period (e.g., 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 seconds) relative to a predefined event (e.g., after detecting the contact, prior to detecting liftoff of the contact, before or after detecting a start of movement of the contact, prior to detecting an end of the contact, before or after detecting an increase in intensity of the contact, and/or before or after detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact). A characteristic intensity of a contact is, optionally, based on one or more of: a maximum value of the intensities of the contact, a mean value of the intensities of the contact, an average value of the intensities of the contact, a top 10 percentile value of the intensities of the contact, a value at the half maximum of the intensities of the contact, a value at the 90 percent maximum of the intensities of the contact, or the like. In some embodiments, the duration of the contact is used in determining the characteristic intensity (e.g., when the characteristic intensity is an average of the intensity of the contact over time). In some embodiments, the characteristic intensity is compared to a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user. For example, the set of one or more intensity thresholds optionally includes a first intensity threshold and a second intensity threshold. In this example, a contact with a characteristic intensity that does not exceed the first threshold results in a first operation, a contact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the first intensity threshold and does not exceed the second intensity threshold results in a second operation, and a contact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the second threshold results in a third operation. In some embodiments, a comparison between the characteristic intensity and one or more thresholds is used to determine whether or not to perform one or more operations (e.g., whether to perform a respective operation or forgo performing the respective operation), rather than being used to determine whether to perform a first operation or a second operation. 
     In some embodiments described herein, one or more operations are performed in response to detecting a gesture that includes a respective press input or in response to detecting the respective press input performed with a respective contact (or a plurality of contacts), where the respective press input is detected based at least in part on detecting an increase in intensity of the contact (or plurality of contacts) above a press-input intensity threshold. In some embodiments, the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., a “down stroke” of the respective press input). In some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the press-input threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of the respective press input). 
     In some embodiments, the device employs intensity hysteresis to avoid accidental inputs sometimes termed “jitter,” where the device defines or selects a hysteresis intensity threshold with a predefined relationship to the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., the hysteresis intensity threshold is X intensity units lower than the press-input intensity threshold or the hysteresis intensity threshold is 75%, 90% or some reasonable proportion of the press-input intensity threshold). Thus, in some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold that corresponds to the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold (e.g., an “up stroke” of the respective press input). Similarly, in some embodiments, the press input is detected only when the device detects an increase in intensity of the contact from an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity at or above the press-input intensity threshold and, optionally, a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact to an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the press input (e.g., the increase in intensity of the contact or the decrease in intensity of the contact, depending on the circumstances). 
     For ease of explanation, the description of operations performed in response to a press input associated with a press-input intensity threshold or in response to a gesture including the press input are, optionally, triggered in response to detecting either: an increase in intensity of a contact above the press-input intensity threshold, an increase in intensity of a contact from an intensity below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity above the press-input intensity threshold, a decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and/or a decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to the press-input intensity threshold. Additionally, in examples where an operation is described as being performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of a contact below the press-input intensity threshold, the operation is, optionally, performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact below a hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to, and lower than, the press-input intensity threshold. 
       FIG.  5 A  illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary architecture for the device  500  according to some embodiments of the disclosure. In the embodiment of  FIG.  5 A , media or other content is optionally received by device  500  via network interface  502 , which is optionally a wireless or wired connection. The one or more processors  504  optionally execute any number of programs stored in memory  506  or storage, which optionally includes instructions to perform one or more of the methods and/or processes described herein (e.g., methods  700 ,  900  and  1100 ). 
     In some embodiments, display controller  508  causes the various user interfaces of the disclosure to be displayed on display  514 . Further, input to device  500  is optionally provided by remote  510  via remote interface  512 , which is optionally a wireless or a wired connection. In some embodiments, input to device  500  is provided by a multifunction device  511  (e.g., a smartphone) on which a remote control application is running that configures the multifunction device to simulate remote control functionality, as will be described in more detail below. In some embodiments, multifunction device  511  corresponds to one or more of device  100  in  FIGS.  1 A and  2   , and device  300  in  FIG.  3   . It is understood that the embodiment of  FIG.  5 A  is not meant to limit the features of the device of the disclosure, and that other components to facilitate other features described in the disclosure are optionally included in the architecture of  FIG.  5 A  as well. In some embodiments, device  500  optionally corresponds to one or more of multifunction device  100  in  FIGS.  1 A and  2    and device  300  in  FIG.  3   ; network interface  502  optionally corresponds to one or more of RF circuitry  108 , external port  124 , and peripherals interface  118  in  FIGS.  1 A and  2   , and network communications interface  360  in  FIG.  3   ; processor  504  optionally corresponds to one or more of processor(s)  120  in  FIG.  1 A  and CPU(s)  310  in  FIG.  3   ; display controller  508  optionally corresponds to one or more of display controller  156  in  FIG.  1 A  and I/O interface  330  in  FIG.  3   ; memory  506  optionally corresponds to one or more of memory  102  in  FIG.  1 A  and memory  370  in  FIG.  3   ; remote interface  512  optionally corresponds to one or more of peripherals interface  118 , and I/O subsystem  106  (and/or its components) in  FIG.  1 A , and I/O interface  330  in  FIG.  3   ; remote  512  optionally corresponds to and or includes one or more of speaker  111 , touch-sensitive display system  112 , microphone  113 , optical sensor(s)  164 , contact intensity sensor(s)  165 , tactile output generator(s)  167 , other input control devices  116 , accelerometer(s)  168 , proximity sensor  166 , and I/O subsystem  106  in  FIG.  1 A , and keyboard/mouse  350 , touchpad  355 , tactile output generator(s)  357 , and contact intensity sensor(s)  359  in  FIG.  3   , and touch-sensitive surface  451  in  FIG.  4   ; and, display  514  optionally corresponds to one or more of touch-sensitive display system  112  in  FIGS.  1 A and  2   , and display  340  in  FIG.  3   . 
       FIG.  5 B  illustrates an exemplary structure for remote  510  according to some embodiments of the disclosure. In some embodiments, remote  510  optionally corresponds to one or more of multifunction device  100  in  FIGS.  1 A and  2    and device  300  in  FIG.  3   . Remote  510  optionally includes touch-sensitive surface  451 . In some embodiments, touch-sensitive surface  451  is edge-to-edge (e.g., it extends to the edges of remote  510 , such that little or no surface of remote  510  exists between the touch-sensitive surface  451  and one or more edges of remote  510 , as illustrated in  FIG.  5 B ). Touch-sensitive surface  451  is optionally able to sense contacts as well as contact intensities (e.g., clicks of touch-sensitive surface  451 ), as previously described in this disclosure. Further, touch-sensitive surface  451  optionally includes a mechanical actuator for providing physical button click functionality (e.g., touch-sensitive surface  451  is “clickable” to provide corresponding input to device  500 ). Remote  510  also optionally includes buttons  516 ,  518 ,  520 ,  522 ,  524  and  526 . Buttons  516 ,  518 ,  520 ,  522 ,  524  and  526  are optionally mechanical buttons or mechanical button alternatives that are able to sense contact with, or depression of, such buttons to initiate corresponding action(s) on, for example, device  500 . In some embodiments, selection of “menu” button  516  by a user navigates device  500  backwards in a currently-executing application or currently-displayed user interface (e.g., back to a user interface that was displayed previous to the currently-displayed user interface), or navigates device  500  to a one-higher-level user interface than the currently-displayed user interface. In some embodiments, selection of “home” button  518  by a user navigates device  500  to a main, home, or root user interface from any user interface that is displayed on device  500  (e.g., to a home screen of device  500  that optionally includes one or more applications accessible on device  500 ). In some embodiments, selection of the “home” button  518  causes the electronic device to navigate to a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, selection of “play/pause” button  520  by a user toggles between playing and pausing a currently-playing content item on device  500  (e.g., if a content item is playing on device  500  when “play/pause” button  520  is selected, the content item is optionally paused, and if a content item is paused on device  500  when “play/pause” button  520  is selected, the content item is optionally played). In some embodiments, selection of “+”  522  or “−”  524  buttons by a user increases or decreases, respectively, the volume of audio reproduced by device  500  (e.g., the volume of a content item currently-playing on device  500 ). In some embodiments, selection of “audio input” button  526  by a user allows the user to provide audio input (e.g., voice input) to device  500 , optionally, to a voice assistant on the device. In some embodiments, remote  510  includes a microphone via which the user provides audio input to device  500  upon selection of “audio input” button  526 . In some embodiments, remote  510  includes one or more accelerometers for detecting information about the motion of the remote. 
       FIG.  5 C  depicts exemplary personal electronic device  500 . In some embodiments, device  500  can include some or all of the components described with respect to  FIGS.  1 A,  1 B, and  3   . Device  500  has bus  512  that operatively couples I/O section  514  with one or more computer processors  516  and memory  518 . I/O section  514  can be connected to display  504 , which can have touch-sensitive component  522  and, optionally, intensity sensor  524  (e.g., contact intensity sensor). In addition, I/O section  514  can be connected with communication unit  530  for receiving application and operating system data, using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, near field communication (NFC), cellular, and/or other wireless communication techniques. Device  500  can include input mechanisms  506  and/or  508 . Input mechanism  506  is, optionally, a rotatable input device or a depressible and rotatable input device, for example. Input mechanism  508  is, optionally, a button, in some examples. 
     Input mechanism  508  is, optionally, a microphone, in some examples. Personal electronic device  500  optionally includes various sensors, such as GPS sensor  532 , accelerometer  534 , directional sensor  540  (e.g., compass), gyroscope  536 , motion sensor  538 , and/or a combination thereof, all of which can be operatively connected to I/O section  514 . 
     Memory  518  of personal electronic device  500  can include one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums, for storing computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by one or more computer processors  516 , for example, can cause the computer processors to perform the techniques described below, including processes described with reference to  FIGS.  6 - 11   . A computer-readable storage medium can be any medium that can tangibly contain or store computer-executable instructions for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In some examples, the storage medium is a transitory computer-readable storage medium. In some examples, the storage medium is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can include, but is not limited to, magnetic, optical, and/or semiconductor storages. Examples of such storage include magnetic disks, optical discs based on CD, DVD, or Blu-ray technologies, as well as persistent solid-state memory such as flash, solid-state drives, and the like. Personal electronic device  500  is not limited to the components and configuration of  FIG.  5 C , but can include other or additional components in multiple configurations. 
     As used here, the term “affordance” refers to a user-interactive graphical user interface object that is, optionally, displayed on the display screen of devices  100 ,  300 , and/or  500  ( FIGS.  1 A,  3 , and  5 A- 5 B ). For example, an image (e.g., icon), a button, and text (e.g., hyperlink) each optionally constitute an affordance. 
     As used herein, “installed application” refers to a software application that has been downloaded onto an electronic device (e.g., devices  100 ,  300 , and/or  500 ) and is ready to be launched (e.g., become opened) on the device. In some embodiments, a downloaded application becomes an installed application by way of an installation program that extracts program portions from a downloaded package and integrates the extracted portions with the operating system of the computer system. 
     As used herein, the terms “open application” or “executing application” refer to a software application with retained state information (e.g., as part of device/global internal state  157  and/or application internal state  192 ). An open or executing application is, optionally, any one of the following types of applications:
         an active application, which is currently displayed on a display screen of the device that the application is being used on;   a background application (or background processes), which is not currently displayed, but one or more processes for the application are being processed by one or more processors; and   a suspended or hibernated application, which is not running, but has state information that is stored in memory (volatile and non-volatile, respectively) and that can be used to resume execution of the application.       

     As used herein, the term “closed application” refers to software applications without retained state information (e.g., state information for closed applications is not stored in a memory of the device). Accordingly, closing an application includes stopping and/or removing application processes for the application and removing state information for the application from the memory of the device. Generally, opening a second application while in a first application does not close the first application. When the second application is displayed and the first application ceases to be displayed, the first application becomes a background application. 
     One or more of the embodiments disclosed herein optionally include one or more of the features disclosed in the following patent applications: “User Interfaces For a Media Browsing Application” (U.S. application Ser. No. 16/827,910, filed Mar. 24, 2020, and published as U.S. Publication No. 2020/0304863 on Sep. 24, 2020), “User Interfaces Including Selectable Representations of Content Items” (U.S. application Ser. No. 16/827,931, filed Mar. 24, 2020, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,445,263 on Sep. 13, 2022), and “User Interfaces for Viewing and Accessing Content on an Electronic Device” (U.S. application Ser. No. 16/827,918, filed Mar. 24, 2020, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 11,467,726 on Oct. 11, 2022), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference. 
     Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”) and associated processes that are implemented on an electronic device, such as portable multifunction device  100 , device  300 , or device  500 . 
     User Interfaces and Associated Processes 
     Representations of Content Available on a Respective Channel 
     Users interact with electronic devices in many different manners, including using an electronic device to subscribe to a channel that provides access to items of content that play in a media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device is able to present a representation of a channel that is selectable to subscribe to the channel. The embodiments described below provide ways in which an electronic device presents, in a user interface of the media browsing application, representations of items of content available on a respective channel in response to successfully subscribing to the respective channel. Enhancing interactions with a device reduces the amount of time needed by a user to perform operations, and thus reduces the power usage of the device and increases battery life for battery-powered devices. It is understood that people use devices. When a person uses a device, that person is optionally referred to as a user of the device. 
       FIGS.  6 A- 6 HH  illustrate exemplary ways in which an electronic device presents a plurality of representations of content items that are available on a respective channel in response to successfully subscribing to the respective channel in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The embodiments in these figures are used to illustrate the processes described below, including the processes described with reference to  FIGS.  7 A- 7 J . 
       FIGS.  6 A- 6 K  illustrate an electronic device  500  presenting user interfaces associated with a process for subscribing to a channel that provides content that plays in a media browsing application.  FIG.  6 A  illustrates a media browsing application user interface. The media browsing application user interface includes a navigation bar  602  including a plurality of navigation tabs  604   a  (e.g., “Watch Now”),  604   b  (“TV Shows”),  604   c  (“Movies”),  604   d  (“Sports”),  604   e  (“Library”),  604   f  (“Kids”), and  604   g  (“Search”). The media browsing application user interface further includes a plurality of representations of items of content  608   a - e  that, when selected, cause the electronic device  500  to present the selected content. As shown in  FIG.  6 A , the user interface includes representations of television and video content because the “Watch Now” tab  604   a  is selected and the “Watch Now” user interface is associated with both movies and television. As shown in  FIG.  6 A , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down in the user interface. 
     In response to the user&#39;s scrolling illustrated in  FIG.  6 A , in  FIG.  6 B , the electronic device  500  presents another part of the media browsing application user interface. The user interface includes a plurality of representations of content  608   a - e ,  610   a - e , and  614   a - e . In response to selection of one of the representations of content  608 ,  610 , or  614 , the electronic device  500  presents a product page user interface that includes more information about the selected item of content. The user interface further includes a representation  612   a  of a channel that provides content that plays in the media browsing application of the user interface and a portion of another representation  612   b  of another representation of another channel that provides content that plays in the media browsing application. As shown in  FIG.  6 B , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down in the user interface. 
     In response to the user&#39;s scrolling illustrated in  FIG.  6 B , the electronic device  500  moves the current focus to the representation  612   a  of Channel A, as shown in  FIG.  6 C . The user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) to the right. 
     In response to the user&#39;s scrolling illustrated in  FIG.  6 C , the electronic device  500  presents the representation of Channel B  612   b  in the location in which the representation of Channel A had previously been presented, as shown in  FIG.  6 C . A portion of the representation  612   a  of Channel A and a portion of a representation  612   c  of Channel C are visible on either side of the representation of Channel B. The representation  612   b  of Channel B includes a selectable option to “Try it Free” because a free trial of Channel B is available. As shown in  FIG.  6 D , the user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the representation  612   b  of Channel B. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  presents a user interface for subscribing to Channel B. 
       FIG.  6 E  illustrates a user interface for subscribing to Channel B. The user interface includes an indication  618   a  of the terms of the subscription to Channel B, a selectable option  620   a  to continue to subscribe to Channel B, a selectable option  620   a  to stop the process of subscribing the Channel B, and a selectable option  624   a  to access a subscription to Channel B via an existing subscription (e.g., an existing subscription to Channel B or an existing subscription to a content provider that includes access to Channel B, such as a television provider account). The user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the option  620   a  to continue to subscribe to Channel B. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  subscribes to Channel B. 
       FIGS.  6 F- 6 I  illustrate the steps of an animation that is performed in response to the successful subscription to Channel B. In  FIG.  6 F , the electronic device  500  ceases displaying the user interface for subscribing to Channel B. After ceasing the display of the user interface for subscribing to Channel B, the electronic device  500  presents an animation of a row including representations  612   a - 612   d  moving down in the user interface. Although the electronic device  500  no longer presents the representation  612   b  of Channel B, a representation of Channel C  612   c  and portions of representations  612   a  and  612   d  are presented in the row. 
     In  FIGS.  6 G-H , the electronic device  500  presents an animation of a row of representations  616   a - 616   f  of content items sliding in to the user interface. The content items are available for playback in the media browsing application with Channel B. 
     In  FIG.  6 I , the row of representations  616   a - 616   f  of content items available for playback in the media browsing application with Channel B are presented in the user interface. The user interface includes a visual indication  616   a  of the subscription to Channel B. After a predetermined amount of time (e.g., 1 second, 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, etc.), the indication  626   a  auto-dismisses, as shown in  FIG.  6 J . 
     In  FIG.  6 J , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) the user interface down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  presents additional sections of the user interface of the media browsing application, as shown in  FIG.  6 K . The electronic device  500  presents a plurality of representations  614   a - 614   e  of content available through the media browsing application. When one of the representations  614  is selected, the electronic device  500  presents a product page user interface specific to the selected item of content. The electronic device  500  also presents a plurality of representations of channels available in the content browsing application. The representations include a representation  628   a  of a channel to which the user is subscribed followed by a plurality of representations  630   a - 630   f  of channels to which the user is not subscribed. As shown in  FIG.  6 K , the representation  628   a  of the channel to which the user is subscribed is presented first in the row of representations of channels in the user interface. In some embodiments, if the user is subscribed to fewer than two channels, the electronic device does not present an indication or delineation of which channels the user is subscribed to and which channels the user is not subscribed to. 
       FIGS.  6 L- 6 U  illustrate an electronic device  500  presenting user interfaces associated with a process for subscribing to another channel that provides content that plays in a media browsing application.  FIG.  6 L  illustrates the user interface of the media browsing application that includes the navigation bar  602 . The current focus of the electronic device is on the “Watch Now” tab  604   a  of the navigation bar and the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) to the right. In response to the scrolling, the electronic device  500  moves the current focus to the right in the user interface. 
       FIG.  6 M  illustrates the media browsing application user interface after the current focus moved to the “Movies” tab  604   c  in the navigation bar  602 . In response to the user&#39;s selection of the “Movies” tab, the electronic device presents a user interface including representations of movie content, such as the representations  610   a - 610   e  shown in  FIG.  6 M . The user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down in the user interface. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  presents additional portions of the media browsing application user interface. 
       FIG.  6 N  illustrates an additional portion of the media browsing application user interface that is revealed in response to the user&#39;s scrolling illustrated in  FIG.  6 M . As shown in  FIG.  6 N , the user interface includes a plurality of representations  610   a - e ,  616   a - 616   e , and  614   a - 614   e  of movie content accessible to the media browsing application. The user interface also includes a representation  612   c  of Channel C, which is a channel that includes movie content that plays in the media browsing application, and part of a representation  612   d  of Channel D. Although channel A is also available on the media browsing application, the representation of channel A (e.g., representation  612   a  illustrated in  FIG.  6 B ) is not included in the “Movies” page of the media browsing application user interface because Channel A does not provide access to movies (e.g., Channel A only provides access to TV shows). As shown in  FIG.  6 N , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device moves the current focus from a representation  616   a  of an item of content to the representation  612   c  of Channel C. 
       FIG.  6 O  illustrates the media browsing application user interface with the current focus on the representation  612   c  of Channel C. The representation  612   c  of Channel C includes an option to “Try it Free” because there is a free trial of Channel C available. As shown in  FIG.  6 O , the user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the representation  612   c  of Channel C. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  presents a user interface for subscribing to Channel C. 
       FIG.  6 P  illustrates a user interface of the media browsing application for subscribing to Channel C. The user interface includes an indication  618   b  of the terms of the subscription to Channel C, a selectable option  620   b  to subscribe to Channel C, a selectable option  622   b  to exit the user interface without subscribing to Channel C, and a selectable option  624   b  to link an existing account that provides access to Channel C. As shown in  FIG.  6 P , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down in the user interface. In response to the scrolling, the electronic device  500  moves the current focus down. 
     As shown in  FIG.  6 Q , in response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  moves the current focus to the selectable option  624   b  to sign in to an existing account that provides access to Channel C. As shown in  FIG.  6 Q , the user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the option  624   b  to sign in to the account. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  presents a log in user interface. 
       FIG.  6 R  illustrates a log in user interface of the media browsing application. The log in user interface includes an indication  632   a  to select a provider that provides access to Channel C, selectable options  634   a  and  636   a  for selecting the provider service to log in to, and an option  638   a  to exit the log in user interface without signing in to an account. The providers shown in  FIG.  6 R  are optionally television or other content providers that enable the user account to access one or more channels, including Channel C. In some embodiments, the user is able to log in to an account that is specific to Channel C, as opposed to a TV provider account. As shown in  FIG.  6 R , the user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the option  634   a  to log in to an account with provider A. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device presents a user name and password user interface from which the user is able to enter the credentials of their Provider A account. 
       FIG.  6 S  illustrates a user name and password user interface. The user interface includes an indication  640   a  to enter the user name and password associated with Provider A, and an on-screen keyboard  642   a  from which the user is able to select characters to enter into the user name field  644   a  and password field  644   b . The user interface also includes a selectable option  646   a  to exit the user name and password user interface without entering the login credentials and a selectable option  646   b  to submit the entered user name and password to log in to the account. Once the user enters the user name and password and selects the option  646   b , the electronic device logs in to the provider account and presents a content browsing user interface. 
       FIG.  6 T  illustrates the content browsing user interface. The content browsing user interface includes a row of representations  648   a - e  of content items that are accessible from Channel C that play in the media browsing application. It should be understood that the electronic device presents an animation similar to the animation illustrated in  FIGS.  6 F- 6 I  in response to the successful subscription to Channel C that animates the appearance of the row of representations  648   a - e  of content items available through Channel C. Although the electronic device  500  no longer presents the representation  612   c  of Channel C, the electronic device  500  presents an indication  612   d  of Channel D and a portion of a representation  612   e  of Channel E. The user interface further includes a visual indication  626   b  that the subscription to Channel C is active. As shown in  FIG.  6 T , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device scrolls the user interface down. 
       FIG.  6 U  illustrates the media browsing application user interface after the user scrolls the user interface down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the current focus moves from the representation  612   d  of Channel D to a representation  614   a  of an item of content. The user interface further includes the row of representations  628   a - b  and  630   a - f  of channels available in the media browsing application. The channels are arranged to include representations  628   a - b  of channels to which the user is subscribed at the start of the row under a “My Channels” indication, followed by the representations  630   a - f  of channels to which the user is not subscribed under an “Available Channels” indication. It should be understood that the row of channels is horizontally scrollable to reveal additional representations of channels not shown here. 
       FIG.  6 V  illustrates a user interface of the media browsing application that is specific to television shows. The navigation bar  602  indicates that the tab  604   b  for television shows is currently selected. The user interface further includes a plurality of representations  610   a - e  of television show content. As shown in  FIG.  6 V , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  6030  down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  scrolls the user interface down. 
       FIG.  6 W  illustrates a portion of the user interface that includes a plurality of rows of representations of content (e.g., TV shows) that are available from three channels in the media browsing application. The user interface includes a row of representations  616   g - k  of content that are available from Channel B, a row of representations of  648   a - e  of content that are available from Channel C, and a row of representations  650   a - e  of content that are available from Channel G. Although there are three rows of content available from channels to which the user is subscribed (and the user interface does not include more channel rows if the user scrolls down), it is possible that the user is subscribed to more than three channels (e.g., the user is subscribed to four channels, including Channel D) but the electronic device presents a maximum of three rows of channel-specific content. As shown in  FIG.  6 W , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  scrolls the user interface down. 
       FIG.  6 X  illustrates another portion of the media browsing application user interface. The user interface includes a representation  612   e  of Channel E. As shown in  FIG.  6 X , the user interface does not include portions of additional representations of available channels, which is because the number of available channels to which the user is not subscribed is less than a predetermined threshold (e.g., three available channels). As shown in  FIG.  6 X , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  moves the current focus down. 
     As shown in  FIG.  6 Y , the electronic device  500  moves the current focus to the representation  612   e  of Channel E. The representation  612   e  of Channel E includes an option to “Watch Now,” instead of an option to “Try it Free” because there is no free trial of Channel E currently available. The user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the representation  612   e  of Channel E. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device presents a user interface from which the user is able to subscribe to Channel E, as shown in  FIG.  6 Z . 
       FIG.  6 Z  illustrates a user interface from which the user is able to subscribe to Channel E. The user interface includes an indication  618   c  of the terms of the subscription to Channel E, a selectable option  620   c  to subscribe to Channel E, a selectable option  622   c  to exit the user interface without subscribing to Channel E, and a selectable option  624   c  to log in to a user account that provides access to Channel E. As shown in  FIG.  6 Z , the user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the option  620   c  to subscribe to Channel E. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device subscribes to Channel E. 
       FIG.  6 AA  illustrates a user interface of the media browsing application after the user successfully subscribes to Channel E. The electronic device  500  no longer presents the indication  612   e  of Channel E and presents a row of representations  652   a - e  of items of content available through Channel E. It should be understood that the electronic device is able to present an animation of the representation  612   e  of channel E disappearing and the row of representations  652   a - e  appearing on the display that is similar to the animation illustrated in  FIGS.  6 F- 6 I . The user interface also includes an indication  626   c  that the subscription to channel E was successful. The indication  626   c  is presented for a predetermined amount of time before auto-dismissing. As shown in  FIG.  6 AA , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  scrolls the user interface down. 
       FIG.  6 BB  illustrates the user interface after the user scrolls down, as shown in  FIG.  6 AA . The user interface includes indications  628   a - f  of channels the user is subscribed to, including Channel E, and indications  630   a - e  of channels the user is not subscribed to. After subscribing to Channel E, the user is subscribed to five channels. Although the user is subscribed to five channels, the user interface of the media browsing application includes three rows of representations of content accessible on a particular channel the user is subscribed to, such as illustrated in  FIG.  6 W . As shown in  FIG.  6 BB , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  603 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  scrolls the user interface down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device moves the current focus from a representation  614   a  of an item of content to a representation  628   a  of Channel B. 
       FIG.  6 CC  illustrates the user interfaced of the media browsing application with the current focus on the representation  628   a  of Channel B. The user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the representation  628   a  of Channel B. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  presents a user interface specific to Channel B. 
       FIG.  6 DD  illustrates the user interface specific to Channel B. The user interface includes a large representation  654   a  of an item of content and a plurality of smaller representations  656   a - d  of items of content. The representations  654   a  and  656   a - d  are selectable to present a product page user interface specific to the selected item of content that includes information about the item of content and a selectable option to play the content. In some embodiments, the representation  654   a  is selectable to present the product page user interface of the series of content and the representations  656   a - d  are selectable to play the respective item of content. 
     As discussed in  FIGS.  6 A- 6 DD , the electronic device presents various representations (e.g., representations  612 ,  628 , and  630 ) of channels that provide content that plays in the media browsing application. The electronic device  500  also presents, in the media browsing application, representations items of content that play in applications other than the media browsing application. However, the channels, providers, and applications that provide content that play in applications other than the media browsing application are not represented by the representations (e.g., representations  612 ,  628 ,  630 ) that represent channels that provide content that plays in the media browsing application. 
       FIGS.  6 EE- 6 FF  illustrate the electronic device presenting, in the media browsing application user interface, a representation  608   b  of an item of content that plays in an application other than the media browsing application and playing the content in the application other than the media browsing application in response to selection of the representation  608   b . In  FIG.  6 EE , the electronic device presents the indication  608   b  of the item of content that plays in application Q, which is an application other than the media browsing application. The user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the representation  608   b  of the content. 
     In response to the user&#39;s selection in  FIG.  6 EE , the electronic device  500  plays the content in application Q, as shown in  FIG.  6 FF . Although the electronic device  500  presents representations of content that plays in application Q in the media browsing application, the electronic device  500  does not present a representation of application Q in the same ways it presents representations  612 ,  628 , and  630  of channels that play content in the media browsing application. 
       FIG.  6 GG- 6 HH  illustrate user interfaces for logging in to a provider (e.g., a television provider) that enables the electronic device to access one or more channels that provide content that plays in the media browsing application. In some embodiments, logging in to the provider account provides the electronic device  500  with access to a plurality of channels that provide content that plays in the unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, the electronic device  500  is able to log in to an account associated with a single channel instead of logging in to a provider account that provides access to multiple channels. In  FIG.  6 GG , the electronic device presents an indication  658  of a provider. The user selects (e.g., with contact  603 ) the representation  658  of the provider. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  presents a user interface to log in to the provider account, as shown in  FIG.  6 HH . 
     As shown in  FIG.  6 HH , the user interface to log in to the provider account includes an indication  640   b  to enter the user name and password of the provider account, a soft keyboard  642   b , a user name field  644   c , a password field  644   d , a selectable option  646   c  to cancel logging in to the provider account, and an option  646   d  to log in to the provider account. 
     In response to successful log in to the provider account, the electronic device ceases to display the representation  658  of the provider. In some embodiments, the electronic device presents a row of representations of content available through the provider in a manner similar to that illustrated in  FIGS.  6 F- 6 I . In some embodiments, the electronic device does not present a row of representations of content items available through the provider in response to successful log in to the provider account. 
       FIGS.  7 A- 7 J  are flow diagrams illustrating a method of presenting a plurality of representations of content items that are available on a respective channel in response to successfully subscribing the respective channel in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The method  700  is optionally performed at an electronic device such as device  100 , device  300 , device  500 , device  501 , device  510 , and device  511  as described above with reference to  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B,  2 - 3 ,  4 A- 4 B and  5 A- 5 B . Some operations in method  700  are, optionally combined and/or order of some operations is, optionally, changed. 
     As described below, the method  700  provides ways to present representations of content items that are available via a channel to which the electronic device just successfully subscribed. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user when interacting with a user interface of the device of the disclosure, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated electronic devices, increasing the efficiency of the user&#39;s interaction with the user interface conserves power and increases the time between battery charges. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 B , an electronic device (e.g., electronic device  500 , a mobile device (e.g., a tablet, a smartphone, a media player, or a wearable device) including a touch screen, a computer including one or more of a keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and touch screen and in communication with a display, or a set-top box in communication with a display and a remote control device) in communication with a display and one or more input devices displays ( 702 ), on the display  514 , a user interface of a media browsing application that includes content accessible from one or more content providers, wherein the user interface includes a first region that includes one or more representations  608   a - e  and  610   a - e  of content accessible on the electronic device  500 , and a second region, separate from the first region, that includes one or more representations  612   a  and  612   b  of one or more channels available for subscription in the media browsing application. 
     The one or more representations of content accessible on the electronic device are optionally selectable. The one or more channels available for subscription in the media browsing application optionally enable the user to access content provided by the one or more channels that plays in the media browsing application (e.g., as opposed to playing in a separate application, such as a dedicated application for each of the one or more channels). In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of one of the representations of content, the electronic device presents the respective item of content represented by the selected representation. In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of one of the representations of content, the electronic device presents a user interface (e.g., a product page) including information about the respective item of content. The content providers optionally include one or more channels the user is already subscribed to. The content providers optionally include content providers that provide content that will play in the media browsing application when playback is initiated and providers that provide content that will play in a different media application when playback is initiated (e.g., an application specific to the content provider that provides the content). In some embodiments, the representations of one or more channels are representations of channels that provide content that will play in the media browsing application when playback of the content is initiated without opening a different application, and do not include representations of channels whose content cannot be played in the media browsing application without needing to launch a separate media application. In some embodiments, the second region only includes representations of channels the user is not subscribed to and does not include representations of channels the user is already subscribed to. The one or more representations of the channels optionally include background images related to the content available through the channel, but unrelated to a content consumption history of the user. In some embodiments, the background images include video content. The background images optionally update periodically (e.g., every 3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds) to present an image related to a different item of content or series of content available through the channel. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the background images that are presented periodically update from time to time (e.g., every day, every several days, every several weeks, every season) to feature items of content or series of content that are currently popular, new, recently updated, or featured for some other marketing reason. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 D , while displaying the user interface, the electronic device  500  receives ( 704 ), via the one or more input devices  510 , an input (e.g., via contact  603 ) corresponding to a request to subscribe to a first channel of the one or more channels. In some embodiments, the input is selection of one of the representations of the one or more channels in the second region of the user interface. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 E , in response to receiving the input ( 706 ): the electronic device  500  initiates ( 708 ) a process to subscribe to the first channel on the electronic device  500 . In some embodiments, the process includes presenting an option to confirm the subscription request and an option to cancel the subscription process. In response to detecting selection of the option to confirm the subscription, the electronic device optionally presents a payments user interface from which the user is able to authenticate payment through a user account of the electronic device or, in some embodiments, enter payment information that is not associated with the user account. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 I , in accordance with a determination that subscription to the first channel was successful, the electronic device  500  updates ( 710 ) the user interface to: include a third region, separate from the first region and the second region, that includes one or more representations  616   a - e  of content accessible on the electronic device  500  from the first channel ( 712 ). In some embodiments, the third region is presented adjacent to a fourth region of the user interface that includes one or more representations of content accessible on the electronic device from a different channel the user is already subscribed to. The user interface optionally includes a plurality of rows of representations of content (e.g., “channel rows”), where each row includes content from a respective channel that plays within the content browsing application in response to an input to initiate playback of the content. In some embodiments, the electronic device is configured to present a maximum number (e.g., 3) of channel rows. Even if the user is subscribed to a number of channels that exceeds the maximum number of channel rows, the electronic device optionally does not display more than the maximum number of channel rows, meaning, optionally, a row for each channel is not always displayed. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 I , the electronic device  500  updates the user interface to remove the representation  612   b , shown in  FIG.  6 D , of the first channel from the second region ( 714 ). In some embodiments, the second region continues to be displayed and includes representations of other channels the user is not subscribed to. In some embodiments, if the second region only included the representation of the first channel when the first channel was selected, the electronic device does not present a representation of a different channel in the second region (e.g., the device ceases to display the second region). In some embodiments, if the second region only included the representation of the first channel when the first channel was selected, the electronic device presents a representation of one other channel the user is not yet subscribed to. If the electronic device continues to present one or more representations of channels in the second region, the third region of the user interface is optionally adjacent to the second region of the user interface (e.g., directly below or directly above, with no other options or content in between). In accordance with a determination that the subscription to the first channel is unsuccessful, the electronic device optionally continues to present the representation of the first channel in the second region and optionally forgoes presenting the one or more representations of content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the third region of the user interface. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the subscription to the first channel is unsuccessful, the electronic device presents an error message informing the user that the subscription to the first channel is unsuccessful. For example, the electronic device presents a user interface that includes a representation of an item of content that, when selected, causes the electronic device to initiate playback of the item of content and a representation of a first channel. In some embodiments, the representation of the first channel includes an image related to one or more items or series of content that are accessible through the first channel. The user optionally selects the representation of the first channel and, in response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device initiates a process to subscribe to the first channel. In some embodiments, the user completes the subscription process. In response to completion of the subscription process, the electronic device optionally presents the user interface again, but the user interface optionally does not include the representation of the first channel. In some embodiments, the user interface now includes a row of representations of content items that are available through the first channel. In some embodiments, the electronic device presents an animation of the representation of the first channel “morphing” or “sliding” into the row of representations of content items that are available through the first channel. 
     The above-described manner of presenting one or more representations of content available through a respective channel in response to subscribing to the respective channel allows the electronic device to present the user with representations of content the user is likely to be interested in consuming (e.g., based on their channel subscription activity), which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by presenting the representations of the content in response to the subscription without requiring an additional input to do so), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency, such as by anticipating that the user will want to browse content available through a respective channel after subscribing to the respective channel. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 D , the one or more representations  610   a - 3  of content accessible on the electronic device  500  in the first region and the one or more representations of the one or more channels  612   a - c  in the second region are displayed as separate rows in the user interface ( 716 ). In some embodiments, the user interface includes additional rows including representations of content or channels accessible to the media browsing application. When the electronic device updates the user interface to include the third region including representations of content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel, the third region is optionally another row in the user interface. For example, the user interface includes one or more rows of representations of items of content and a row of one or more representations of channels, including a representation of the first channel. 
     The above-described manner of presenting the representations of the one or more channels in a row of a user interface that also includes a row of representations of content accessible on the electronic device allows the electronic device to present items of content for browsing by the user while presenting representations of channels that are able to provide additional content to the user, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by allowing the user to view the channels and the representations of content without navigating between separate user interfaces), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 C , in accordance with a determination that the one or more channels includes a plurality of channels, the second region includes a full representation  612   a  of a first respective channel in the plurality of channels and a portion of a representation  612   b  of a second respective channel in the plurality of channels, wherein the current focus moves from the full representation  612   a  of the first respective channel to the representation  612   b  of the second respective channel as shown in  FIG.  6 D  in response to scrolling input received at the one or more input devices  510  ( 718 ) as shown in  FIG.  6 C . For example, the electronic device optionally displays the entire representation of the first respective channel and part of the representation of the second respective channel next to the representation of the first respective channel. In response to detecting an input to scroll in the direction towards the representation of the second respective channel, the electronic device updates the user interface to present the entire representation of the second respective channel and moves the current focus to the second respective channel. While displaying the entire representation of the second respective channel, the electronic device optionally concurrently displays a portion of the first respective channel. In some embodiments, the electronic device presents the full representation of only one channel at a time. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 Y , in accordance with a determination that the one or more channels consists of a single channel, the second region includes a full representation  612   e  of the single channel without including representations of other channels ( 720 ). In some embodiments, the representation of the single channel occupies an entire row of the user interface. In some embodiments, the user is not able to scroll sideways to reveal a representation of another channel. For example, the row optionally only includes a representation of one channel). 
     The above-described manner of presenting a portion of the second respective channel when multiple channels are included in the second region and not presenting indications of other channels when the second region includes only one channel allows the electronic device to indicate to the user when the second region is scrollable and when the second region is not scrollable, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by differentiating between situations when scrolling input will be accepted and situations when scrolling input will not be accepted), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  6 O- 6 S , the first channel is a channel whose content is viewable within the media browsing application or within a respective application, separate from the media browsing application ( 722 ). In some embodiments, the channel is available for subscription in the media browsing application (e.g., available to provide content to the media application that plays in the media application) and available for subscription in a dedicated application for the channel (e.g., available to provide content to the dedicated application that plays in the dedicated application)). In some embodiments, the process to subscribe to the first channel includes displaying a selectable option  624   b  for linking to the media browsing application an existing subscription to the first channel, the existing subscription used to view the content from the first channel in the respective application ( 724 ), such as in  FIG.  6 Q . In some embodiments, the user is able to associate a user account of the channel (e.g., a user account for the dedicated application for the channel) with the media browsing application to enable the media browsing application to access the content of the channel within the media browsing application without opening the dedicated application. For example, in response to selecting the representation of the first channel, the electronic device presents a menu including an option to create a new subscription to the channel in the media browsing application and an option to sign in to an existing account with the first channel. In response to detecting selection of the option to sign in to the existing account, the electronic device optionally presents a user interface for entering log in credentials (e.g. username, password). In some embodiments, if the user account is valid, the electronic device enables the media browsing application to present content provided by the first channel using the existing user account. 
     The above-described manner of enabling the user to link an existing account to the media browsing application allows the electronic device to provide access to content to which the user is already subscribed from the media browsing application, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by allowing the user to view content they have subscribed to without opening an application other than the media browsing application (e.g., an application dedicated to a respective channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency, such as by reducing the need to enter inputs to switch between applications. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 O , in accordance with a determination that a user of the electronic device  500  has subscribed to less than a predetermined number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a plurality of representations  612   c - 612   d  of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application ( 726 ). In some embodiments, the predetermined number of channels is two, three, four, five, or ten. In some embodiments, the second region includes representations of some or all of the available channels the user has not subscribed to. In some embodiments, if representations of only some of the available channels are presented, the representations that are presented are selected based on popularity and/or a content consumption or channel subscription history of the user on the electronic device. The electronic device optionally presents one entire representation at a time and includes portions of other representations to indicate to the user that scrolling will cause a different representation to be presented. For example, the electronic device presents multiple representations of channels if there are at least three channels available for subscription with the media browsing application that the user is not subscribed to. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 X , in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device  500  has subscribed to more than the predetermined number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the second region includes a single representation  612   e  of a channel available for subscription in the media browsing application without including other representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application ( 728 ). In some embodiments, even if more than one additional channel is available for subscription in the media browsing application, the electronic device only presents one representation of an available channel. The representation of an available channel is optionally selected based on popularity and/or a content consumption or channel subscription history of the user on the electronic device. For example, the electronic device presents one representation of a channel available for subscription with the media browsing application if there are three or fewer channels available for subscription with the media browsing application that the user is not subscribed to. 
     The above-described manner of presenting representations of multiple channels when the number of available channels exceeds a predetermined threshold allows the electronic device to present a plurality of representations of channels when many channels are available, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by presenting the representations of a plurality of channels in the user interface that also includes representations of items of content), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency, such as by reducing the number of inputs entered to browse a plurality of available channels. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  6 O- 6 T , in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel ( 730 ): in accordance with the determination that the subscription to the first channel was successful, updating the user interface includes ( 732 ): in accordance with the second region including the plurality of representations  612   c - 612   d  of channels available for subscription prior to receiving the input corresponding to the request to subscribe to the first channel, such as in  FIG.  6 O , maintaining display, in the user interface, of the second region and one or more representations  612   d  and  612   e  of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application ( 734 ), such as in  FIG.  6 T . In some embodiments, the electronic device continues to present a plurality of representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, excluding the representation of the first channel. In some embodiments, the electronic device presents a representation of one channel available for subscription in the media browsing application, the one channel being different than the first channel. For example, the electronic device presents a plurality of representations of channels available for subscription, including the representation of the first channel. After the user subscribes to the first channel, the electronic device optionally continues to present a representation of at least one other channel available for subscription in the media browsing application in the second region of the user interface. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 Y- 6 AA , updating the user interface includes: in accordance with the second region including the single representation  612   e  of the channel available for subscription in the media browsing application without including other representations of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, such as in  FIG.  6 Y , ceasing display, in the user interface, of the second region ( 736 ), such as in  FIG.  6 AA . After subscription to the first channel is successful, the electronic device optionally does not present a representation of a channel available for subscription in the media browsing application, though there may be channels available for subscription in the media browsing application that the user is not subscribed to. For example, the electronic device presents, in the second region of the user interface, the representation of the first channel. After the user subscribes to the first channel, the electronic device optionally ceases to display the representation of the first channel and optionally does not display a representation of a different channel in the second region of the user interface. 
     The above-described manner of continuing to present the representations of the available channels after the user subscribes to the first channel if multiple representations of channels were presented when the user subscribed to the first channel and ceasing to display the representation of the first channel if only the representation of the first channel was presented when the user subscribed to the first channel allows the electronic device to enable the user to continue to browse the plurality of channels the user may have been browsing when they subscribed to the first channel or to conserve display area to present more information, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of inputs needed to continue to browse available channels or to view different information), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 A  content of a first type  604   c  and content of a second type  604   b , different from the first type, are accessible from the media browsing application ( 738 ). In some embodiments, content of the first type are movies, and content of the second type are TV shows. In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  6 M- 6 N , in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the first type  604   c  and not content of the second type  604   b , the one or more channels  612   c  and  612   d  are first one or more channels on which content of the first type is available ( 740 ). In some embodiments, the user interface includes representations of items of content that are the first type of content. One or more of the channels optionally provide the media browsing application with access to both the first and second type of content. For example, a movies user interface includes representations of movies and representations of one or more channels that provide access to movies and does not include representations of television shows or representations of one or more channels that only provide access to television shows, and not movies. In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  6 V- 6 X  in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the second type  604   b  and not content of the first type  604   c , the one or more channels  612   e  are second one or more channels on which content of the second type is available, the first one or more channels different than the second one or more channels ( 742 ). In some embodiments, the user interface includes representations of items of content that are the second type of content. One or more of the channels optionally provide the media browsing application with access to both the first and second type of content. For example, a TV show user interface includes representations of TV shows and representations of one or more channels that provide access to TV Shows without presenting representations of movies or representations of channels that only include access to movies without including access to television shows. In some embodiments, the user interface corresponds to both the first and the second types of content and presents representations of the first type of content, representations of the second type of content, representations of channels that provide access to the first type of content, representations of channels that provide access to the second type of content, and representations of channels that provide access to both the first and the second types of content. 
     The above-described manner of presenting representations of channels that provide the type of content corresponding to the user interface allows the electronic device to present to the user representations of channels that provide the type of content the user is presently browsing, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by conserving display space by only presenting channels related to the type of content the user requested to browse), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 A , content of a first type  604   c  and content of a second type  604   b , different from the first type, are accessible from the media browsing application ( 744 ). In some embodiments, content of the first type are movies, and content of the second type are TV shows. In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  6 M- 6 O  in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the first type  604   c  and not content of the second type  604   b , the one or more representations  616   a - 616   e  of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the third region of the user interface include one or more representations  616   a - 616   e  of content of the first type without including representations of content of the second type ( 746 ). The first channel optionally also provides the media browsing application with access to the second type of content, but representations of the second type of content are optionally not presented in the third region of the user interface. For example, while displaying a movies user interface, the user subscribes to the first channel and the user interface is updated to include representations of movies provided by the first channel. In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  6 V- 6 W , in accordance with a determination that the user interface corresponds to content of the second type  604   b  and not content of the first type  604   c , the one or more representations  616   g - 616   k ,  648   a - 648   e , or  650   a - 650   e  of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the third region of the user interface include one or more representations of content of the second type without including representations of content of the first type ( 748 ). The first channel optionally also provides the media browsing application with access to the first type of content, but representations of the first type of content are optionally not presented in the third region of the user interface. For example, while displaying a TV show user interface, the user subscribes to the first channel and the user interface is updated to include representations of TV shows provided by the first channel. In some embodiments, the user interface corresponds to both the first type of content and the second type of content. When the user subscribes to the first channel while presenting the user interface that corresponds to the first and second types of content, the electronic device updates the user interface to include representations of both the first and second types of content that are accessible through the first channel in the third region of the user interface. 
     The above-described manner of presenting representations of items of content available on the first channel that have the content type corresponding to the user interface allows the electronic device to present to the user newly-available content that has the content type the user requested to view, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by presenting to the user content of the type the user requested to browse without using display space to display content of a different type), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency, such as by reducing the number of scrolling inputs needed to browse content of the desired type. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 T , in accordance with a determination that a content consumption history of a user of the electronic device is a first content consumption activity, the one or more representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the third region of the user interface include first one or more representations  616   a - 616   e  of first content ( 750 ). In some embodiments, the representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel include items of content that the user has consumed previously and/or items of content related to content the user has consumed previously (e.g., same actor, director, producer, often watched by other viewers who consumed the content the user consumed previously, etc.). In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that a content consumption history of a user of the electronic device is a second content consumption activity, different than the first content consumption history, the one or more representations of the content accessible on the electronic device from the first channel in the third region of the user interface include second one or more representations of second content, different than the first content ( 752 ). As an example, the user interface illustrated in  FIG.  6 T  would include representations other than representations  616   a - 616   e  in the row labeled “Watch on Channel B.” For example, if the user previously watched a season of a first TV show that is accessible on the electronic device from the first channel, the representations of the content accessible from the first channel includes a representation of the first TV show. As another example, the representations of the content accessible from the first channel include a representation of an item of content that is similar to the first TV show. 
     The above-described manner of customizing the representations of content available on the first channel in accordance with content consumption history of the user allows the electronic device to present content the user is most likely to be interested in, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by enabling the user to more quickly find content they are interested in consuming), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 T  the representation  612   d  of the first channel in the second region includes a selectable option ( 754 ). In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of the selectable option, the electronic device initiates a process for accessing the first channel. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 T , in accordance with a determination that a free trial subscription is available for the first channel, the selectable option  612   d  is selectable to initiate a process for activating the free trial subscription to the first channel ( 756 ). In some embodiments, in response to selecting the selectable option, the electronic device is able to access the first channel without the use making a payment. In some embodiments, the selectable option includes text that indicates that a free trial of the first channel is available (e.g., “try it free,” “start free trial,” etc.). For example, the first channel has a free trial available so the electronic device presents an option with the text “Try the first channel free.” In response to detecting selection of the option, the electronic device initiates a free trial period of the first channel. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 Y , in accordance with a determination that the free trial subscription is not available for the first channel, the selectable option  612   e  is selectable to initiate a process for activating a paid subscription to the first channel ( 758 ). In some embodiments, in response to selecting the selectable option, the electronic device initiates a process for subscribing to the first channel, including collecting a payment for the subscription. In some embodiments, the selectable option includes text that indicates that selecting the option will initiate a subscription process (e.g., “subscribe now,” “watch now,” “subscribe” etc.). For example, the first channel does not have a free trial available so the electronic device presents an option with the text “Watch now.” In response to detecting selection of the option, the electronic device initiates a process to subscribe to the first channel. 
     The above-described manner of initiating a process to begin a free trial or initiate a subscription depending on whether a free trial is available allows the electronic device to reduce the number of selectable options that are presented instead of always presenting both options, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the user&#39;s cognitive burden of reading available options), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 BB , content from a plurality of channels  628   a - 628   f  is accessible from the media browsing application ( 760 ). In some embodiments, the content from the plurality of channels is visible in the media browsing application. As will be described below, in some embodiments, some of the content plays in the media browsing application and some of the content plays in a different application. In some embodiments, the plurality of channels includes a first set of channels  628   a - 628   f  and a second set of channels, content from the first set of channels viewable within the media browsing application, and content from the second set of channels not viewable within the media browsing application ( 762 ), such as in  FIG.  6 FF . In some embodiments, the content is content that must be viewed from a separate corresponding application that is optionally displayed in response to an input received in the media browsing application. For example, in response to detecting selection of a representation of an item of content displayed in a user interface of the content browsing application, the electronic device opens a different application to play the content. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 U , the second region includes one or more representations  612   d  and  612   e  of channels in the first set of channels without including representations of channels in the second set of channels ( 764 ). In some embodiments, the second region only includes representations of channels that provide content that plays in the user interface of the content browsing application. For example, the user interface of the content browsing application presents a representation of a channel that provides access to content that plays in a different application and a representation of a channel that provides access to content that plays in the content browsing application. The representation of the channel that provides access to content that plays in the content browsing application is optionally presented in the second region of the user interface while the representation of the channel that provides content that plays in a different application is presented in a different region of the user interface. 
     The above-described manner of only including representations of channels that provide content accessible from the media browsing application in the second region allows the electronic device to indicate to the user that the channels presented in the second region provide content that plays in the media browsing application, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing inputs needed to determine which channels provide content that is accessible from the media browsing application), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 U , a user of the electronic device  500  is subscribed to at least one channel available for subscription in the media browsing application ( 766 ). In some embodiments, the user has access to content provided by one or more channels that play the content in the media browsing application, as opposed to channels that provide content that plays in other applications. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 U , the user interface includes ( 768 ): the one or more representations  614   a - 614   e  of content accessible on the electronic device  500  as one or more rows in the first region ( 770 ). In some embodiments, each row of representations of content is horizontally scrollable to reveal additional representations of items of content in the row. In some embodiments, the items of content in each row are associated with one another (e.g., belong to the same genre, are available through the same channel, are in the same editorial collection, etc.). In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 U , the user interface includes: one or more representations  628   a ,  628   b , and  630   a - 630   f  of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application as a row in a fourth region in the user interface separate from the first, second and third regions, the fourth region including a representation  612   a  of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device  500  is subscribed, and a representation  630   a  of at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device  500  is not subscribed ( 772 ). In some embodiments, the fourth region includes representations of all of the channels that are available for subscription in the media browsing application. The one or more channels to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed optionally appear at the start (e.g., the left side) of the row, and the other channels optionally appear after (e.g., to the right of) the channels to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed. In some embodiments, the first, second, third, and fourth regions of the user interface each occupy a row in the user interface. 
     The above-described manner of presenting a row of channels that includes channels to which the user is subscribed and channels to which the user is not subscribed allows the electronic device to enable the user to browse channels to which the user is subscribed and channels to which the user is not subscribed, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of inputs needed to view all of the channels), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 CC , while displaying, on the display, the fourth region of the user interface, the electronic device  500  receives ( 774 ), via the one or more input devices  510 , an input corresponding to a request to select a respective representation  628   a  of a respective channel in the fourth region of the user interface. In some embodiments, the user taps the representation on a touch-sensitive display or selects the representation using a keyboard, mouse, remote control device, or other input device. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 DD , in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to select the respective representation  628   a  of the respective channel in the fourth region ( 776 ): in accordance with a determination that the respective channel is a first respective channel, the electronic device  500  displays ( 778 ), on the display, a user interface corresponding to the first respective channel and including information  654   a  and  656   a - d  about content available on the first respective channel. In some embodiments, the user interface corresponding to the first respective channel includes one or more representations of content available on the first respective channel. In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of one of the representations of content available on the first respective channel, the electronic device initiates playback of the item of content or presents further information about the item of content. The information about the item of content optionally includes a description of the item of content, representations of each episode if the item of content is a series of episodic content, information about the cast and crew of the content, parental guidance information, critical review of the content, etc. In some embodiments, the user interface corresponding to the first respective channel includes information about subscribing to the first respective channel and a selectable option for initiating a process to subscribe to the first respective channel if the user is not yet subscribed to the first respective channel. In some embodiments, if the user is subscribed to the first respective channel, the user interface corresponding to the first respective channel includes an indication that the user is subscribed to the first respective channel. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the respective channel is a second respective channel, different than the first respective channel, the electronic device displays ( 780 ), on the display, a user interface corresponding to the second respective channel and including information about content available on the second respective channel. For example, if the user selects a different channel other than Channel B, the electronic device  500  would display a user interface similar to the user interface illustrated in  FIG.  6 DD  that has information about the other channel. For example, in response to detecting selection of a first channel, the electronic device optionally presents a user interface corresponding to the first channel. As another example, in response to detecting selection of a second channel, the electronic device presents a user interface corresponding to the second channel. 
     The above-described manner of presenting information about a respective channel in response to detecting selection of the respective channel allows the electronic device to provide to the user additional information about a selected channel while the user is browsing the channels, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of inputs needed to navigate between the representations of the channels and information about a selected channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 CC , the representation  628   a  of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is subscribed is displayed at a beginning of the row in the fourth region ( 782 ). In some embodiments, the beginning of the row is left side of the row. In some embodiments, if the user is subscribed to a plurality of channels, the electronic device presents representations of each of the plurality of channels to which the user is subscribed at the beginning of the row of representations of channels. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 CC , the representation  630   e  of the at least one channel to which the user of the electronic device is not subscribed is displayed at an end of the row in the fourth region ( 784 ). In some embodiments, the end of the row is right side of the row. In some embodiments, if the user is not subscribed to a plurality of channels available for subscription through the media browsing application, the electronic device presents representations of each of the plurality of channels to which the user is not subscribed at the end of the row of representations of channels. In some embodiments, representations of all of the channels that are available for subscription through the media browsing application are included in the fourth region. If there is not enough space for representations of all of the channels that are available for subscription through the media browsing application to be concurrently presented in the row in the fourth region of the user interface, the row is optionally scrollable to change which representations of channels are currently presented. 
     The above-described manner of presenting the channels to which the user is subscribed at the beginning of the row of channels allows the electronic device to present the user channels that will provide content to the user before channels that the user does not yet have access to, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by presenting the channels the user is most likely interested in first), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency, such as by reducing the number of inputs needed to view the channels to which the user is subscribed. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 CC , in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device  500  is subscribed to greater than a threshold number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the fourth region includes a visual indication delineating one or more representations  628   a - 628   f  of channels to which the user is subscribed from one or more representations  630   a - 630   e  of channels to which the user is not subscribed ( 786 ). In some embodiments, the threshold number is two, three four, or five. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a text indication (e.g., “My Channels”) above the representations of the one or more channels to which the user is subscribed and a visual delineation (e.g., a vertical bar) between the representations of the channels to which the user is subscribed and the representations of the channels to which the user is not subscribed. If the user is subscribed to less than the threshold number of channels but at least one channel, the one or more representations of channels to which the user is subscribed are optionally presented at the beginning (e.g., the left side) of the row without the text indication or delineation. In some embodiments, if the user is not subscribed to any channels, the forth region only includes representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  6 K , in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device  500  is not subscribed to greater than the threshold number of channels available for subscription in the media browsing application, the fourth region does not includes the visual indication delineating the one or more representations  628   a  of channels to which the user is subscribed from the one or more representations  630   a - f  of channels to which the user is not subscribed ( 788 ). In some embodiments, the threshold number is two, three, four, or five. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a text indication (e.g., “Available Channels”) above the representations of the one or more channels to which the user is not subscribed and a visual delineation (e.g., a vertical bar) between the representations of the channels to which the user is subscribed and the representations of the channels to which the user is not subscribed. If the user is not subscribed to less than the threshold number of channels but at least one channel, the one or more representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed are optionally presented at the end (e.g., the right side) of the row without the text indication or delineation. In some embodiments, if the user is subscribed to all available channels, the forth region only includes representations of channels to which the user is subscribed. 
     The above-described manner of delineating between channels to which the user is subscribed and channels to which the user is not subscribed allows the electronic device to indicate the subscription status of each channel to the user before the user selects a channel, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by enabling the user to decide whether or not they wish to view additional information about a respective channel based on the subscription status of the channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in  FIGS.  7 A- 7 J  have been described is merely exemplary and is not intended to indicate that the described order is the only order in which the operations could be performed. One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize various ways to reorder the operations described herein. Additionally, it should be noted that details of other processes described herein with respect to other methods described herein (e.g., methods  900  and  1100 ) are also applicable in an analogous manner to method  700  described above with respect to  FIGS.  7 A- 7 J . For example, the operation of the electronic device to subscribe to a channel that presents content in the unified media browsing application with reference to method  700  optionally has one or more of the characteristics of the presentation of content within a unified media browsing application that is provided by a channel and presentation of information about subscribing to a respective channel based on the user&#39;s content consumption history, etc., described herein with reference to other methods described herein (e.g., methods  900  and  1100 ). For brevity, these details are not repeated here. 
     The operations in the information processing methods described above are, optionally, implemented by running one or more functional modules in an information processing apparatus such as general purpose processors (e.g., a as described with respect to  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B,  3 ,  5 A- 5 B ) or application specific chips. Further, the operations described above with reference to  FIGS.  7 A- 7 J  are, optionally, implemented by components depicted in  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B . For example, displaying operations  702 ,  704 ,  716 ,  724 ,  734 ,  736 ,  774 ,  778 ,  780 ,  782 , and  784 , receiving operations  704 ,  706 ,  718 ,  730 ,  734 ,  774 , and  776  and initiating operations  708 ,  756 , and  758  are, optionally, implemented by event sorter  170 , event recognizer  180 , and event handler  190 . When a respective predefined event or sub-event is detected, event recognizer  180  activates an event handler  190  associated with the detection of the event or sub-event. Event handler  190  optionally utilizes or calls data updater  176  or object updater  177  to update the application internal state  192 . In some embodiments, event handler  190  accesses a respective GUI updater  178  to update what is displayed by the application. Similarly, it would be clear to a person having ordinary skill in the art how other processes can be implemented based on the components depicted in  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B . 
     Playing Content Provided by a Channel in a Unified Media Browsing Application 
     Users interact with electronic devices in many different manners, including using an electronic device to play various media items. In some embodiments, an electronic device is able to access items of content in a media browsing application. The embodiments described below provide ways in which an electronic device plays items of content in a unified media browsing application that are provided by a channel. Enhancing interactions with a device reduces the amount of time needed by a user to perform operations, and thus reduces the power usage of the device and increases battery life for battery-powered devices. It is understood that people use devices. When a person uses a device, that person is optionally referred to as a user of the device. 
       FIGS.  8 A- 8 AA  illustrate exemplary ways in which an electronic device plays content that is provided by a channel in a unified media browsing application in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The embodiments in these figures are used to illustrate the processes described below, including the processes described with reference to  FIGS.  9 A- 9 J . 
       FIGS.  8 A- 8 F  illustrate the electronic device  500  playing content in the media browsing application and playing content in an application other than the media browsing application.  FIG.  8 A  illustrates a user interface of a media browsing application. The user interface includes a navigation bar  802  that includes a plurality of tabs  804   a - g . The navigation bar  802  indicates that the media browsing user interface is currently a “Watch Now” user interface that is related to content of multiple types, such as television and movies. The user interface includes representations  808   a - e  of items of content. Each representation  808  includes an indication of the content (e.g., the content title), an indication of the channel or application that provides the content (e.g., the indications of Channel B, the indications of Channel C, or the indications of Application Q), and an indication that the user has access to the respective item of content (e.g., the play button in the upper left corner of each indication  808 ). Although not all of the user interface illustrated herein illustrate metadata icons on the representations of content items, it should be understood that the scope of the disclosure encompasses including any and all of the metadata icons illustrated in  FIG.  8 A  or elsewhere in any of the other user interfaces illustrated herein as including representations of content items. 
     As shown in  FIG.  8 A , the current focus is on a representation  808   a  of a movie that is provided by Channel B, which provides content that plays in the media browsing application. The user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the representation  808   a  of the movie. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  plays the movie in the media browsing application, as shown in  FIG.  8 B . 
       FIG.  8 B  illustrates the electronic device  500  playing Movie B in the media browsing application. While the movie is playing, the user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) a “menu” button that functions as a back button to navigate backwards through the user interface. In response to the selection of the “menu” button, the electronic device  500  presents a user interface of the media browsing application, as shown in  FIG.  8 C . 
     In  FIG.  8 C , the electronic device  500  presents the user interface of the media browsing application. The representation  808   a  is updated to include a scrubber bar that indicates the playback progress of Movie A. The user scrolls (e.g., with contact  803 ) to the right. Although not all of the user interface illustrated herein illustrate metadata icons on the representations of content items, it should be understood that the scope of the disclosure encompasses including any and all of the metadata icons illustrated in  FIG.  8 C  or elsewhere in any of the other user interfaces illustrated herein as including representations of content items. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device moves the current focus from the representation  808   a  of the movie to a representation  808   b  of a television show that plays in application Q. 
     As shown in  FIG.  8 D , when the current focus is on the representation  808   b  of the television show that plays in application Q, the indication  808   b  of the television show includes an icon that indicates that selection of the indication  808   b  will cause the electronic device to open an application other than the media streaming application (e.g., the electronic device will open application Q). Although not all of the user interfaces illustrated herein illustrate metadata icons on the representations of content items, it should be understood that the scope of the disclosure encompasses including any and all of the metadata icons illustrated in  FIG.  8 D  or elsewhere in any of the other user interfaces illustrated herein as including representations of content items. The user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the representation  808   b  of the television show. 
     As shown in  FIG.  8 E , in response to the user&#39;s selection illustrated in  FIG.  8 D , the electronic device plays the television show in application Q. While the television show is playing, the user presses (e.g., with contact  803 ) the “menu” button. In response to the user input, the electronic device presents a user interface of application Q, as shown in  FIG.  8 F , because the television show was playing in application Q when the “menu” button was selected. 
       FIG.  8 G  illustrates another user interface of the media browsing application. The user interface includes a plurality of representations of items of content  810   a - 810   j , a plurality of representations  812   a - g  of channels, and a plurality of selectable tiles  814   a - d . The representations  810   a - 810   j  of the items of content are selectable to display product page user interfaces that are specific to the selected item of content. The representations  812   a - 812   g  are selectable to display channel user interfaces that are specific to the selected channels, as will be described in more detail below with reference to  FIGS.  8 K- 8 P . Although not all of the user interface illustrated herein illustrate metadata icons on the representations of content items, it should be understood that the scope of the disclosure encompasses including any and all of the metadata icons illustrated in  FIG.  8 G  or elsewhere in any of the other user interfaces illustrated herein as including representations of content items. The tiles  814   a  are selectable to present various user interfaces of the media browsing application. The “Browse all Channels” tile  814   a  is selectable to present a subscription channels user interface that is illustrated in  FIGS.  8 H- 8 L . The “Top Movie Rentals” tile  814   b  is selectable to present a plurality of representations of movies that are available to rent in the media browsing application. The “Watch in 4K” tile is selectable to present representations of items of content available in 4K resolution. The “Pre-Order New Movies” tile  814   d  is selectable to present a plurality of representation of movies that are available for pre-order. As shown in  FIG.  8 G , the user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the tile  814   a  that, when selected, causes the electronic device to present the subscription channels user interface illustrated in  FIGS.  8 H- 8 L . 
       FIGS.  8 H- 8 L  illustrate the channels user interface.  FIG.  8 H  illustrates the channels user interface that is presented in response to the user&#39;s selection in  FIG.  8 G . The channels user interface includes a large representation  816   e  of Channel E, parts of representations  816   d  and  816   f  of Channels D and F, and a plurality of representations  812   a - g  of all of the channels available in the media browsing application. The channels represented in the large representations  816   d - f  are channels that are available for subscription to which the user is not yet subscribed. The representations  812   a - g  of all of the channels include channels to which the user is subscribed and channels to which the user is not subscribed. 
     As shown in  FIG.  8 H , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  803 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device moves the current focus from the representation  816   e  of Channel E to the representation  812   a  of Channel A, as shown in  FIG.  8 I . As shown in  FIG.  8 I , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  803 ) down again. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  scrolls the channels user interface. 
       FIG.  8 J  illustrates the channels user interface after the user scrolls as shown in  FIG.  8 I . The channels user interface includes rows of representations of content available on channels the user is subscribed to. In this example, the user is subscribed to Channels B and C, so the channels user interface includes a row of representations  818   a - e  of content available on Channel B and a row of representations  820   a - e  of content available on Channel C. The representations  818  and  820  are selectable to present a product page user interface of the selected content item. As shown in  FIG.  8 J , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  803 ) up. Although all of the scrolling steps are not illustrated here, the user scrolls all the way to the top of the channels user interface, as shown in  FIG.  8 K . 
     In  FIG.  8 K , the current focus is on the representation  816   e  of Channel E. The user scrolls (e.g., with contact  803 ) to the right. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device scrolls the representations  816   d - f , as shown in  FIG.  8 K . 
     As shown in  FIG.  8 L , the electronic device presents a representation  816   f  of Channel F in the location in the user interface where the representation  816   e  of Channel E had been presented previously. The electronic device also presents portions of representations  816   e  and  816   g  of Channel E and Channel G. As shown in  FIG.  8 L , the user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the representation  816   f  of Channel F. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  presents a user interface for subscribing to Channel F, as illustrated in  FIG.  8 M . 
       FIG.  8 M  illustrates a user interface for subscribing to Channel F. The user interface includes an indication  822   a  of the terms of the subscription to Channel F, a selectable option  824   a  to continue to subscribe to Channel F, a selectable option  824   b  to exit the user interface without subscribing to Channel F, and a selectable option  824   c  to access a subscription to Channel F through an existing user account (e.g., a user account with Channel F or a user account with another provider that provides access to Channel F, such as a television provider). As shown in  FIG.  8 M , the user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the option  824   a  to continue to subscribe to Channel F. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  subscribes the Channel F and presents a user interface specific to Channel F, as shown in  FIG.  8 N . 
       FIG.  8 N  illustrates the user interface specific to channel F to which the user is now subscribed. The user interface includes a large representation  828   a  of a featured series of content and a plurality of representations  830   a - d  of content episodes that were recently released that are accessible through Channel F to play in the media browsing application. The representation  828   a  is selectable to display the product page user interface specific to the item of content represented by representation  828   a  and representations  830   a - d  are selectable to play the respective episodes of content represented by representations  830   a - d . The user interface also includes  826   a  an indication of the subscription to Channel F that is presented for a predetermined amount of time (e.g., 1, 3, 5, 10 seconds, etc.) before auto-dismissing. 
       FIG.  8 O  illustrates a user interface specific to a channel to which the user is not subscribed, such as Channel G. The user interface includes a selectable option  828   b  that is selectable to subscribe to Channel G and a plurality of representations  832   a - 832   d  of items of content that are available through Channel G to play in the media browsing application. As shown in  FIG.  8 O , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  803 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device moves the current focus from the selectable option  828   b  to the representation  832   a  of an item of content that is available on Channel G. 
     As shown in  FIG.  8 P , the current focus is moved to the representation  832   a  of the item of content that is available on Channel G. The user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the representation  832   a . In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device presents a product page user interface of the item of content, as will be described with reference to  FIGS.  8 Q -BAA. 
       FIG.  8 Q  illustrates the product page user interface that is specific to the item of content. As an example, the item of content is available via Channel G, to which the user is not subscribed, or Channel B, to which the user is subscribed. The product page user interface includes an indication  834   a  of the item of content, a selectable option  836   a  to play the first episode of the content via Channel B (to which the user is subscribed), an indication  838   a  of the channel that provides the electronic device with access to the content, a selectable option  836   b  that is selectable to add the item of content to a content queue in the media browsing application, and a description  840   a  (e.g., a summary or synopsis) of the content. As shown in  FIG.  8 Q , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  803 ) down. In response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  scrolls the user interface, as shown in  FIG.  8 R . 
       FIG.  8 R  illustrates another section of the product page user interface. The product page user interface includes representations  842   a - 842   e  of the cast and crew of the content, selectable options  844   a - c  for accessing the content through one of various channels that enable access to the content, and information  836   a - b  about the content. The representation  844   a  of accessing the content with Channel B, to which the user is subscribed, includes an indication that the user is subscribed to Channel B (“Subscribed”) and the representation  844   b  of accessing the content with Channel G, to which the user is not subscribed, includes an indication that the user is not subscribed to Channel G (“Try Channel G for Free”). The representation  844   c  of accessing the content with application Q includes an icon that indicate that selection the option  844   c  will cause the electronic device to open a different application, such as opening application Q to play the content. As shown in  FIG.  8 R , the user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the option  844   a  to access the content with Channel B. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device plays the content in the media browsing application, as shown in  FIG.  8 S . 
       FIG.  8 T  illustrates the user selecting (e.g., with contact  803 ) the option  844   b  to access the content with Channel G. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device presents a user interface for subscribing to Channel G, as shown in  FIG.  8 T . As shown in  FIG.  8 T , the user interface for subscribing to Channel G includes an indication  822   b  of the terms of the subscription to Channel G, a selectable option  824   d  for subscribing to Channel G, a selectable option  824   e  for canceling the process of subscribing to Channel G, and a selectable option  824   f  for logging in to a user account the provides access to Channel G (e.g., a user account for Channel G or a user account for a provider that provides access to Channel G). As shown in  FIG.  8 U , the user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the selectable option  824   d  to subscribe to Channel G. As shown in  FIG.  8 V , in response to the successful subscription to Channel G, the electronic device presents the content. 
       FIG.  8 W  illustrates the user selecting (e.g., with contact  803 ) the selectable option  844   c  to view the content using application Q. In response to the user&#39;s selection in  FIG.  8 W , the electronic device presents the content in application Q, as shown in  FIG.  8 X . 
       FIG.  8 Y  illustrates the product page user interface of a different item of content (“TV Show K”). The product page user interface includes an indication  834   b  of the item of content, a selectable option  836   c  to play the content, an indication  838   b  of how the electronic device is able to access the content, a selectable option  836   d  to add the content to a content queue of the media browsing application, and a description  840   b  of the content. As shown in  FIG.  8 Y , the selectable option  836   c  to access the content indicates that selecting the option  836   c  will cause the electronic device to initiate a process to subscribe to Channel L because the user is not subscribed to Channel L and the content is not available on a channel to which the user is already subscribed. 
     As shown in  FIG.  8 Y , the user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the selectable option  836   c  to access the content by subscribing to Channel L. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device  500  presents a user interface for subscribing to Channel L, as shown in  FIG.  8 Z . The user interface includes an indication  822   c  of the terms of the subscription to Channel L, a selectable option  824   g  to subscribe to Channel L, a selectable option  824   h  to cancel the process of subscribing to Channel L, and a selectable option  824   i  to access a subscription to Channel L by logging in to an existing account (e.g., a user account associated with Channel L or a user account associated with another provider that provides access to Channel L, such as a television provider). As shown in  FIG.  8 Z , the user selects (e.g., with contact  803 ) the selectable option  824   g  to continue to subscribe to Channel L. 
     In response to the user&#39;s selection in  FIG.  8 Z , the electronic device subscribes to Channel L and presents the content in the media browsing application, as shown in  FIG.  8 AA . 
       FIGS.  9 A- 9 J  are flow diagrams illustrating a method of playing content that is provided by a channel in a unified media browsing application in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The method  900  is optionally performed at an electronic device such as device  100 , device  300 , device  500 , device  501 , device  510 , and device  511  as described above with reference to  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B,  2 - 3 ,  4 A- 4 B and  5 A- 5 B . Some operations in method  900  are, optionally combined and/or order of some operations is, optionally, changed. 
     As described below, the method  900  provides ways to play content in a media browsing application that is provided by channel. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user when interacting with a user interface of the device of the disclosure, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated electronic devices, increasing the efficiency of the user&#39;s interaction with the user interface conserves power and increases the time between battery charges. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 A , an electronic device (e.g., electronic device  500 , a mobile device (e.g., a tablet, a smartphone, a media player, or a wearable device) including a touch screen, a computer including one or more of a keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and touch screen and in communication with a display, or a set-top box in communication with a display and a remote control device) in communication with a display and one or more input devices displays ( 902 ), on the display  514 , a user interface of a unified media browsing application on the electronic device  500 , wherein the user interface includes one or more first representations  808   b  and  808   d  of content available for viewing via one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application, and one or more representations  808   a ,  808   c , and  808   e  of content available for viewing from one or more channels within the unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, content represented by the first representations are items of content that play in the one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application in response to detecting a user input to initiate playback. In some embodiments, the entity that develops and provides the unified media browsing application is not the same as the one more entities that develop and provide the one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application and/or the content available for viewing from the one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, content represented by the second representations are items of content that play in the unified media browsing application in response to detecting a user input to initiate playback. In some embodiments, the entity that develops and provides the unified media browsing application is not the same as the one more entities that provide the content available for viewing from the one or more channels. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 D , while displaying the user interface, the electronic device  500  receives ( 904 ), via the one or more input devices  510 , an input (e.g., selection with contact  803 ) corresponding to a request to play a respective content item  808   b . In some embodiments, the input includes selection of one of the representations of content. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 D- 8 E , in response to receiving the input ( 906 ): in accordance with a determination that the respective content item  808   b  is content available for viewing via the one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application and is not available for viewing within the unified media browsing application ( 908 ): the electronic device  500  displays ( 910 ), on the display, a respective application of the one or more applications corresponding to the respective content item, as shown in  FIG.  8 E . In some embodiments, the determination is a determination that the respective content is not available for viewing inside the unified media browsing application, but rather must be played back outside of the unified media browsing application via a separate content application corresponding to the respective content item. In some embodiments, the electronic device closes the unified media browsing application, ceases displaying the unified media browsing application, and/or changes the current focus from the unified media browsing application to the respective application. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 E , the electronic device  500  plays ( 912 ) the respective content item in the respective application. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  8 A- 8 B , in accordance with a determination that the respective content item  808   a  is available for viewing within the unified media browsing application and is not available for viewing via the one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application, the electronic device  500  plays ( 914 ) the respective content item in the unified media browsing application without displaying the one or more applications, such as in  FIG.  8 B . In some embodiments, the electronic device updates the user interface of the unified media browsing application to present the content. In some embodiments, the media browsing application continues to run on the electronic device and maintains the current focus of the electronic device. For example, the user interface of the unified media browsing application includes a representation of a first item of content that plays in a second application and a representation of a second item of content that plays in the unified media browsing application. The first item of content is optionally provided by a first entity, the second item of content is optionally provided by a second entity, and the unified media browsing application is optionally provided by a third entity. In response to detecting selection of the representation of the first item of content, the electronic device optionally opens the second application and plays the first item of content in the second application. In response to detecting selection of the representation of the second item of content, the electronic device optionally plays the second item of content in the unified content browsing application. 
     The above-described manner of displaying representations of content available for viewing via one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application while displaying representations of content available for viewing via the unified media browsing application allows the electronic device to present more representations of available content than would be presented if the representations of content were not displayed together, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by allowing the user to view the representations of content available for viewing via the other applications without closing the unified media browsing application and opening the other applications), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 B  or  FIG.  8 E , while playing the respective content item, the electronic device  500  receives ( 916 ), via the one or more input devices  510 , an input corresponding to a request to exit playback of the respective content item, such as selection (e.g., with contact  803 ) of the “Menu” button. In some embodiments, the input includes selection of a “back” or “home” button on a remote control device. In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  8 E- 8 F , in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to exit playback of the respective content item ( 918 ): in accordance with a determination that the respective content item was playing in the respective application ( 920 ): the electronic device  500  ceases ( 922 ) display of the respective content item and displays ( 924 ) a user interface of the respective application, as shown in  FIG.  8 F . In some embodiments, the respective application is an application other than the unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, the user interface is a user interface of the respective application other than a playback user interface. For example, if the user selected a representation of an item of content presented in the unified media browsing application that plays in a first application that is not the unified media browsing application, the item of content plays in the first application. In response to the input corresponding to the request to exit playback of the item of content, the electronic device optionally presents a user interface of the first application, and not a user interface of the unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  8 B- 8 C , in accordance with a determination that the respective content item was playing in the unified media browsing application ( 926 ), such as in  FIG.  8 B , the electronic device  500  ceases display of the respective content item ( 928 ) and displays ( 930 ) the user interface of the unified media browsing application from which the playback of the respective content item was initiated, such as in  FIG.  8 C . For example, if the user selected a representation of an item of content presented in the unified media browsing application that plays in the unified media browsing application, the item of content optionally plays in the unified media browsing. In response to the input corresponding to the request to exit playback of the item of content, the electronic device optionally presents the user interface of the unified media browsing application from which the item of content was selected. 
     The above-described manner of presenting the user interface of the application in which the content was playing in response to the request to exit the playback of the respective content item allows the electronic device to enable the user to continue browsing the unified media browsing application when exiting playback of content that plays in the unified media browsing application, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the need for inputs to navigate between different applications), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  8 R- 8 X , in response to receiving the input corresponding to the request to play the respective content item ( 932 ): in accordance with a determination that the respective content item is content available for viewing via the one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application and is available for viewing within the unified media browsing application ( 934 ): in accordance with receiving an input indicating playback within the unified media browsing application, such as in  FIG.  8 R , the electronic device  500  plays ( 936 ) the respective content item in the unified media browsing application, such as in  FIG.  8 S . In some embodiments, the respective content item is available for viewing in either the unified media browsing application or in a different application. In some embodiments, if the input to play the content is received within the media browsing application, the electronic device plays the content in the media browsing application instead of playing the content in the respective application. For example, while displaying a user interface of the unified media browsing application, the electronic device detects an input in the unified media browsing application to play the respective content item. The respective item of content is optionally available for playback in either the media browsing application or a respective application. In some embodiments, in response to the input, the electronic device plays the content in the unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 W , in accordance with receiving an input indicating playback via the one or more applications other than the unified media browsing application, the electronic device  500  plays ( 938 ) the respective content item in the respective application, such as in  FIG.  8 X . In some embodiments, if the input to play the content is received within the respective application, the electronic device plays the content in the respective application instead of playing the content in the unified media browsing application. For example, while displaying a user interface of the respective application, the electronic device detects an input in the respective application to play the respective content item. The respective item of content is optionally available for playback in either the media browsing application or a respective application. In some embodiments, in response to the input, the electronic device plays the content in the respective application. 
     The above-described manner of playing the respective item of content in the unified media browsing application instead of the respective application in response to an input to play the respective item of content that is detected in the unified media browsing application allows the electronic device to play the content without opening a different application when the content is available for playback in the unified media browsing application, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of inputs necessary to view the unified media browsing application after consuming the respective item of content), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 K , the unified media browsing application includes a channels user interface that includes information about a plurality of channels that provide content that is available for viewing within the unified media browsing application, the channels user interface includes ( 940 ) a first plurality of scrollable representations  816   d - f  of channels in the plurality of channels to which a user of the electronic device is not subscribed, wherein the first plurality of scrollable representations of channels are selectable to initiate respective processes to subscribe to the respective channels ( 942 ). In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of one of the first plurality of scrollable representations of channels, the electronic device initiates a process to subscribe to the selected channel. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 K , the channels user interface includes: a second plurality of scrollable representations  812   a - 812   g  of channels in the plurality of channels to which the user of the electronic device  500  is subscribed or not subscribed ( 944 ). In some embodiments, the second plurality of scrollable representations of channels includes representations of channels to which the user is subscribed and representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed. In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of one of the second plurality of scrollable representations of channels, the electronic device presents information about the selected channel, such as representations of items of content available via the selected channel. 
     The above-described manner of presenting representations of channels to which the user is not subscribed that are selectable to initiate a process to subscribe to the selected channel concurrently with representations of channels to which the user is subscribed or is not subscribed allows the electronic device to present options to subscribe to additional channels while presenting representations of channels to which the user is subscribed, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by allowing the user to view which channels they are subscribed to while deciding whether to subscribe to additional channel(s) without navigating to a different user interface), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 L , while displaying the channels user interface, the electronic device  500  receives ( 946 ), via the one or more input devices  510 , an input corresponding to selection of a respective representation  816   f  of the first plurality of scrollable representations of channels that corresponds to a respective channel to which the user of the electronic device is not subscribed. For example, the user optionally selects a representation of a first channel that is presented among the first plurality of scrollable representations of channels. The user optionally is not subscribed to the first channel. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 M- 8 N , in response to receiving the input corresponding to the selection of the respective representation, the electronic device  500  initiates ( 948 ) a process to subscribe to the respective channel, including, in accordance with a determination that the subscription to the respective channel is successful, automatically displaying, on the display  514 , a user interface specific to the respective channel that includes information  828   a  and  830   a - d  about content available for viewing within the unified media browsing application from the respective channel, such as in  FIG.  8 N . In some embodiments, after the user subscribes to the respective channel represented by the respective representation, the electronic device presents a user interface including information about the respective channel. The user interface optionally includes representations of items of content that are available from the respective channel. In some embodiments, the user interface includes a visual indication that the subscription was successful, such as text or an image. The visual indication that the subscription was successful is optionally presented for a predetermined amount of time (e.g., 1, 3, 5, or 10 seconds) before auto-dismissing. For example, the user subscribes to the channel that corresponds to the respective representation that was selected by the user. After the user subscribes to the channel, the electronic device presents a user interface including representations of items of content available from the channel. 
     The above-described manner of presenting a user interface with more information about a channel in response to successfully subscribing the user to the channel allows the electronic device to present the user with information they are likely to be interested in based on their action of subscribing to the channel, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of user inputs needed to view information about a channel after subscribing to that channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, while displaying the channels user interface, the electronic device receives ( 950 ), via the one or more input devices, an input corresponding to selection of a respective representation of the second plurality of scrollable representations of channels that corresponds to a respective channel. For example, the user is able to select representation  812   f  of Channel F in the user interface illustrated in  FIG.  8 L . For example, the user optionally selects a representation of a first channel that is presented among the second plurality of scrollable representations of channels. In some embodiments, in response to receiving the input corresponding to the selection of the respective representation, the electronic device displays ( 952 ), on the display  514 , a user interface specific to the respective channel that includes information  828   a  and  830   a - d  about content available for viewing within the unified media browsing application from the respective channel, such as the user interface illustrated in  FIG.  8 N . In some embodiments, the information includes a plurality of representations of items of content that are available for viewing within the unified media browsing application from the respective channel. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 N , in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is subscribed to the respective channel, the user interface specific to the respective channel includes a large visual representation  828   a  of a show available for viewing on the respective channel that is selectable to display a user interface corresponding to the show, and a plurality of small representations  830   a - d  of recent episodes of a plurality of shows available for viewing on the respective channel that are selectable to initiate playback of the respective episodes within the unified media browsing application ( 954 ). In some embodiments, the user interface is a user interface including information about the show, such as a written description, representations of episodes of the show, information about the cast and crew of the show, parental guidance information, etc. In some embodiments, the recent episodes are latest released episodes, latest released episodes that the user has not watched, etc. from that channel. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the user is subscribed to the respective channel, the user interface specific to the respective channel includes a visual indication (e.g., text or an image) that indicates that the user is subscribed to the respective channel. For example, the electronic device presents a user interface specific to a channel that the user is subscribed to. The user interface specific to the channel includes a large representation of a first series of content (e.g., a TV show) that is selectable to display information about that series of content, for example. The large representation optionally occupies all or substantially all of a row in the user interface. In some embodiments, the user interface specific to the channel further includes a plurality of small representations of other shows. For example, the user interface includes a row of representations of other shows. The row optionally includes a plurality of representations, such as 3, 5, or some other number of small representations of other shows. In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of one of the small representations, the electronic device initiates playback of the selected show. The large representation is optionally a representation of an entire series or TV show and the small representations are optionally representations of individual episodes of TV shows (e.g., episodes that are up next based on the user&#39;s content consumption history, episodes that are newly released, episodes that were added to an up next watch queue of the user). 
     The above-described manner of presenting a large representation of a show and small representations of recent shows in the user interface specific to respective channel the allows the electronic device to present the option to view more information about a show while presenting selectable options to watch recent shows, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by enabling the user to decide whether to watch a recent show or to view information about a different show without navigation between different user interfaces), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 O , in accordance with the determination that the user of the electronic device  500  is not subscribed to the respective channel, the user interface specific to the respective channel includes a large representation  828   b  of information for subscribing to the respective channel and is selectable to initiate a process to subscribe to the respective channel, without including the large visual representation of the show available for viewing on the respective channel and the plurality of small representations of recent episodes of the plurality of shows available for viewing on the respective channel ( 956 ). In some embodiments, the recent episodes are latest released episodes, latest released episodes that the user has not watched, etc. For example, if the user is not subscribed to a first channel, the user interface specific to the first channel optionally includes a large image, such as an image representing an item of content available on the first channel with information about subscribing to the channel overlaid on the image (e.g., price and renewal period of the subscription, information about a free trial if one is available, etc.). The representation of information for subscribing to the channel is optionally selectable to initiate a process for subscribing to the channel. In some embodiments, the user interface specific to the respective channel includes representations of content, such as representations of entire television show series, in place of the representations of recent episodes, if the user is not subscribed to the respective channel. The representations of content are optionally selectable to present a user interface specific to the particular item of content. 
     The above-described manner of presenting information about subscribing to a channel in the user interface specific to the channel allows the electronic device to provide the user with a way to subscribe to a channel while viewing information specific to the channel, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the user inputs needed to navigate between a user interface specific to the channel and a user interface from which the user is able to subscribe to the channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 Q , the unified media browsing application includes a show user interface that includes information about a respective show that is available for viewing within the unified media browsing application from a respective channel that provides content for viewing within the unified media browsing application, the show user interface including a selectable option  836   a  for initiating playback of a respective episode of the show ( 958 ). The show user interface optionally includes information such as a description of the show, representations of seasons and episodes of the show, information about the cast and crew of the show, parental ratings guide, etc. In some embodiments, the selectable option includes text based on the user&#39;s content consumption history with respect to the show. For example, if the user has not yet watched the show, the selectable option includes text that says “play first episode.” As another example, if the user has watched one or more episodes of the show, the option includes text that says “play next episode.” In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 Y , while displaying the show user interface, the electronic device  500  receives ( 960 ), via the one or more input devices  510 , an input corresponding to selection of the selectable option  836   a . In some embodiments, in response to receiving the input corresponding to the selection of the selectable option  836   c  ( 962 ), in accordance with a determination that a user of the electronic device  500  is not subscribed to the respective channel, the electronic device  500  initiates ( 964 ) a process to subscribe to the respective channel, such as in  FIG.  8 Z . In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of the selectable option, the electronic device presents a user interface for subscribing to the respective channel (e.g., a user interface including pricing information and a selectable option to confirm the subscription, a payments user interface, etc.). If the subscription is successful, the electronic device optionally begins playing the respective show in response to the successful subscription. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the user is not subscribed to the respective channel, the selectable option includes text indicating that selection of the option will initiate a process for subscribing to the respective channel (e.g., “try Channel A for free”). In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device is subscribed to the respective channel, the electronic device plays ( 966 ) the respective episode within the unified media browsing application without initiating the process to subscribe to the respective channel, such as presenting the content as shown in  FIG.  8 AA  without first presenting the user interface shown in  FIG.  8 Z . In some embodiments, the electronic device plays the next episode based on the user&#39;s content consumption history. For example, if the user has not watched the show before, the electronic device plays the first episode. As another example, if the user has watched the show, the electronic device plays the episode that follows the last episode played by the user. 
     The above-described manner of initiating a process to subscribe to the respective channel in response to selection of the selectable option on the show user interface if the user is not subscribed to the respective channel allows the electronic device to provide the user with access to a show that the user has decided to watch, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of inputs needed to navigate from the show user interface to a user interface from which the user is able to subscribe to the respective channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 R , the show user interface includes a region that includes one or more representations  844   a - c  of different manners of obtaining access to the show, including a first representation  844   b  of a first manner of obtaining access to the show, wherein the first representation is selectable to ( 968 ): in accordance with a determination that the user is not subscribed to the respective channel, initiate a process to subscribe to the respective channel ( 970 ), such as in  FIG.  8 U . In some embodiments, the different manners of obtaining access to the show include channels that provide content that play within the unified media browsing application, other applications that provide content that plays in the other applications, purchasing or renting the content from a content store that provides content that plays in the unified media browsing application, etc. In some embodiments, the process includes presenting a user interface including information (e.g., price, renewal period, cancelation period, etc.) about subscribing to the respective channel and a selectable option to confirm the subscription. In some embodiments, in response to determining that subscribing to the respective channel was successful, the electronic device plays the content. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 R- 8 S , in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device  500  is subscribed to the respective channel, the first representation  844   a  is selectable to: play the show within the unified media browsing application without initiating the process to subscribe to the respective channel, such as in  FIG.  8 S . In some embodiments, the electronic device plays the content in response to selection of the representation. For example, if the user selects a representation of a channel to which the user is not subscribed, the electronic device initiates a process for subscribing to the channel and in accordance with a determination that the subscription process was successful, the electronic device plays the content. As another example, if the user selects a representation of a channel to which the user is subscribed, the electronic device plays the content in response to the selection. 
     The above-described manner of initiating a process to subscribe to a channel if the user is not subscribed to the respective channel of the representation selected by the user and playing the content if the user selects a representation of a channel to which the user is already subscribed allows the electronic device to provide the user with a way to gain access to content the user wishes to view, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the inputs required to navigate between a user interface specific to an item of content including indications of manners of obtaining access to the content and a user interface for subscribing to a particular channel that provides access to the content), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 W , the region includes a second representation  844   c  of a second manner of obtaining access to the show that does not correspond to a channel whose content is available for viewing within the unified media browsing application ( 974 ). In some embodiments, the second representation corresponds to a content store through which access to content is purchased or rented, or to an application other than the unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 W , the first representation  844   a  is displayed with a first visual characteristic ( 976 ). In some embodiments, the first representation includes an image representing a channel whose content is available for viewing within the unified media browsing application. For example, the image representing the channel fills the width of the first representation. In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  8 W- 8 X , in accordance with a determination that the second representation  844   c  corresponds to a channel whose content is available through a separate application and not available for viewing within the unified media browsing application, the second representation is displayed with a second visual characteristic, different than the first visual characteristic, and is selectable to initiate playback of the show in the separate application ( 978 ), such as in  FIG.  8 W . In some embodiments, the second representation includes an image indicating that a different application will be opened to play the content and/or presents an image related to the application that has a different size or other visual characteristic that is different from a visual characteristic of the first representation. For example, the second representation includes an image representing the application that is smaller than the width of the second representation and an icon that indicates that another application will be opened to view the content. In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of the second option, the electronic device opens the separate application and plays the content. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the second representation corresponds to purchasing access to the show, other than subscribing to a channel, in the unified media browsing application, the second representation is selectable to initiate a process to purchase the access to the show in the unified media browsing application ( 980 ). In some embodiments, rather than charging a re-occurring fee in exchange for access to a plurality of shows through a subscription to a channel, purchasing the show involves charging a one-time fee in exchange for access to the show. In some embodiments, the second representation corresponds to renting the show by charging a fee for limited-time access to the show. 
     The above-described manner of presenting a first visual characteristic on a representation corresponding to playing an item of content through a channel that provides access to content that plays in the unified media browsing application and presenting a second visual characteristic on a representation corresponding to an application that plays content in the application allows the electronic device to inform the user which application will be used to play the content, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by warning the user before the user navigates to a different application by playing content that plays in a different application), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 R , in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device  500  is subscribed to the respective channel, the first representation  844   a  is displayed with a first visual indication of the subscription status of the user ( 982 ). In some embodiments, the representation includes text and/or an image indicating that the user is subscribed to the respective channel. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  8 R , in accordance with a determination that the user of the electronic device  500  is not subscribed to the respective channel, the first representation  844   b  is displayed with a second visual indication of the subscription status of the user, different than the first visual indication ( 984 ). In some embodiments, the representation includes text and/or an image indicating that the user is not subscribed to the respective channel. In some embodiments, the representations include text describing the action the electronic device will perform in response to selection of the representation. For example, a representation associated with a channel to which the user is subscribed includes text such as “Watch on [channel name]”. As another example, a representation associated with a channel to which the user is not subscribed includes text such as “Try [channel name] for free” or “Subscribe to [channel name].” 
     The above-described manner of presenting the representation with a visual indication that indicates the user&#39;s subscription status of the respective channel allows the electronic device to inform the user whether or not the user has access to a particular item of content before the user selects the representation to access the content, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of inputs needed to navigate to a user interface indicating the user&#39;s subscription status to the channel and navigating back to the user interface presenting the representations of ways of accessing the content), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in  FIGS.  9 A- 9 J  have been described is merely exemplary and is not intended to indicate that the described order is the only order in which the operations could be performed. One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize various ways to reorder the operations described herein. Additionally, it should be noted that details of other processes described herein with respect to other methods described herein (e.g., methods  700  and  1100 ) are also applicable in an analogous manner to method  900  described above with respect to  FIGS.  9 A- 9 J . For example, the operation of the electronic device to play content in the unified media browsing application that is provided by one or more channels described above with reference to method  900  optionally has one or more of the characteristics of the presentation of representations of content items available on a recently subscribed-to channel and presentation of information about subscribing to a channel based on the user&#39;s content consumption history, etc., described herein with reference to other methods described herein (e.g., methods  700  and  1100 ). For brevity, these details are not repeated here. 
     The operations in the information processing methods described above are, optionally, implemented by running one or more functional modules in an information processing apparatus such as general purpose processors (e.g., a as described with respect to  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B,  3 ,  5 A- 5 B ) or application specific chips. Further, the operations described above with reference to  FIGS.  9 A- 9 J  are, optionally, implemented by components depicted in  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B . For example, displaying operations  902 ,  904 ,  910 ,  914 ,  924 ,  928 ,  930 ,  946 ,  948 ,  950 ,  952 ,  954 ,  960 ,  976 ,  978 ,  982 , and  984  receiving operations  904 ,  906 ,  916 ,  918 ,  932 ,  936 ,  938 ,  946 ,  948 ,  950 ,  952 , and  962  and initiating operations  930 ,  942 ,  948 ,  954 ,  956 ,  958 ,  964 ,  966 ,  970 ,  972 ,  978 , and  980  are, optionally, implemented by event sorter  170 , event recognizer  180 , and event handler  190 . When a respective predefined event or sub-event is detected, event recognizer  180  activates an event handler  190  associated with the detection of the event or sub-event. Event handler  190  optionally utilizes or calls data updater  176  or object updater  177  to update the application internal state  192 . In some embodiments, event handler  190  accesses a respective GUI updater  178  to update what is displayed by the application. Similarly, it would be clear to a person having ordinary skill in the art how other processes can be implemented based on the components depicted in  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B . 
     User Interfaces for Subscribing to a Channel Based on Content Consumption History 
     Users interact with electronic devices in many different manners, including using an electronic device to consume content available on one or more channels for viewing in a unified media browsing application. In some embodiments, an electronic device is able to present information about available channels based on content consumption history of the user. The embodiments described below provide ways in which an electronic device presents information about and a selectable option to subscribe to a respective channel based on the user&#39;s previous content consumption. Enhancing interactions with a device reduces the amount of time needed by a user to perform operations, and thus reduces the power usage of the device and increases battery life for battery-powered devices. It is understood that people use devices. When a person uses a device, that person is optionally referred to as a user of the device. 
       FIGS.  10 A- 10 K  illustrate exemplary ways in which an electronic device presents information about subscribing to a channel based on content consumption activity of the user on the electronic device in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The embodiments in these figures are used to illustrate the processes described below, including the processes described with reference to  FIGS.  11 A- 11 D . 
       FIGS.  10 A- 10 F  illustrate the presentation of information about subscribing to a channel in response to the user viewing a free trial episode of a series of content that is accessible via a channel to which the user is not currently subscribed.  FIG.  10 A  illustrates a user interface of the media browsing application. The user interface includes a plurality of representations  1002   a - 1006   e  of items of content accessible to the media browsing application. As shown in  FIG.  10 A , the representations  1002   a - 1006   e  include indications of the channel that provides access to the respective item of content and, for items of content that are accessible through a channel to which the user is subscribed (e.g., Channels B and C), an indication that the user has access to the content. Although not all of the user interfaces illustrated herein illustrate metadata icons on the representations of content items, it should be understood that the scope of the disclosure encompasses including any and all of the metadata icons illustrated in  FIG.  10 A  or elsewhere in any of the other user interfaces illustrated herein as including representations of content items. 
     The user interface illustrated in  FIG.  10 A  further includes representations  1008   a - g  of channels that provide content that is played in the media browsing application. The representations of channels include representations  1008   b  and  1008   c  of channels to which the user is subscribed under a heading “My Channels” and representations  1008   a  and  1008   d - g  of channels to which the user is not subscribed under the heading “Available Channels”. 
     As shown in  FIG.  10 A , the user selects (e.g., with contact  1003 ) the representation  1006   a  of an item content that is accessible for free. The content is provided by a channel to which the user is not subscribed, but the media browsing application is able to access the first episode of the content because it is a free episode. In response to the user&#39;s selection in  FIG.  10 A , the electronic device presents the first episode of the content in the media browsing application, as shown in  FIG.  10 B . 
     In  FIG.  10 C , the electronic device has played the content to a predetermined playback position in the content that is near the end of the content (e.g., a predetermined amount of time before the end of the content, a predetermined amount of time from the start of the content, at a point in the content where the credits or other end content is presented, or a predetermined time after the credits or other portion of the content commenced). In response to reaching the predetermined playback position in the content, the electronic device  500  presents a representation  1010  of the next episode in the series and a plurality of representations  1012   a - 1012   d  of other items of content that the user is able to access with the media browsing application overlaid over the playing content item. As shown in  FIG.  10 C , the user selects (e.g., with contact  1003 ) the representation  1010  of the next episode in the series. 
     In response to the user&#39;s selection in  FIG.  10 C , the electronic device presents a user interface that includes information about subscribing to Channel R, as shown in  FIG.  10 D . Channel R is the channel that provides access to the content series the user watched the free trial episode from. The information about subscribing to Channel R includes an indication  1014   a  of the terms of the subscription to Channel R, a selectable option  1016   a  that is selectable to start a free trial subscription to Channel R, a selectable option  1016   b  to exit the user interface without subscribing to Channel R, and a selectable option  1016   c  to access a subscription to Channel R via a user account that provides access to Channel R (e.g., a user account associated with Channel R or a user account associated with another provider that provides access to Channel R). The indication  1014   a  and options  1016   a - c  are overlaid on an image that is related to the series of content the user just watched because the user just watched the an episode from the series. As shown in  FIG.  10 D , the user selects (e.g., with contact  1003 ) the option  1016   a  to initiate the free trial subscription of Channel R. 
     In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device presents a user interface that confirms the user&#39;s subscription to Channel R. The user interface includes an indication  1018   a  of the terms of the subscription to Channel R, a selectable option  1020   a  to continue to subscribe to Channel R, a selectable option  1020   b  to cancel the process of subscribing the Channel R, and a selectable option  1020   c  to access a subscription to Channel R from a user account. As shown in  FIG.  10 E , the user selects (e.g., with contact  1003 ) the selectable option  1020   a  to confirm the subscription to Channel R. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device presents the next episode of the content series, as shown in  FIG.  10 F . In some embodiments, the user interface illustrated in  FIG.  10 E  is not presented. Instead, in some embodiments the next episode of the content series is presented in response to the selection illustrated in  FIG.  10 D . 
     As shown in  FIG.  10 F , the electronic device presents the next episode in the content series in response to confirming the user&#39;s subscription to Channel R. The electronic device also presents a visual indication that confirms the user&#39;s subscription to Channel R. In some embodiments, however, the visual indication  1022  is not presented. 
       FIGS.  10 G- 10 K  illustrate the presentation of information about subscribing to a channel in response to selection of an indication that a new season of a series of content the user has watched previously that is available via a channel to which the user is not currently subscribed.  FIG.  10 G  illustrates a media browsing application user interface that includes an indication  1028  of a new season of a series of content. The user has previously watched a previous season of the series of content but is currently not subscribed to the channel that provides access to the series of content. As shown in  FIG.  10 G , the user selects (e.g., with contact  1003 ) the indication  1028 . 
     In response to the user&#39;s selection in  FIG.  10 G , the electronic device presents information about subscribing to Channel A, which is the channel that provides access to the series of content indicated by the indication  1028 , as shown in  FIG.  10 H . As shown in  FIG.  10 H , the information includes an indication  1014   b  of the terms of the subscription to Channel A, a selectable option  1016   d  for initiating a free trial subscription to Channel B, a selectable option  1016   e  to forgo initiating the free trial subscription to Channel A, and a selectable option  1016   f  to access a subscription to Channel A through an existing user account. The indication  1014   b  and options  1016   d - f  are overlaid on an image that is related to the content series indicated in the indication  1028  because the content series was indicated in the indication  1028  selected by the user. 
     As shown in  FIG.  10 H , the user scrolls (e.g., with contact  1003 ) down. As shown in  FIG.  10 I , in response to the user&#39;s scrolling, the electronic device  500  moves the current focus to the selectable option  1016   f  to access the subscription to Channel A through an existing user account. The user selects (e.g., with contact  1003 ) the selectable option  1016   f  to access the subscription to Channel A through an existing user account. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device presents a user interface for logging in to a user account, as shown in  FIG.  10 J . 
     As shown in  FIG.  10 J , the user interface for logging in to the user account includes an indication  1030  to select the service that the user account is with, such as a user account to a provider (e.g., a television provider) that provides access to Channel A or an account with Channel A directly. The user interface further includes a plurality of selectable options  1032   a - 1032   b  selectable to select the service with which the user has an account and a selectable option  1034  to exit the user interface. As shown in  FIG.  10 J , the user selects (e.g., with contact  1003 ) the option  1032   a  associated with Provider A. In response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device presents a user interface (not shown) from which the user is able to enter their account credentials (e.g., user name and password). 
     Upon successful log in to the user account, the electronic device activates the subscription to Channel A and presents the next season of the series of content, as shown in  FIG.  10 K . 
       FIGS.  11 A- 11 D  are flow diagrams illustrating a method  1100  of presenting information about subscribing to a channel based on content consumption activity of the user on the electronic device in accordance with some embodiments of the disclosure. The method  1100  is optionally performed at an electronic device such as device  100 , device  300 , device  500 , device  501 , device  510 , and device  511  as described above with reference to  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B,  2 - 3 ,  4 A- 4 B and  5 A- 5 B . Some operations in method  1100  are, optionally combined and/or order of some operations is, optionally, changed. 
     As described below, the method  1100  provides ways to present information about subscribing to a channel based on the user&#39;s content consumption history. The method reduces the cognitive burden on a user when interacting with a user interface of the device of the disclosure, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated electronic devices, increasing the efficiency of the user&#39;s interaction with the user interface conserves power and increases the time between battery charges. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 D , an electronic device (e.g., electronic device  500 , a tablet, a smartphone, a media player, or a wearable device) including a touch screen, a computer including one or more of a keyboard, mouse, trackpad, and touch screen and in communication with a display, or a set-top box in communication with a display and a remote control device) in communication with a display  514  and one or more input devices determines ( 1102 ) that one or more channel subscription-display criteria have been satisfied. In some embodiments, the determination is one of detecting selection of an option that, when selected, causes the electronic device to present information about subscribing to a respective channel, detecting completion of playback of trial content for a respective channel, detecting availability of a newly-available item of content in a series of content the user has previously consumed that is available via a respective channel, etc. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 D , in response to determining that the one or more channel subscription-display criteria have been satisfied, the electronic device  500  displays ( 1104 ), on the display, a user interface that includes information  1014   a  about subscribing to a respective channel available on the electronic device, including a selectable option  1016   a  for initiating a process to subscribe to the respective channel on the electronic device  500 . In some embodiments, the information includes the cost of the subscription, a selectable option for ceasing the display of the information about subscribing to the respective channel without subscribing to the respective channel, a selectable option to link an existing user account with the respective channel to a unified media browsing application in which the information is presented, and a representation of an item of content that is available on via the channel. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 D , in accordance with a determination that a content consumption activity of a user of the electronic device is a first content consumption activity, the user interface includes a representation of first content available on the respective channel ( 1106 ), such as “TV Show Q image” illustrated in  FIG.  10 D . In some embodiments, in response to determining that the electronic device completed playback of a free trial item of content (e.g., the first episode of a series, such as a TV show) on the respective channel, the user interface includes a representation of the free trial item of content. In some embodiments, in response to determining that the electronic device previously played an item of content from a series that has recently been updated that is available on the respective channel, the user interface includes a representation of the series. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 I , in accordance with a determination that the content consumption activity of the user of the electronic device is a second content consumption activity, different than the first content consumption activity, the user interface includes a representation of second content, different than the first content, available on the respective channel ( 1108 ), such as “TV Show B Season  3  image” in  FIG.  10 I . For example, in accordance with a determination that the user has just watched a free trial episode of a first TV show that is available on a first channel, the electronic device optionally presents information about the first channel including a representation of the first TV show. As another example, in accordance with a determination that the user has previously watched a second TV show that is available on a second channel but is currently not subscribed to the second channel, the electronic device optionally presents information about the second channel including information about the second TV show. In some embodiments, the information about the second TV show is information about a specific episode of the TV show based on the content consumption history of the user at the electronic device. For example, the information about the second TV show includes an image representing the next episode of the TV show based on which episodes the user has watched. If the user has not yet watched the TV show, the information is optionally related to the TV show in general, rather than related to a specific episode of the TV show. 
     The above-described manner of presenting the information about subscribing to a respective channel with a representation of content that is based on the content consumption history of the user of the electronic device allows the electronic device to present a representation of content that is available via the respective channel and relevant to the user, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by communicating to the user that the content related to their content consumption history is accessible via the respective channel while presenting the subscription information), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency, by reducing the likelihood of erroneous subscription to the subscription service and by reducing the need for user inputs to find information about particular content available on the respective channel. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 I , the process to subscribe to the respective channel is for subscribing to the respective channel within a media browsing application, and the user interface that includes information  1014   b  about subscribing to the respective channel includes a second selectable option  1016   f  for initiating a process for linking a subscription of the user to the respective channel from a separate application, separate from the media browsing application ( 1110 ). In some embodiments, the process includes creating a new subscription through the media browsing application. In some embodiments, the separate application is an application on the electronic device that is specific to the channel or an application associated with a content provider that provides content in ways other than the way in which the electronic device provides content (e.g., a cable provider that provides content on television channels). For example, the process enables the electronic device to stream content provided by the channel by entering account information for a cable subscription that generally provides access to television channels, including accessing the respective channel on television. 
     The above-described manner of presenting an option for initiating a process for linking a subscription of the user to the respective channel allows the electronic device to access content the user is authorized to access, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by enabling the user to access the content by linking their user account, rather than requiring additional inputs for creating a new account with or without cancelling the existing account), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 C , before the one or more channel subscription-display criteria have been satisfied, the electronic device  500  detects ( 1112 ) the end of playback of a free trial episode of a content series from the respective channel, such as TV Show Q, S1:E1 illustrated in  FIG.  10 C . In some embodiments, the free trial episode is an episode that is available for consumption without a subscription to the respective channel. For example, the respective channel enables users to view the first episode of a season of a television show without a subscription to entice users to subscribe to the respective channel. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 C , in response to detecting the end of the playback of the free trial episode, the electronic device  500  displays ( 1114 ), on the display  514 , a representation  1010  of a next episode of the content series and one or more representations  1012   a - d  of content items a user of the electronic device has previously shown interest in. In some embodiments, the representations are selectable to play the respective items of content, thereby enabling the user to select an item of content to view after finishing the free trial episode without navigating to a content browsing user interface. In some embodiments, such as in  FIGS.  10 C- 10 D , the one or more channel subscription-display criteria have been satisfied in response to detecting selection (e.g., with contact  1003 ) of the representation  1010  of the next episode of the content series ( 1116 ). In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of the next episode of the content series, the electronic device presents the information about subscribing to the respective channel. In some embodiments, the electronic device will not play the next episode of the content series unless the user is subscribed to the respective channel. For example, the user is not subscribed to the respective channel and views the free trial episode. After viewing the free trial episode, the user selects the next episode and in response to the user&#39;s selection, the electronic device optionally presents the information about subscribing to the respective channel. In some embodiments, the information about subscribing to the respective channel includes an image related to the series that includes the free trial episode. 
     The above-described manner of presenting the information about subscribing to the respective channel in response to the user&#39;s selection of an episode of content that is after a free trial episode allows the electronic device to enable the user to continue watching the series without navigating to a different user interface to subscribe to the respective channel, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of inputs needed to subscribe to the respective channel to gain access to the content series), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 D , the user interface that includes the information  1014   a  about subscribing to the respective channel includes a background image that corresponds to the free trial episode of the content series ( 1118 ), such as “TV Show Q image”. For example, the user finishes watching a free trial episode of a first TV show and the electronic device optionally presents information about subscribing to the respective channel including an image related to the TV show. 
     The above-described manner of presenting an image related to the content series the user just watched while presenting the information about subscribing to the respective channel allows the electronic device to indicate to the user that the content series is accessible through the respective channel, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by indicating to the user that subscribing to the respective channel will enable the user to continue to watch the series without requiring the user to enter further inputs), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 H , the user interface includes a representation of content from a show that the user has watched on the respective channel ( 1120 ), such as “TV Show B Season  3  image”. In some embodiments, the user watched the show through a different channel or watched the show in the past while subscribed to the respective channel, which the user has since unsubscribed from. For example, the user interface includes an image of or related to the show that the user has watched. 
     The above-described manner of including a representation of content the user has watched on the respective channel with the information about subscribing to the respective channel allows the electronic device to inform the user that the content is available through the respective channel without requiring the user to navigate away from the user interface, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the inputs needed to navigate between a user interface that indicates that the content is available through the respective channel and the user interface including the information about subscribing to the respective channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as  FIG.  10 H , the user interface includes a representation of content from a next season of a show that the user has watched on the respective channel ( 1122 ), such as “TV Show B Season  3  image”. In some embodiments, the user watched the show through a different channel or watched the show in the past while subscribed to the respective channel, which the user has since unsubscribed from. For example, the user previously watched season  1  of a television show and the representation includes a representation of season  2  of the television show. 
     The above-described manner of including a representation of the next season of content the user has watched on the respective channel with the information about subscribing to the respective channel allows the electronic device to inform the user that the next season of the content is available through the respective channel without requiring the user to navigate away from the user interface, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the inputs needed to navigate between a user interface that indicates that the next season of the content is available through the respective channel and the user interface including the information about subscribing to the respective channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 G , the electronic device  500  displays ( 1124 ), on the display  514 , a respective user interface of a unified media browsing application that includes a plurality of selectable representations  1024   a - e ,  1026   a - 3 , and  1030   a - e  of content from a plurality of content providers, wherein the selectable representations  1024   a - e ,  1026   a - 3 , and  1030   a - e  of content are selectable to initiate respective processes to access the respective content. In some embodiments, a content browsing user interface of the unified content browsing application includes selectable representations of items of content that, when selected, play the content or present a user interface including information about the content including a selectable option to play the content. In some embodiments, such as in  FIG.  10 G , in accordance with a determination that one or more season display criteria are satisfied, including a criterion that is satisfied when the user of the electronic device  500  has watched one or more prior seasons of a show, and a criterion that is satisfied when a current season of the show is now available on a first channel for viewing within the unified media browsing application, the respective user interface includes a selectable representation  1028  of the current season of the show that is selectable to initiate a process to subscribe to the first channel ( 1126 ). In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the user has watched a season of content that is directly before the current season of the content, the electronic device presents a selectable representation of the current season of the content. The representation optionally includes information about the respective channel that provides access to the content in the unified media browsing application. For example, the user has watched a previous season of a television show and the next season is newly available. The electronic device optionally presents an indication that the next season of the television show is available. In some embodiments, in response to detecting selection of the indication, the electronic device presents the information about subscribing to the respective channel. The information about subscribing to the respective channel optionally includes an image of or related to the new season of the content. In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the one or more season display criteria are not satisfied, the respective user interface does not include the selectable representation of the current season of the show ( 1128 ). In some embodiments, the user has not watched the season directly before the current season or the user is already subscribed to the respective channel. 
     The above-described manner of presenting the representation of the current season that is selectable to initiate the process to subscribe to the first channel allows the electronic device to inform the user that a series they previously watched has new episodes available while also informing the user how to access the new episodes, which simplifies the interaction between the user and the electronic device and enhances the operability of the electronic device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the inputs needed to navigate between a user interface that indicates that the new season is available and a user interface to subscribe to the respective channel), which additionally reduces power usage and improves battery life of the electronic device by enabling the user to use the electronic device more quickly and efficiency. 
     It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in  FIGS.  11 A- 11 D  have been described is merely exemplary and is not intended to indicate that the described order is the only order in which the operations could be performed. One of ordinary skill in the art would recognize various ways to reorder the operations described herein. Additionally, it should be noted that details of other processes described herein with respect to other methods described herein (e.g., methods  700  and  900 ) are also applicable in an analogous manner to method  1100  described above with respect to  FIGS.  11 A- 11 D . For example, the operation of the electronic device to present an indication of a number of available updates described above with reference to method  1100  optionally has one or more of the characteristics of the presentation of representations of content items available on channels and content provided by a channel, etc., described herein with reference to other methods described herein (e.g., methods  700  and  900 ). For brevity, these details are not repeated here. 
     The operations in the information processing methods described above are, optionally, implemented by running one or more functional modules in an information processing apparatus such as general purpose processors (e.g., a as described with respect to  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B,  3 ,  5 A- 5 B ) or application specific chips. Further, the operations described above with reference to  FIGS.  11 A- 11 D  are, optionally, implemented by components depicted in  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B . For example, displaying operations  1104 ,  1114 , and  1124  and initiating operations  1104 ,  1110 ,  1124 , and  1126  are, optionally, implemented by event sorter  170 , event recognizer  180 , and event handler  190 . When a respective predefined event or sub-event is detected, event recognizer  180  activates an event handler  190  associated with the detection of the event or sub-event. Event handler  190  optionally utilizes or calls data updater  176  or object updater  177  to update the application internal state  192 . In some embodiments, event handler  190  accesses a respective GUI updater  178  to update what is displayed by the application. Similarly, it would be clear to a person having ordinary skill in the art how other processes can be implemented based on the components depicted in  FIGS.  1 A- 1 B . 
     As described above, one aspect of the present technology is the gathering and use of data available from various sources to improve the delivery to users of content that may be of interest to them. The present disclosure contemplates that in some instances, this gathered data may include personal information data that uniquely identifies or can be used to contact or locate a specific person. Such personal information data can include demographic data, location-based data, telephone numbers, email addresses, twitter ID&#39;s, home addresses, data or records relating to a user&#39;s health or level of fitness (e.g., vital signs measurements, medication information, exercise information), date of birth, or any other identifying or personal information. 
     The present disclosure recognizes that the use of such personal information data, in the present technology, can be used to the benefit of users. For example, the personal information data can be used to deliver targeted content that is of greater interest to the user. Accordingly, use of such personal information data enables users to calculated control of the delivered content. Further, other uses for personal information data that benefit the user are also contemplated by the present disclosure. For instance, health and fitness data may be used to provide insights into a user&#39;s general wellness, or may be used as positive feedback to individuals using technology to pursue wellness goals. 
     The present disclosure contemplates that the entities responsible for the collection, analysis, disclosure, transfer, storage, or other use of such personal information data will comply with well-established privacy policies and/or privacy practices. In particular, such entities should implement and consistently use privacy policies and practices that are generally recognized as meeting or exceeding industry or governmental requirements for maintaining personal information data private and secure. Such policies should be easily accessible by users, and should be updated as the collection and/or use of data changes. Personal information from users should be collected for legitimate and reasonable uses of the entity and not shared or sold outside of those legitimate uses. Further, such collection/sharing should occur after receiving the informed consent of the users. Additionally, such entities should consider taking any needed steps for safeguarding and securing access to such personal information data and ensuring that others with access to the personal information data adhere to their privacy policies and procedures. Further, such entities can subject themselves to evaluation by third parties to certify their adherence to widely accepted privacy policies and practices. In addition, policies and practices should be adapted for the particular types of personal information data being collected and/or accessed and adapted to applicable laws and standards, including jurisdiction-specific considerations. For instance, in the US, collection of or access to certain health data may be governed by federal and/or state laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); whereas health data in other countries may be subject to other regulations and policies and should be handled accordingly. Hence different privacy practices should be maintained for different personal data types in each country. 
     Despite the foregoing, the present disclosure also contemplates embodiments in which users selectively block the use of, or access to, personal information data. That is, the present disclosure contemplates that hardware and/or software elements can be provided to prevent or block access to such personal information data. For example, in the case of content delivery services, the present technology can be configured to allow users to select to “opt in” or “opt out” of participation in the collection of personal information data during registration for services or anytime thereafter. In another example, users can select not to provide content taste data, for targeted content delivery services. In addition to providing “opt in” and “opt out” options, the present disclosure contemplates providing notifications relating to the access or use of personal information. For instance, a user may be notified upon downloading an app that their personal information data will be accessed and then reminded again just before personal information data is accessed by the app. 
     Moreover, it is the intent of the present disclosure that personal information data should be managed and handled in a way to minimize risks of unintentional or unauthorized access or use. Risk can be minimized by limiting the collection of data and deleting data once it is no longer needed. In addition, and when applicable, including in certain health related applications, data de-identification can be used to protect a user&#39;s privacy. De-identification may be facilitated, when appropriate, by removing specific identifiers (e.g., date of birth, etc.), controlling the amount or specificity of data stored (e.g., collecting location data a city level rather than at an address level), controlling how data is stored (e.g., aggregating data across users), and/or other methods. 
     Therefore, although the present disclosure broadly covers use of personal information data to implement one or more various disclosed embodiments, the present disclosure also contemplates that the various embodiments can also be implemented without the need for accessing such personal information data. That is, the various embodiments of the present technology are not rendered inoperable due to the lack of all or a portion of such personal information data. For example, content can be selected and delivered to users by inferring preferences based on non-personal information data or a bare minimum amount of personal information, such as the content being requested by the device associated with a user, other non-personal information available to the content delivery services, or publicly available information. 
     The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best use the invention and various described embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Metadata:
Filing Date: 20190926
Publication Date: 20230620
Grant Date: 20230620
Priority Date: 20190324
Inventors: CIELAK, MATTHEW J.
EVASHEVSKI, Michael
DOMM, DREW R.
VINNA, Fredric
GROSSMAN, Alexander
MORETTI, DAVID
TAN-ANG, Jeff
Assignee: APPLE INC
CPC Classifications: [{"code": "G06F3/0485", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/42216", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4821", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/47202", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4828", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/47208", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "G06F3/0488", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/42216", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/47202", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4622", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/2543", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "G06F3/0481", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/44204", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/266", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/2665", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/47208", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4823", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/47202", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/47202", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/47211", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4826", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4668", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/44222", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "G06F3/0488", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4753", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4821", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "G06F3/04842", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4821", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/251", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "G06F3/0485", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4828", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/41407", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/8173", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4532", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "G06F3/0482", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/482", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/42224", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N21/4823", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}]
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