I guess it’s just me that finds this strange then.
I’ve come to the conclusion that Freeview play and Android Home are not meant to be integrated at all. This seems like a real missed opportunity for me.
I’m having to train my brain to use the EPG / Freeview home screen when I want to watch live tv or catch up, and everything else such as Netflix, Prime, Syncler etc I need to go to the Android Home Screen. On the Android Home screen I have removed all Freeview channels.
This has effectively meant I have gone back to the setup that I used to have when I had two separate boxes: one freeview box for live tv and catchup, and an android box for the other services. The only difference with the Aura is that it is one physical box.
This is really spoiling the experience for me as I thought this box would be like Sky Q, but it’s not able to be.
I’d be interested to find out how others find this, and how they’ve configured things.