Use tvOS Control Centre on Apple TV
Control Centre gives you quick access to settings and controls for switching users, playing music, accessing HomeKit cameras and scenes, putting Apple TV to sleep and more. You can quickly switch between users in Control Centre so that each person gets their own unique Up Next video list, video and music collections, Game Center data and recommendations.
Open Control Centre
On the Siri Remote, press and hold the TV button .
Switch to another user
Press and hold the TV button on the Siri Remote to open Control Centre.
Select a user.
When you switch to another user, the previous user is signed out, and the TV and Music apps refresh with the new user’s unique Up Next lists, video or music collections, and recommendations.
Note: Switching users does not change the Photos app or other settings associated with an iCloud account.
Put Apple TV to sleep
Press and hold the TV button on the Siri Remote to open Control Centre.
Select Sleep.
For information on changing sleep settings, see Sleep or wake Apple TV.
Access the current song in Music
When a song is playing or paused in the Music app on Apple TV, it’s shown in Control Centre.
Press and hold the TV button on the Siri Remote to open Control Centre.
Select the currently playing song.
The Music app opens to the Now Playing screen.
Access audio controls
Press and hold the TV button on the Siri Remote to open Control Centre.
Select the Audio Controls button , then choose headphones or one or more speakers.
For more information on audio sharing with Apple wireless headphones or playing audio on multiple speakers, see Use Apple TV to play audio throughout your home.
Control HomeKit scenes and cameras
In Control Centre, you can activate HomeKit accessories and view home cameras that you’ve set up in the Home app on an iOS, iPadOS or macOS (Catalina or later) device signed in with the same Apple ID.
For example, you can view video from supported security cameras and receive a notification when a supported doorbell camera detects someone at your door. You get a personal notification if HomeKit recognises the person from your Photos library.
You can also run scenes you’ve created in the Home app on an iOS, iPadOS or macOS (Catalina or later) device. Scenes let you control multiple accessories in your home. For example, you can create a Watching TV scene that dims the lights and sets the temperature.
Press and hold the TV button on the Siri Remote to open Control Centre.
Select the HomeKit button .
Do either of the following:
View live video from a security camera: Select the camera to see a full-screen image or swipe to switch cameras.
Run a favourite scene: Select the scene.
Ask Siri. On the Siri Remote, press and hold the Siri button , then say “Show me” followed by the name of the camera in the Home app:
“Show me the front garden camera”
Note: Scenes involving secure HomeKit-compatible products such as door locks, motorised doors or windows, security systems and garage doors are not controllable by Apple TV. You must use an iOS, iPadOS, macOS or watchOS device to control those devices.
To learn more about creating scenes and setting up cameras in the Home app, see the iPhone User Guide.
Quickly access the Search app
Press and hold the TV button on the Siri Remote to open Control Centre.
Select the Search button .
See Search on Apple TV.
Close Control Centre
Press the Back button (second-generation Siri Remote) or button (first-generation Siri Remote).