Apple TV User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in tvOS 18
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- Stream audio and video to Apple TV
- Use AirPlay-enabled speakers with Apple TV
- Use AirPods or Beats with Apple TV
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Use your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch as a remote
- Use your iPhone or iPad as a keyboard
- Use your iPhone or iPad as a web camera
- Use Siri on other devices to control Apple TV
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- TV app at a glance
- Navigate the Apple TV app
- Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, or a channel
- Start watching on the Home screen
- Control video playback
- Search in the Apple TV app
- Watch Apple TV+ Originals
- Watch MLS
- Watch sports
- Buy or rent movies and TV shows
- View movies and TV shows in your library
- Manage recommendations
- Adjust TV app settings
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- Music app at a glance
- Subscribe to Apple Music
- Start listening on the Home screen
- Control music playback
- Search for songs, artists, and albums
- Discover new music
- Use Apple Music Sing
- Play music together using SharePlay
- Listen to radio stations
- Watch music videos
- Browse music in your library
- See what your friends are listening to
- Manage recommendations
- Adjust Music app settings
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- Fitness app at a glance
- Connect your Apple Watch or iPhone
- Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
- Start working out in the For You screen
- View workout details and control playback
- Browse or search for workouts
- Save workouts for later
- Combine workouts with Stacks
- View and manage your Custom Plan
- Work out together using SharePlay
- App Store
- Search
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- Copyright
Use AirPods or Beats with Apple TV
You can send audio from your Apple TV to compatible AirPods or Beats headphones when you’re signed in on Apple TV with the same Apple Account associated with the headphones.
Connect AirPods or Beats to Apple TV
On your remote, press and hold
to open Control Center, then select 
.Select the headphones you want to use.
When you connect headphones to Apple TV, any other device speakers are turned off.
Tip: If you put on your headphones while Apple TV is on and your user profile is active, an alert appears onscreen prompting you to connect your headphones by pressing . You can disable this prompt in Settings 
by going to Remotes and Devices > Bluetooth and turning off Suggest Nearby AirPods.
You can also connect Bluetooth® headphones to Apple TV. See Connect Bluetooth devices to Apple TV.
Adjust AirPods or Beats controls from Control Center
Once your AirPods or Beats headphones are connected, you can open audio controls from Control Center.
On your remote, press and hold the TV button
to open Control Center, then navigate to the headphones icon (such as 
or 
) at the top.Select one or more of the available options, then choose a suboption from the menu.
Noise Control: Choose Noise Cancellation to tune outside noises out, Transparency to hear sounds around you, Adaptive to automatically adjust noise levels in your environment, or Off to turn off noise control.
Conversation Awareness: Choose Loud Sound Reduction to automatically reduce loud sounds around you, or Conversation Awareness to automatically lower the volume during a conversation and enhance voices in front of you, all while reducing background noise.
Spatial Audio: Turn on spatial audio features. See Experience Spatial Audio on Apple TV.
Share Audio: Share audio with a second pair of headphones. See Listen together with two pairs of headphones on Apple TV.
Note: Not all options are available for all AirPods and Beats models. Spatial Audio and Share Audio are not supported on Apple TV HD.