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Tap Apple TV, then tap the name of the Apple TV you want this shortcut to open.

Edit the shortcut to select your Apple TV before you add the Remote icon to your iPhone’s Home Screen. Next, tap on the ⋯ next to Remote to edit the shortcut. Tap Add Shortcut when it opens the Shortcuts app.

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Griffin Jones/Cult of MacĬlick this link right here and tap Get Shortcut to download it. Add the shortcut and tap the ellipsis button in Shortcuts. There’s a workaround, though: You can put a Shortcut on your Home Screen that opens the Remote. But unfortunately, you can’t add it to your Home Screen directly. If you like this feature, or frequently lose your Apple TV remote, you might want faster access to the Remote app on your iPhone. Add an Apple TV remote shortcut to your iPhone Home Screen You don’t have all the same controls here - but you can still swipe around to move the cursor, tap in the middle to play/pause, or tap the buttons to go back or go home. To do so, just click the Digital Crown once to bring up the app list and tap Remote. Leave your phone sitting on the coffee table? Well, you can use your Apple Watch as an Apple TV remote, too. Problem solved! Control Apple TV from Apple Watch If you see a tiny grid of icons instead of this easily scrollable list, tap and hold and select “List View.” Screenshot: D.

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Simply copy your password from your password manager, then paste it into the Remote app. Using the iPhone to input text on Apple TV proves especially handy if you need to type in a long, complex password for a streaming service or to verify your Apple ID.Įven better, rather than typing out a ridiculous (but secure!) string of random numbers and symbols, you can utilize the iPhone’s copy-paste functionality. If it doesn’t pop up, you can tap the keyboard button in the bottom left - it replaces the play/pause button. While I find that holding down the Siri button to use dictation on the physical remote is extremely fast and reliable (why can’t Siri be so accurate everywhere?), you might not want to shout your password out loud in a room of guests.Īnywhere you need to enter text on the Apple TV, open the remote on your phone and use the keyboard instead. Trying to type in anything using the Apple TV’s Siri Remote is just plain painful. Use your iPhone instead of the Siri Remote for text input I can get a solid two words per minute on the Siri Remote.

The channel button in the bottom right and the menu button on top might control your TV if you have it set up correctly.

If you have several Apple TVs in your household, you can switch which one you’re controlling by selecting the menu at the top.

If you have AirPlay-compatible speakers connected, like a stereo pair of HomePods, then your iPhone’s volume buttons will control your Apple TV audio, too.

What about Siri? When the Remote app is open, your iPhone’s side button will activate Siri on the Apple TV instead of your phone.

(On your Apple TV, open Settings > Remotes and Devices > TV Button > Home Screen.)

The TV button will open the Apple TV app by default, but you can change that to go to the Home Screen instead.

If you tap it enough times, it’ll close the app, go back to the Home Screen, and play the screensaver.

The giant back button goes back a screen or closes whatever menu you have open.

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The Play/Pause button will start or stop whatever show, movie or music is playing.

You can swipe on the upper half to move around.

On the iPhone’s virtual remote, you will see all the same controls as on the Siri Remote.

If you don’t see it, go to Settings > Control Center and tap + Apple TV Remote. On a newer iPhone (iPhone X, XS, XR, 11, 12, 13, 14) you can pull down from the top right to open Control Center and tap the Remote icon.

If you’ve set up an Apple TV before, you should automatically have a Remote icon added to your iPhone’s Control Center. Control Apple TV from iPhone The remote is easy to access from Control Center. If you’re at a friend’s house, be sure to get their Wi-Fi password before you angrily fumble around the Remote app and curse Tim Cook. If these are both your own personal devices set up in your own home, this is almost certainly already the case. First, you need to make sure your iPhone is on the same network as your Apple TV.