#Apple tv shareplay how to#
#Apple tv shareplay movie#
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#Apple tv shareplay tv#

Whether FaceTiming with one other person or doing a Group FaceTime with up to 32 participants, users can SharePlay movies, music, or simply share their screen.

#Apple tv shareplay tv#

SharePlay is a lovely and useful idea, but the Apple TV component doesn’t seem quite ready for prime time.As announced in the Fall of 2021, Apple updated video chat FaceTime calls to include a screen sharing feature called SharePlay.

#Apple tv shareplay Bluetooth#

Alternatively, connect the Bluetooth headphones to the TV (that always works) - but then which microphone will pick up my voice? My phone’s? The headphones? None? Maybe none is better - my color commentary can be exhausting (as you now know if you’ve actually read this far, for which I humbly thank you).

I may log out of both accounts on the Apple TV and log in again to see if that helps.

#Apple tv shareplay how to#

Figure out how to SharePlay to the Apple TV with my Bluetooth headphones connected to my iPhone or the Apple TV.W wins the “Quip of the Day” award - maybe even “Quip of the Week”, but it’s only Wednesday. Endorphins are created, relationships are strengthened all around.Mom and I burst out laughing, laugh until tears are flowing, give up on “The Tragedy of Macbeth” on the Apple TV and end up watching (by SharePlay on my iPhone, no earphones) the first episode of “The Snoopy Show” with total joy and happiness.It completely defeats the purpose.” (See “Purpose” above.) W chimes in perfectly on cue, sardonically: “This is stressful. Passing through to refill her coffee cup, Mrs.

She is watching on her iPad, I can’t see it anywhere, I get spinning loading wheel, she watches. She plays along gamely (and plays Words With Friends in the Split Screen… I think). First I am calm, then a bit less calm… I start asking my Mom - “Wait, please don’t touch anything, just tell me what you see” over and over. Logging into my account (again) in Apple TV - now it shows up twice.One time I got a still of the logo of the film while the sound played. Screensharing my iPhone screen via AirPlay to the TV - this works, but when the show starts, I get audio but no visual (just a dark screen).

Screensharing my iPhone screen via AirPlay to the Apple TV - this works, but when the show starts, I get audio but no visual (just a dark screen).AirPlay the show to the TV itself - nothing happens.AirPlay the show to the Apple TV - nothing happens.Other solutions attempted with zero success: The SharePlay button in Apple TV’s pop-out control panel on the right side of the screen.Everything on SharePlay stopped and disappeared.I took off the earphones and put them in their case, which disconnects them from whatever and turns them off.We gave it a go for a minute, but the sound was a bit wonky - I could hear the show in stereo but Mom only in one ear, and she couldn’t hear me when I spoke. At one point I was watching on my iPhone, sound in my Bluetooth earphones, and my mother was watching on her iPad.Couldn’t get SharePlay going on the Apple TV.then starting the show - SharePlay begins on my phone and her iPad mini - our SharePlay debut is off to a good start.

first a FaceTime video call from my phone to her iPad mini.

JBL Endurance Bluetooth earphones ready to connect to the TV (or the iPhone or the Apple TV), as usual when Mrs.

Subscription to Apple One (which includes Apple TV+), Family Sharing works well with Mom (been sharing Apple Music and app purchases for years).

Apple TV is logged into the same iCloud account for Apple media on my iPhone and Apple TV.

TV itself is connected both to our wifi and by Ethernet cable directly to the modem.

My phone is on the same Wifi as the Apple TV and our TV, and my VPN is off Bluetooth is turned on for both devices.

On my side: my iPhone XS, Apple TV (4th Generation, now called Apple TV HD), TV apps installed on both, newest OSes and app updates on each.

On my mother’s side: her iPad mini, latest iOS, TV app freshly installed.

#Apple tv shareplay movie#

Share time together with Mom, remotely (in this case, across an ocean!) watching a movie together on Apple TV+ - Mom on her iPad mini, I on my Apple TV connected to our internet-connect “smart” TV.