Discover 10+ hidden Apple TV tips that take your setup to the next level — from custom Shortcuts and dimming the screen with a click, to advanced AirPlay features and screensaver hacks.
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00:00 Introduction
00:15 AirPlay Picture-in-Picture
00:48 Triple Click Shortcut
01:21 Better Keyboard
01:47 AirPlay Photos Easily
02:36 What Did They Say?
03:05 Bonus Triple Click Tip
03:51 Switch Screensavers
04:18 Screensaver Location
04:36 Turn Off Swiping
05:47 Wake TV and Open App
06:42 Enhance Dialogue
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1. You don’t need to hold back button to enable screen saver. Just press back one more time on Home Screen and it will go to screen saver
2. On screen saver, pressing right or left will switch screen saver within its category.
3. Change tv to button to Home Screen so it will work like home button in iPhone. It is more useful than you think.
By the way, I love the photo airplay option I didn’t know before. I use to use the AirPlay icon at control centre and it worked similar but not seamless as you shown.
damn, i didnt know half of these and i am usually pretty aware. great video!
Anyone figured out how to pair two Siri Remotes yet?
Great 👍🏽 thank you 🙏🏽
Maybe it’s just me but I do have to force quit the YouTube app when it decides to only play the video in the top corner of the tv
Do you think the first generation Apple TV 4K’s (2017) will become end of life this year when the new ones come out?
I already knew everything about the Apple TV until I didn’t. Great video! 😊
Oh man the keyboard grid !!! Thank you thank you !!! Been driving me insane searching for things 🙂
These are excellent tips. Thank you so much for the grid layout keyboard
Where is the app downloader ? Is necessary to download apk apps for movies free
Dude you’re so late. Those cool “tips” have been around for literally years on YouTube. I’ll stop following you, you’re a fraud.
Stephen, thanks for these awesome tips – they need you more often as a guest on MBW! Do you know if there's a way in Apple Music's TV app to get back to your "Now Playing" quickly without 'backing out' several levels to the main screen? Is it just me, or does that app suck? 😂 Thanks again!
wow these tips are super helpful. Crazy how apple expects it's users to just figure these things out on our own.
Sorry Stephen, but closing apps is absolutely essential if you have a little one that plays Game apps. Freezing or odd behavior out of the Apple TV has 100% been proven to be a game app left running in my experience. The game app left open and if not updated can cause your mileage to vary.
I’ve got a question that maybe you can help me with. Every time I turn on the Apple TV the control center appears and I’m constantly having to close it. Is there anyway to stop this from happening?
didn't know about that grid option, or AirPlaying photos! the "what did they say" option isn't really relevant now since you can choose for any time to have subtitles on when you click back to go back ten seconds in the video 😊
Some great tips there – many thanks – Keyboard layout, share photo from iPhone and "What did they just say" – Fantastic. 🎉
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Nice! Only wish the triple click CC toggle worked on YouTube! Quite a few didn’t know Thanks!
-I have the same remote cover. Find the subtle middle thickness of the remote means it never slides between my couch cushions anymore !!
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The keyboard grid alone is already a super tip.
Great tips Stephen. For some reason I only ever see one screensaver. I can’t get it to change no matter what I do.
I lost the remote, i have an iPad can i still use Apple TV?
These tips are fucking amazing. There are four of them that I immediately started using. Thank you again for all of your helpful videos.