If you want to fully enjoy every single sentence of your favorite movie, then surely you will be interested in our guide today in which we explain how to connect AirPods to Apple TV, the famous media center created by the Cupertino colossus. The whole operation can be done in a very simple way.
How to connect AirPods to Apple TV automatically
If you are logged into the Apple TV to the same iCloud account on the iPhone (with which you use the AirPods ), then the connection of the true wireless headsets to the media center automatically takes place. This happens thanks to the ecosystem to which the company continues to devote much attention.
The Apple TV offers a quick shortcut that allows you to change the audio playback device in the blink of an eye. To do so, press and hold the Play/Pause button on the Home screen to open the panel for audio outputs. From here choose the AirPods.
How to connect AirPods to Apple TV manually
If you would like to connect a pair of AirPods combined with an iCloud account other than the one on the Apple TV, you will have to follow some specific steps that we will list below:
- Open the Apple TV Settings by selecting the gear icon using the remote control, choose Remote controls and devices and then press Bluetooth.
- Once Apple’s media center shows you the Bluetooth device discovery screen, store the AirPods in its case and then re-open them without removing them.
- In the next step, press and hold the button on the back of the True Wireless Headset Charging Case until the LED indicator starts to flash.
- At this point you can terminate the operation by choosing the AirPods revealed by the screen that appears.