How To Control Your Apple TV with the HomePod

Published by Shane W. on March 8, 2020March 8, 2020

There are some things we can do, and some things we cannot do, to control our Apple TV by voice using a HomePod. In this video I’ll show you some native commands that work “out of the box” as well as some custom shortcuts that can help take this to the next level. You can download the shortcuts that I used below.

What Currently Does NOT Work:

Hey Siri, play Game of Thrones on the Apple TV
Hey Siri, turn on subtitles on the Apple TV (although this works from iPhone)

What Currently DOES Work:

Hey Siri, rewind the Apple TV thirty seconds
Hey Siri, fast forward two minutes
Hey Siri, Turn the Apple TV on
Hey Siri, turn the Apple TV off
Display HomeKit camera feed (using HomeCam app and shortcuts)
Play live tv (using your live tv app and shortcuts)
Open any app on the Apple TV (using shortcuts)

Download the Shortcuts used in this video:

Movie Night: https://geni.us/MovieNight1
Watch Live TV: https://geni.us/WatchLiveTV
Show Camera Feed: https://geni.us/HomeCam

As Apple continues to improve and update these devices, hopefully we will continue to see even more integration between the Apple TV and the HomePod in the future.