Auto-install apps on your Apple TV

Discover the easy way to install tvOS versions of your iOS purchases

REQUIRES Apple TV (4th or 5th generation) you will learn How to ensure tvOS versions of apps bought on your iOS device are added to your Apple TV. IT WILL TAKE 5 minutes

If you own a fourth- or fifth-generation Apple TV – the models that come with a Siri Remote – and you install a lot of apps on your iOS devices, then you may already have a large collection of apps you can use on your TV: many iOS apps come with a version for Apple TV, which you may not yet have installed.

There are many reasons for this. Perhaps you didn’t realize a tvOS version existed, or maybe you forgot to check. It could be that you weren’t next to your Apple TV at the time you installed an app for iOS, and you simply didn’t get around to starting it up and doing it later on.

Luckily help is at hand. Built in to every Apple TV is a function which allows you to automatically install the tvOS version of the apps that you download for your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch – if it’s included for free. You manually install the app once, and your Apple TV will make sure you get the most out of it.