First world stuff: Apple TV audio, AirPod, & peripherals

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Apr 15, 2023

There are a lot more important things to think about, but sometimes when I am able to make things at home work better, together, it makes me happy. Then, I shout:



“If you have an Apple TV 4k* you can now direct audio from your TV and all other peripherals (consoles, etc) to it, if your TV has an HDMI Arc/eArc connection*. This means you can use HomePods with any device, even if they don’t support AirPlay.”

Here’s how to set that up.


* 1 Second Gen and later only.
* 2 That's really just an HDMI port that supports bilateral audio connections, same HDMI cable will work)

First world stuff: Apple TV audio, AirPod, & peripherals

By

on

Apr 15, 2023

There are a lot more important things to think about, but sometimes when I am able to make things at home work better, together, it makes me happy. Then, I shout:



“If you have an Apple TV 4k* you can now direct audio from your TV and all other peripherals (consoles, etc) to it, if your TV has an HDMI Arc/eArc connection*. This means you can use HomePods with any device, even if they don’t support AirPlay.”

Here’s how to set that up.


* 1 Second Gen and later only.
* 2 That's really just an HDMI port that supports bilateral audio connections, same HDMI cable will work)