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Apple TV in Home Assistant

apple_tv part of Home Assistant since 0.49

Local, push Set up in the user interface

Apple TV is an official Home Assistant integration for Media player, Multimedia and Remote. Talks to the device on your own network and is told about every change straight away.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Local, push – Talks to the device on your own network and is told about every change straight away.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Single device
Installations
86,095 (12.6 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Media player, Multimedia, Remote
Provides
Binary sensor, Media player, Remote
Found automatically via
Network discovery (Zeroconf)
Maintained by
@postlund
Python packages
pyatv==0.18.0

Setup

  1. Home Assistant can find this integration on its own: if it is suggested under Settings → Devices & services, confirm it there.
  2. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  3. Click "Add integration" and search for Apple TV.
  4. Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.

Add to my Home Assistant

The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Known issues and fixes

10 open issues and 6 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Apple TV in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.6.0.

Open

  • open Reported problem #151449 since August 31, 2025 · 17 reactions · 71 comments · #151449
  • open Reported problem #145046 since May 16, 2025 · 16 reactions · 26 comments · #145046
  • open Reported problem #102784 since October 25, 2023 · 10 reactions · 65 comments · #102784
  • open Reported problem #150361 since August 10, 2025 · 7 reactions · 24 comments · #150361
  • open Reported problem #165564 since March 14, 2026 · 4 reactions · 26 comments · #165564
  • open Reported problem #172671 since May 31, 2026 · 0 reactions · 7 comments · #172671
  • open Reported problem #176333 since July 12, 2026 · 0 reactions · 6 comments · #176333
  • open Reported problem #175355 since July 2, 2026 · 0 reactions · 3 comments · #175355

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 13, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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