iPhone keeps automatically playing music to Apple TV.

I just hooked up my Apple TV yesterday and it works great. But this morning I was watching something on it and using the remote that came with it and it all worked well. But then I tested playing music on my iPhone and it overtook the thing being played on my TV and when AirPlay comes up on my phone it doesn't even give me an option to play the music from my iPhone. Sometimes it does but it doesn't even let me click on that option. Automatically AirPlay to TVs is on Never under AirPlay & Handoff. Handoff is off as well. Before when I had just a HomePod speaker (which is now being used with the AppleTV) it would always automatically play on my phone and then I would have to make it play to the speaker. Now I cannot get any music to play at all on my phone. Even if I turned the AppleTV off it just plays through the HomePod without me selecting it.

Posted on Jul 23, 2023 08:03 AM

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Posted on Feb 8, 2024 09:44 PM

All of those settings are off for me. AirPlay & Handoff is on never. And, yet, for the life of me I cannot get my podcasts, music, etc to STOP TRYING TO OVERTAKE MY SOUND SYSTEM.


It is rather annoying.

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Jul 23, 2023 02:21 PM in response to kevinjg

If iPhone﹥Settings﹥General﹥AirPlay & Handoff﹥

﹥Automatically AirPlay to TVs﹥Never|Ask|Automatic

﹥Transfer to HomePod﹥Off|On

give no reason for the behavior, then you have found something new and unexpected. Contact Apple Support about that.


You should be able to override/​adjust the behavior from the Music app or from the Currently Playing widget in Control Center. The AirPlay controls for either should let you switch back to iPhone.

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