I tried connecting my iPhone as a mic on the Sing app on the Apple TV. I receive from the prompt to Accept from my iPhone. I see my I’m connected on the Apple TV. However, I receive an Audio Disconnected message on the upper right of the Apple TV. They are all on IOS 26. I have the AppleTV 4K with ethernet. I also switch the audio to TV as suggested isntead of HomePod
iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 26
I had a similar issue and I finally fixed it. Your iPhone won’t work as a microphone when AirPlay is connected. I went into my iPhone settings and changed AirPlay to “ask”, and then i closed Apple Music on my iPhone and kept it closed. You must use the app on the Apple TV 4K as the “controlling” app and your iPhone only as the microphone. Basically, if AirPlay is connected on your iPhone, then your iPhone is working as an output device and can’t be used as an input device at the same time for the microphone.
I had a similar issue and I finally fixed it. Your iPhone won’t work as a microphone when AirPlay is connected. I went into my iPhone settings and changed AirPlay to “ask”, and then i closed Apple Music on my iPhone and kept it closed. You must use the app on the Apple TV 4K as the “controlling” app and your iPhone only as the microphone. Basically, if AirPlay is connected on your iPhone, then your iPhone is working as an output device and can’t be used as an input device at the same time for the microphone.
You need at least a 3rd generation Apple TV4K if you do have this model you can try restarting the iPhone and Apple TV
Use Apple Music Sing on Apple TV - Apple Support
Ok, so that got my iPhone to connect but I couldn’t get my wife’s iPhone to connect for anything. 5 seconds after connecting it would say “Clara’s microphone is unavailable”. After a couple of hours of troubleshooting with ChatGPT, we determined that my wife’s microphone permissions got corrupted. Since Apple deleted some of the menu options in settings, the only way to fix it was to remove her as a user by deleting her profile and device on the Apple TV, restarting both devices, and then re-adding her profile and device. I think it was the profile that fixed the problem, not the device. Lastly, it took about 5 minutes after re-adding everything for the microphone to start working. Almost like it was working in the background. Absolutely my most frustrating experience with an Apple product and thank goodness for ChatGPT. No human would’ve sat through that for me. 😂
Apple TV is supported. I think I found what the issue is. My Apple TV is connected using Ethernet. But when I unplug the Ethernet and the Apple TV is now connected to the WiFi, it works fine. The issue only happens when the Apple TV is connected to Ethernet which I prefer. Anyone knows how to resolve that issue?
I have the exact same problem where when I press the microphone button on my iPhone, the Apple TV show has a message saying that the microphone has disconnected I do not use ethernet and all my devices are on the latest update. Is it something to do with a fact that we use a sound bar?
Unable to connect my iphone during a Apple Music Sing Session
