- What's up guys, this is Tariq
from SMARTBikeTrainers.com.
Apple TV is a very easy, cheap, and a convenient way
to run Zwift.
Zwift has a native Apple TV app which you can download
directly from the Apple TV store
and run Zwift on the Apple TV,
and broadcast it directly to your TV.
Personally, I have been using it since Zwift released
their Apple TV app, and really never had an issue with it.
It just works, and very quick to start, and just get going.
The Apple TV remote, however, is a very simple device,
with a small number of buttons.
Whether you hate it or love it,
I think it's a little nifty remote, and it just works well.
Maybe not so much in Zwift.
But you can do a lot with this remote, and I'm going
to go over some tricks and tips
and how to use this remote with Zwift
or even other Apple TV apps, and some shortcuts
that might make things a little easier for you.
So in this video I will walk you through
some of the tips and tricks I know
and if you know of any, let me know down
in the comments section, and if you find
this video helpful, hit that like button.
My first tip is to get a protective case
for this remote control.
The remote control itself is very slippery,
and you can easily drop it, and this case
will make it much easier to hold,
especially when your hands are sweaty.
Also the remote tracking surface is made from glass,
and, glass breaks.
The remote itself is $59, so it's not cheap to replace.
I already broke one, and that's why you see
I have a protective case on it.
You can use your phone by the way to control your TV,
the remote app is available in your control center
under setting, customize control, and just include
the Apple TV remote, and now you can easily access it
by going to the control center by just dragging your finger
from the top of the right corner of the screen.
Back to the case; I got this case off of Amazon
for about $7, and it comes in different colors,
and I will leave a link in the description
so you can check it out.
Navigating the Zwift menus with the Apple TV remote
can be a little bit of a challenge.
Yeah, trying to do everything with this remote
can be a challenge, but also it does not help
that Zwift interface isn't really optimized
for Apple TV.
You can adjust the sensitivity of the remote control
by going to settings, remote and devices,
you can adjust it here to fast, medium, or slow.
I personally have it on medium.
Play with these settings and see which one
works best for you.
The changes are going to be very subtle,
so just play with the settings and see which one
make the navigation a little bit easier for you.
You might need to force close Zwift from time to time,
or any app on the Apple TV for that matter,
you can do that by double pressing on the home icon,
or home button, and just like, if you are familiar
with IOS, switching apps on the IOS device,
you can go to the app that you want by sliding
your finger on the touch surface, and once you get to the
app that you wanna close, just slide your finger
up like that and it will close.
Now also take advantage of Siri.
I know, she might not be perfect, but she is good,
and can make certain tasks a little easier for you.
You can activate Siri by pressing this microphone button
and you can tell her anything you want to do,
for example, hey Siri, open Zwift.
And here we go.
You can also ask Siri to play music for you,
or pause music, or skip to the next track.
So, for example, play music.
(upbeat new age music)
And you can do that while Zwifting, running or cycling,
and you can just ask her, skip.
(soft new age music)
And it skipped to the next track.
Pause.
So, yeah, it's just pretty nifty,
so take advantage of Siri and let her do
these kind of things for you.
Sometimes Zwift or any other app,
or Apple TV itself, run into issues,
and you might need to restart the Apple TV.
So you can do that by going to settings, system,
and restart, or, another shortcut is to hold down
the menu and the home button, and just hold them down
for a little bit, and,
about maybe four or five seconds later it will
force a restart.
And while we wait for it to restart,
let's talk about the home button.
The home button by default is programmed
to go to the Apple TV app.
The Apple TV app is different than the Apple TV,
this is the Apple TV app, this is where you can go
and watch shows, and movies, and things like that.
By default, if you press this home button it will
take you there, but you can change that,
and if you go to settings, and again, remote and devices,
and go to home button, you can change it to go
to the home screen, and the home screen is basically
this screen, instead of taking you to the Apple TV.
You can also achieve this by holding down the menu button
for a few seconds, and it will also take you back
to the home screen, but I find it easier just to program
the remote control, because I honestly do not
hardly ever use the Apple TV app,
so just if you are three or four apps down,
or menus down, you can just, and you wanna go back
to the home screen, you can just press this button
and it will take you directly there.
Now the screensaver on the Apple TV will turn on
after, depends on the settings, maybe a minute or two,
but you can force it to start by, if you are
in the home screen you can just press on the menu button
again, and as long as you are on the top, then it will
start the screensaver.
Or you can also force it to sleep by pressing
and holding down the home button, and you will see
that sleep button, or menu, up on top there,
and just force the app to sleep.
Another cool feature is if you press and hold down
the play button, it will bring up the Bluetooth devices,
and you can select another Bluetooth, so if you have
an AirPods, and you want to listen to music
from the Apple TV, or a movie, you can just switch
the audio output device right from here.
You have to be in the home screen though,
you cannot do it directly from Zwift for example.
I also like to arrange my apps in a certain way
and I like to see them like you see here all on top.
So for example Zwift is the first app I have here,
and then I have other fitness apps, and then YouTube
towards the end.
So usually when you download a new app
Apple TV will just drop it all the way to the bottom,
so you can move it around if you press and hold
on the touchscreen, let's say PBS, I wanna move it around,
so you can just press and hold until it start dancing
like this and then you can just drag it and drop it
anywhere you want.
If you move the app on top of another app, like this,
it'll create a sub-folder, and now you have,
you can organize, for example,
the same type of apps inside one sub-folder.
If you wanna take it out of there you just kind of move it
out and it will take it out of that sub-folder.
Zwift released updates very frequently,
you can turn on automatic update in settings,
so the Apple TV will update it for you automatically.
This is usually turned on by default, but if not
you can check to see if it is by going to settings
and under apps, and you can set
automatically updates app to on.
If you want to force an app to update, you can go
to the app store, search for Zwift, or find it
under purchased apps.
So here's a Zwift update that I did not install yet,
so I'm just going to initiate the update now,
so I don't have to wait for Apple TV to run
the update for me.
Usually I have to do this when Zwift release
a new course overnight and I want to check it out
and ride it right away.
When you are riding in Zwift and you get a power up,
and you want to use it, you can just press
the play button and it will activate it for you.
Also while running, pressing the play button
will bring up the goals menu and you can select
the goal that you want to.
Okay, that's all I have, if you know of any other
tricks or tips that you know of, let me know
down in the comments section.
Hope you enjoyed this video, if you did,
hit the like button and subscribe, thanks for watching,
and see you in the next video.
(upbeat new age music)