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Now Playing: Control music playback on Apple TV

No matter where you are in the Apple Music app Music app, you can select a song, then press the clickpad center (second-generation Siri Remote) or the touch surface (first-generation Siri Remote) to start playing it.

Once a song starts playing, it appears in Now Playing.

The song continues to play even if you leave Music, but it stops if you begin playing video or audio in another app.

Go to Now Playing

  • Open Music Music app on Apple TV, then navigate to Now Playing.

    Songs adjacent to the currently playing one appear in the queue. A timeline also appears showing elapsed and remaining time. When the timeline is active, you can also press the clickpad center (second-generation Siri Remote) or the touch surface (first-generation Siri Remote) to play or pause the song.

    Once you start playing a song, the screen changes to show just the currently playing song. Press the Back button Back button (second-generation Siri Remote) or Menu button button (first-generation Siri Remote) to return to the queue.

Control music during playback

  1. With the Now Playing screen open to the queue on Apple TV, navigate left or right to the song you want to play, then press the clickpad center (second-generation Siri Remote) or the touch surface (first-generation Siri Remote) to begin playing it.

    The queue changes to show just the currently playing song.

  2. Do any of the following on the Siri Remote:

    • Pause or play: Press the Play/Pause button Play/Pause button, or press the clickpad center or the touch surface.

    • Go back to the beginning or skip to the next song: Press left or right on the clickpad ring (second-generation Siri Remote) or touch surface (first-generation Siri Remote).

    • Rewind or fast forward: Press left or right and hold to rewind or fast forward during playback. Release to resume playback.

    • Move to a specific point in the song: Press the clickpad center or the touch surface to pause the song and reveal the playhead, then navigate left or right to move backward or forward on the timeline. Press the clickpad center or touch surface again to resume playback.

    • Go back to the queue: Press the Back button Back button (second-generation Siri Remote) or Menu button button (first-generation Siri Remote).

Use the Now Playing queue

The queue shows all of the songs in an album, or songs and videos in a playlist. Items in the queue appear in a row with the currently playing song in the center.

  • Do any of the following:

    • Browse the queue: Navigate left or right on the Touch surface.

    • Start playing a different song: Navigate to a song in the queue, then press the clickpad center (second-generation Siri Remote) or the touch surface (first-generation Siri Remote).

    • Add an item right after the currently playing item: Navigate to a song in the queue, navigate down and select the More button More button at the bottom of the screen, then select Play Next.

Stream what’s playing to Bluetooth or AirPlay-enabled devices

To learn more about playing audio to multiple speakers or headphones, see Use Apple TV to play audio throughout your home.

  1. Do either of the following:

    • With the Now Playing screen open on Apple TV, navigate up to the controls at the top of the screen; navigate left and select the Audio Controls button Audio Controls button.

    • Press and hold the TV TV button button on the Siri Remote to open Control Center, then select the Audio Controls button Audio Controls button.

  2. Select a playback destination, or destinations.

    To learn how to connect a Bluetooth device, see Connect Bluetooth devices to Apple TV. For more information on AirPlay streaming, see Use AirPlay to stream audio and video on Apple TV.

Quickly add a song to your library

  • With the Now Playing screen open on Apple TV, navigate up and select the Add button Add button.

View a song’s lyrics

You can view a song’s lyrics (on by default) if you subscribe to Apple Music.

  1. With the Now Playing screen open on Apple TV, make sure the Lyrics button Lyrics button in the upper-right corner is selected.

  2. Select a song in the queue.

    As the song plays, lyrics appear and scroll in time with the song.

    Now playing screen showing lyrics
  3. To find a lyric you want to hear, navigate up and down in the lyrics.

    As you navigate up and down, a button appears onscreen to indicate the specific time where each lyric can be heard in the song’s timeline. Press the clickpad center (second-generation Siri Remote) or the touch surface (first-generation Siri Remote) to begin playback from that point.

To turn lyrics off, navigate up and select the Lyrics button Lyrics button at the top of the screen.

Note: The Lyrics button won’t appear if lyrics aren’t available for the currently playing song.

See more options

  • With the queue open on Apple TV, navigate down and select the More button More button at the bottom of the screen. Depending on the song, you may be able to:

    • Go to the album

    • Go to the artist

    • Add the song to or delete the song from your library

    • Add the song to a playlist

    • Play the song next

    • Start a custom radio station from the song

    • View the full song lyrics

    • Flag the song as one you love or unlove

    • Suggest fewer songs like this

Repeat the currently playing song or the entire Now Playing queue

  • With the Now Playing screen open on Apple TV, navigate up and select the Repeat button Repeat button at the top of the screen.

    To repeat the entire Now Playing queue, select the Repeat button again.

    To turn off repeat, select the Repeat button Repeat button one more time.

Turn Autoplay off or on

Autoplay (on by default) continues to extend the queue with similar songs until you stop playing music. You’ll be able to see the next ten songs that are queued up.

  • With the Now Playing screen open on Apple TV, navigate up and select the Autoplay button Autoplay button at the top of the screen.

    To turn Autoplay on again, select the Autoplay button Autoplay button again.

Shuffle songs

  • With the Now Playing screen open on Apple TV, navigate up and select the Shuffle button Repeat button at the top of the screen.

    To turn off Shuffle, select the Shuffle button again.

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