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Q: When will I be able to see my iCloud Photos and my new Apple TV V4?

iCloud Photos on Apple TV V4? When?

Apple TV, tvOS 9.1

Posted on Jan 4, 2016 8:36 AM

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Q: When will I be able to see my iCloud Photos and my new Apple TV V4?

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  • by Protodd,

    Protodd Protodd Jan 4, 2016 8:45 AM in response to RTB09
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    Jan 4, 2016 8:45 AM in response to RTB09

    CCan you elaborate on your question?  There is already a photo app which allows you to view iCloud photo stream and your shared albums...

  • by fan28,Helpful

    fan28 fan28 Jan 4, 2016 12:05 PM in response to RTB09
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    Jan 4, 2016 12:05 PM in response to RTB09

    Since this is a user forum, most of us could only guess when Apple will make that wonderful feature available. In the meantime, I've resorted to using albums to store pictures that I want to see on my Apple TV. I use home sharing for this. If you want to use albums without home sharing, the trick is to create shared albums. Apple TV will show these from your iCloud Photo Library. Here's a link to Apple support for shared albums: Get help using iCloud Photo Sharing and shared albums - Apple Support

  • by RTB09,

    RTB09 RTB09 Jan 4, 2016 11:13 AM in response to fan28
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    Jan 4, 2016 11:13 AM in response to fan28

    Thank you for replying. I do think that Apple has mislead us on the current release of TVOS. The function Photos in TVOS has the same name as in Yosemite and IOS but does not have the same function and in the presentation makes no mention of not linking to the iCloud Photos that many of us have uploaded, paid Apple extra money for the storage but Apple have not made them available on their latest product! When I spoke with support they hinted that a release of TVOS would correct this omission from the original release of TVOS. I am aware of being able to set up shared albums to display Photos on the Apple TV but this a wasteful workaround for Apple customers who have uploaded all their Photos and Movies to the iCloud. Thank you for your reply.

  • by RTB09,

    RTB09 RTB09 Jan 4, 2016 11:15 AM in response to Protodd
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    Jan 4, 2016 11:15 AM in response to Protodd

    See my reply to fan28. Thank you for your interest.