How do you connect Airpods Pro to AppleTV HD?

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How do you connect Airpods Pro to AppleTV HD?

How you connect AirPod Pro's to an AppleTV HD?

Some background knowledge: I own an iPhone 8, 2 newer iPads, Gen 2 Airpods, and AppleTV HD. Lots of users in my house. All the devices have been updated to the latest version of ios available. The iPhone found the Pro's immediately. And in finding the Pro's, i noticed both iPads automatically had the Pro's as an option. Previously I was able to get the AppleTV to connect to the regular AirPods by Setting>Devices>Bluetooth i believe is the path. Once connected it remembers forever. But AppleTV didn't automatically update bluetooth devices with the Pro's like the iPads did. And I can't manually get it to find the Pro's under bluetooth discovery. Even when all the other devices are disconnected and have bluetooth off.

What am I missing?

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 13

Posted on Oct 31, 2019 10:52 AM

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jeremy_v

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Nov 5, 2019 1:38 PM in response to iChazz

Hello, iChazz.

Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

From what I've read and understand is that you're unable to connect your AirPods Pro to your Apple TV. You've done some excellent troubleshooting steps for this issue and I'd like to help out further. You've mentioned that you updated all devices to the latest iOS, just to confirm, did you update your Apple TV to tvOS 13.2? This is required for the AirPods Pro to work: Connect and use your AirPods and AirPods Pro

"What you need

If you have AirPods Pro, you need at least one of these:

iPhone or iPod touch with iOS 13.2 or later
iPad with iPadOS 13.2 or later
Apple Watch with watchOS 6.1 or later
Apple TV with tvOS 13.2 or later
Mac with macOS 10.15.1 or later"

If you're updated, then I would forget all Bluetooth devices on your Apple TV, restart it, then try to pair the AirPods Pro with no other device or Bluetooth being used: Use Bluetooth accessories with your Apple TV

Keep me updated.

Cheers!

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iChazz Author

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Nov 5, 2019 7:27 PM in response to iChazz

So I removed my old AirPods from the Apple TV as you said. It warned me it would remove them from my iCloud but I proceeded. Sure enough the old AirPods were also removed as an option on my iPhone. I the. Restarted the Apple TV. Once on I was able to pair the AirPods pro first then the old AirPods to the Apple TV. In doing so they automatically were added to the list on my iPhone too.

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iChazz Author

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Nov 5, 2019 7:18 PM in response to jeremy_v

Yup. All the devices are updated. Even the Apple TV. I’ve checked them all several times and no more updates are available.

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drgraphx

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Nov 5, 2019 5:53 PM in response to jeremy_v

I have the same situation but when I try to delete any of my other devices like my original AirPods or my wife’s it says it will delete them from my iCloud account. That is not something I want. I still use those on other devices

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Nov 5, 2019 6:27 PM in response to drgraphx

AirPods aren’t connected to iCloud in any way.

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raina_b22

Community Specialist

Nov 6, 2019 5:49 AM in response to iChazz

Hello, iChazz.

Glad to hear that you were able to get your AirPods Pro connected. Reach out to Apple Support Communities if you need help with anything else.

Cheers!

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How do you connect Airpods Pro to AppleTV HD?

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