Fitness+ Apple Watch pairing and Apple TV airplay issues

Let me offer a solution for your main account working for Fitness+ on Apple TV but “other user” not working.

I had to turn on “Family Sharing” on my account (did do with my phone in settings). You will see the available apps to share and for me, it was just TV+ and Fitness+. I then invited my wife via text message. She accepted the invite. I had her then restart her watch and I restarted the Apple TV. From there when I went to Fitness+ on the Apple TV, her account would now show so I could select that instead of “other”. I picked her account and things worked flawlessly. Again, this is specific to not being able to log in as “other user”. I hope it helps.

I had this issue also & had a few conversations with AppleCare support to resolve it.

First of all, the Apple TV MUST be added to the Home app, which wouldn't work for me. Everytime I tried, it kept saying that I needed to log into iCloud, which I already was. (I was on the latest versions of software on my phone, watch & Apple TV).

In the Apple TV settings, I had to "restore & update" the Apple TV & when setting up the Apple TV again, it did prompt me to set up the Apple TV for AirPlay 2 & iCloud in the Home app. However, I still continued to get the "pairing canceled" error message when trying to start an Apple Fitness+ workout on Apple TV & pair/connect to my watch. They had me log out of iCloud on my phone and log back in. They had me log out of my User on Apple TV and log back in. That prompted the necessary "red badge" in the Apple TV settings under AirPlay and HomeKit, which allowed me to finish setting my Apple TV up in the Home app. Then it all started working! I hope that this advice helps others!!!!!!!

I just needed to remove and then add again myself as the main user on my AppleTV, and adding it to my HomeKit account, putting my iPhone next to the Apple TV for each setup as prompted. Then asked which user was setting up a watch, and connected.

For pairing cancelled three things must be completed first in the order shown:

1) Two factor authentication must be enabled on your apple id

2) Keychain must be enabled in icloud for your apple id

3) Make sure apple tv and watch OS are updated.

3) After 1 - 3 are complete, you must complete Home Kit setup.

Apple doesn't tell us all this when we get the new watch. The commercials lead you to believe it's as simple as getting a watch, turning on your apple tv and opening the fitness app. Apple should be more thorough in letting us know what should be done.

New apple watch worked fine with iPhone 8+ and Apple TV until iOS update yesterday (Jan 29th, 2021) on Apple watch. Then pairing with Apple TV stopped working. Updated iOS on Apple TV and iPhone but still wouldn't pair. Had to call Apple Support and they were great and it turned out we didn't have HomeKit installed on iPhone so when new update didn't find it, then pairing stopped working. After setting up HomeKit, pairing worked again. Thanks Apple for great support.

I ended up removing my AppleTV from my Home, then logging my AppleID profile out of the AppleTV (in prefs/users) and deleting myself as a user entirely. Then logged back in with the same Apple ID as if I were a new user and added the AppleTV back to my home as if it were new. That did the trick for me — was able to pair the watch to the AppleTV after that.

I encountered "pairing cancelled" after the last round of updates. Problem resolved by matching the Apple TV user to the Apple ID that has subscribed to Fitness+.

Assuming that your iPhone is on 14.3 and your watch is on 7.2 the watch should connect to Apple TV when the watch is near the Apple TV box or select the Apple TV option from your iPhone or tablet when the workout begins. Currently AirPlay is not available with Apple Fitness + on Apple device nor AirPlay supported smart tv's, that includes trying to screen mirror.

Yes, HomeKit is set up as is Airplay.

I was unable to get my iPad to connect to my Apple Watch either. I logged out of iCloud on the iPad and back in and now it can connect to the Watch, so that’s the next try on the AppleTV too.

Strange...when your first pulled up settings - airplay and HomeKit, did you have the option to connect to iCloud using Bluetooth and a nearby iOS device?

it seems like your Apple TV is not connecting to iCloud and this is normally something you do when accessing - airplay and HomeKit- are pulled up. It’s just a matter of competing the home setup.

I saw an earlier post where they went Settings>Airplay and HomeKit then selected the Room to change the name and it paired.

I’m late to this party. But I’ll give my two cents for anyone else looking for a solution. I ran into the same issue today and tried many of the suggestions the Internet had to offer. In the end, resetting the Apple TV solved the problem.

TV reset fixed the ‘pairing canceled’ issue for me.

ah, simply making sure my Apple Watch was really close to the Apple TV did the trick, i think, because it’s now paired!!

make sure your Apple Watch is pratically touching the Apple TV when pairing. that simple thing did the trick for me!

I found that the resolution was to complete the HomeKit app on Apple TV.

Once I resolved this all was ok.