I have a new Apple Watch, Apple iPhone and wanted to use Fitness+ on my Apple TV.
It is a third gen. Will not allow screen mirror or airplay from my iPhone to Apple TV except the audio. And won’t download the fitness+ app.
How do I screen a workout ?? I can’t watch on my tiny screen and do dance steps or HIIT classes...?
is this a glitch or do I need to cancel the subscription ?
Apple TV
Hi Sarah—,
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. We understand you are unable to AirPlay Fitness+ to your Apple TV. Fitness+ connects your Apple Watch, iOS device, and Apple TV to a single workout. This uses an AirPlay-like feature to share with the Fitness app on Apple TV.
You can learn more about Fitness+ workouts here: Start an Apple Fitness+ workout
Cheers!
Hi Sarah—,
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. We understand you are unable to AirPlay Fitness+ to your Apple TV. Fitness+ connects your Apple Watch, iOS device, and Apple TV to a single workout. This uses an AirPlay-like feature to share with the Fitness app on Apple TV.
You can learn more about Fitness+ workouts here: Start an Apple Fitness+ workout
Cheers!
Just called support and was told the same thing. I just cancelled my fitness+ subscription and will look to Peloton or something else that actually works with Airplay. Really disappointed!
This is disgraceful.
Clearly a greedy grab for loyal Apple users extra money.
Apple TV is an obsolete device and trying to artificially force new sales so we can airplay fitness+ to TV’s is not going to win your more Apple TV sales, it’s going to lose you fitness customers.
Hi Sarah,
If you haven't bought that AppleTV yet, I believe that with the launch of iOS14.5, which is currently in public beta, Apple will be supporting the broadcast of fitness+ workouts to any Airplay 2 compatible device, so hang in there. The caveat here will be that it will only support broadcast of the actual fitness video, if you want the Apple watch metrics (heart rate and rings etc) to be displayed on screen you will still need to use an AppleTV to view the fitness video.
iOS 14.5 will be bringing AirPlay support, so you might want to hold off on canceling that subscription, unless you already have.
Thanks
I upgraded to the 14.5 betas on iOS phone and watch. I have an airplay TV as well. Nothing has changed for me. You still can’t stream video.
Works on my iPad Pro and I link that to my tv via USB c - HdMI cable
phew! Was not going to buy a new Apple TV box!!
Thanks!
I’ll fill in what I found out so anyone else with this problem can save time.
I phoned and was told that I would need to purchase a new Gen4 Apple TV in order to get classes to visually show on the screen.
Apple programmed Fitness+ so the app will not allow airplay fitness+ video on a Gen3 Apple TV. The music plays but it will not mirror video for this specific app from my iPhone. And I can’t upload the new update to the TV which would upload the Fitness+ app directly on there either, as Apple don’t send this software update to the older Gen3 units.
Essentially the new iPhone, new Apple Watch, current Fitness+ subscription and Apple TV are not enough to make this work - I have to also purchase a new TV Unit.
I can airdrop many other fitness classes through third party subscriptions (Fiit, Peloton) so I’ll stick with those.
Just found the article. Thanks for flagging this. It appears the HUD from your watch etc won’t be displayed. So still holding out to create a “fake” product differentiation. I’ll probably switch my subscription back on though as I don’t have a hard time just looking at my watch.
Do not be fooled into thinking the new betas will fix this. I have updated phones, iPad and watch and this till will not airplay the video stream to my 2020 LG TV.
I would love to know if others have success.
I did exactly what you said and I’m still having problems airplaying. No problem airplaying my other fitness apps just apple fitness+
Source?
It’s been reported in multiple tech websites, I assume the feature is currently not ready or is deliberately being held back until release date by Apple for some reason
I hope this is a bug that will be fixed and not a "feature". I'm a huge Apple Fan, and I really like Fitness+. I used it on my ipad mini, but I wanted a larger screen. I bought an Airplay2 compatible TV for the sole purpose of streaming Fitness+ in my small home gym/office. The workout previews will stream audio and video over Airplay perfectly, but the actual workouts will only stream audio. I have an Apple TV on my living room TV, I don't have a room for one in the gym. I was not aware an AppleTV was required hardware to use Fitness+. I can easily cancel the Fitness+ subscription if this is a requirement, but I'm frustrated I wasted $$ on a TV I have no other use for. Will TVs other that G4 Apple TV eventually be supported?
I'm dealing with same issue. Very disappointed. As others stated, all other apps mirror. Apple - please fix this!!! I hope the rumor is true regarding this being fixed in the next iOS update.
Fitness+ won’t airplay
