I subscribed to Apple fitness . I have Apple TV app on Samsung TV but fitness does not show up there. I tried screen mirroring from my iPhone. I can see the preview no problem but when I try to take a class in screen mirror mode it only plays the audio. The video portion is black. Am I doing something unsupported?
Am I doing something unsupported?
Currently, Fitness+ on the TV screen requires an Apple TV set-top box with the Fitness app (not the Apple TV app).
dimitri25 wrote:
Idris, you do not own a Samsung TV with an Apple TV app s
In fact, I do. Thought that's not how I use Apple Fitness+.
Can in recommend the administrator remove Idris from the channel?
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Personally, I think it is not realistic to expect new technology like Apple Fitness+ to work with an older TV box. Nor do I expect a Samsung device like the Sero that I purchased to work as magnificently with an iPhone as it would with a Samsung Galaxy phone. Samsung wants to sell Samsung phones so it makes sense that they would not make the effort to make the Sero fully compatible with other brands, including other Android phones. As for everyone beating up on Apple because they launched a new technology that isn't compatible with older technology, this is a company that historically is very good with supporting older hardware *until* doing so would prevent the evolution of new technology. It's not just Apple -- all the companies do it. So I do not get people's beef -- especially now that Apple has introduced a software upgrade for the Apple app built-in to your smart TV that will allow it to run Apple Fitness+ without the metrics from your watch. The question is: Is Apple Fitness+ a good enough product to meet your expectations and cause you to upgrade your hardware? For me, it is.
Since when did the Apple TV app on Smart TVs get upgraded to show Fitness+? I don’t see that. And also, you can airplay everything else from your phone to your tv except Fitness+. That is a major oversight on their part.
I agree Apple should fix this as using my phone and peering at it seems ridiculous. I set up an old school method by using a lightning cable to screen mirror my iPad and then used the camera aimed at my phone. This requires lots of balancing on books.... for all the $$$ I’ve invested here I’m feeling a bit taken advantage of. Come on Apple give a little!
Sounds like I need to cancel my subscription cause watching a class on an iPhone screen is not useful.
Am having the same issue, looks like Apple has disabled screen mirror- time to cancel the £30 package I guess
Sure hope Apple fixes this because no one wants to work out from their phone/iPad. I’ll cancel at the end of my trial if they don’t allow screen mirroring. Sad, because I am enjoying the workouts.
While I think that’s a great option I am still frustrated as I have an older Apple TV. I do not need to upgrade for a single app. Come on Apple!!!
I’ll be cancelling my subscription until this is fixed. Peloton it is.
Thank you, I provided feedback as well. However cancelling subscriptions will also make apple look into this , I’m going back to my peloton app. Which works great on my Samsung TV.
Hi pal, how do we log complainants with Apple, I thought this forum was a way to log the complainants!
While you can do a workout on phone or iPad, the reality is that this is unsafe. It’s impossible to see correct form when you are standing a few feet back from a small screen.
I’m experiencing the same issue. I’m very disappointed. I was looking forward to airplay to my tv to workout.
Really frustrated with this. Samsung TV has Apple TV but I can’t do a workout with Apple Fitness. If Steve jobs were around, this wouldn’t happen. UX is going down!!
Screen mirror fitness + workout on Samsung tv
