Sign into Paramount Plus on Apple TV

This is basically the same with all “channels” within AppleTV (or Amazon and I am assuming Google) They can only be watched from within AppleTV (or Amazon,etc). and only by the person who purchased them. So, they can not be watched on Roku or GoogleTV or from a web site. They are not eligible for family sharing. I would like the rest of my family to be able to watch these channels. I don’t know anyone would do it this was unless there is a large price saving. And yes, they have made it so complicated to know if there will be commercials or not.

ZuraX wrote:

This makes no sense at all. If I have a username and password, I should be allowed to login on the TV app.

Tell Paramount that.

The Apple TV app channel subscription can be enabled to be used on Paramount's standalone apps and website as explained previously, but the reverse is not possible. Only Paramount knows why.

I had this very same issue so I dowloaded Paramount + to the Apple TV portion of my app and it downloaded and allowed me to sign in with the account I had created on my MacBook. To this date, I cannot delete the original Paramount+ on my Apple TV + screen. But I just used the icon on the main screen of Apple TV. The other Paramount + icon does not offer a place to sign-in so you can't reduce the monthly price from $9.99 to $4.99. I'm a recent cord-cutter and am not interested in getting streaming fees which take me right back to where I was prior to cutting the cord. I hope this helps someone, I worked on this for days.

Click sign in with partner and you can then chose Apple+. Then shows activation link.

but yeah this was weird and clunky

I went into Apple TV app on my phone, then I went to search, typed paramount in and clicked on the paramount plus that came up.

long way around but worked for me.

Why not? This makes no sense. I’m paying the subscription but can’t access their app?

there is an option “restore purchases” which should bring back the purchased subscription to the service into the app.

When Paramount+ started, I read and saw (through usage) that we who bought the bundle with Apple TV would have it grandfathered in. It worked fine if I used the channel “button” from within the Apple TV app. If I tried to use the original icon for paramount+ from the Apple TV desktop it would ask me to sign in. I’ve never had a user ID/password for paramount+ so I just clicked on Apple TV and accessed paramount+ from there. It worked that way and this was a quirk I could live with.

Since the paramount+ app outside Apple TV was now useless, I deleted it.

BIG MISTAKE.

I went back into the Apple TV app and when I hit the round paramount+ button it said “you must install the paramount+ app... the one I just deleted. uh ohhhhhhhhh...

NOW it’s completely borked. From within the stand alone paramount+ app there is a sign in widow and in the widow is an option to click if you have a subscription through Apple TV. I clicked it and... “restore failed - no subscription found”

I’m hoping that like most of the weird things that happen with apple, this will resolve itself with just a bit of time passing.

But I have a bad feeling.

That is a bit odd, since Paramount+ doesn't actually have prices for anything individually. Everything is included in the subscription.

Perhaps you were looking at the episodes not in Paramount Plus, but in iTunes in which case it would have price, but should also show options of where to watch it below it.

for instance:

However, looking at Episode 2 of "Way of the Warrior" it does not offer the option to watch in Paramount Plus if its accessed through the iTunes Store. It in fact only shows the TV option which is of course not part of Paramount Plus.

The Apple TV+ subscription only includes Apple's now original content it does not include content form other providers for free.

Hi everyone,

After initially finding this to be an inconvenience, the truth is it led me to a much better option: signing up for Paramount+ directly through Paramount. I can still watch it on Apple TV, but now I can also watch on Roku devices, as well.

It was irritating, but I’m long over it now.

I tried this as well. The main reason I wanted Paramount plus was Star Trek. I had the “no commercials” level. How surprising it was when a Star Trek episode was interrupted by a commercial. That’s why I went back to the Apple version. I have recently read that only certain CBS TV shows, not Star Trek, have commercials at the beginning. I’m not sure I want to risk it.

You can access the subscription from the Apple TV App on the standalone Paramount+ app if you follow the steps in the link I posted above.

It makes you create a Paramount Plus account and links your Apple TV App's Paramount+ Channel subscription to it.

I recommend subscribing through paramount to use on more devices. Also as other ppl mentioned certain episodes and seasons are not available. Annoyingly they will still be there on the apple tv app but will just want you to buy them? When you watch paramount thru the paramount app what you see is what you get…

That doesn’t happen on my iPad. I subscribed to Paramount + through Apple on my Apple TV. I can watch Paramount + through the Apple tv app ONLY on my tv (Apple TV box is hooked up to that). If I want to watch Paramount + on my iPad I have to go through the paramount + app. If I try through the Apple TV app, I get a pop up that asks me to sign up for Paramount +. They also don’t always sync.

I have the app through Apple but noticed that some of the episodes or seasons are locked. If I’m paying for the app shouldn’t they be open for me to use?

Grab the actual just CBS app. I have watched the "Normal" stuff for free through that. Same for ABC and NBC.