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How to paste text in iOS tv keyboard.

I can no longer paste passwords in from my password manager which makes this feature completely useless. Where did it go? And there is also no more remote app offered except for that little remote app on the main phone screen which will never connect to an Apple TV and when it does is extremely crippled. In general why would you remove functionality?

Posted on Jan 10, 2022 7:31 AM

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Jan 10, 2022 11:00 AM in response to vazandrew

Thanks for the information and clarification. The remote is a constant point of irritation for me. I don’t understand many of the decisions Apple makes especially with regards to removing working features that I have come to rely on. They seem to like to do this a lot.


the original remote app used to let you do text entry then that got pushed to pop up’s on the phone. The app in the control center often won’t connect to my Apple TV. And now I can’t paste text in the little pop ups. This is super annoying when all I want to do is watch TV.

Jan 10, 2022 11:27 AM in response to Howard3

Not a problem. Just to make reiterate, this is a user forum and the purpose would be to help troubleshoot. So I am not going to comment on other Apple decisions. As far as the remote app, it's function has been moved to the control centre and works the same, including text entry, which I can confirm.


I also use a password manager and have no issue when pasting. If the virtual remote is having issue with connection then further troubleshooting of the network would be needed.


To give a proper baseline ensure the IOS device and Apple TV are up to date. If your Apple TV is using wifi try connecting using ethernet. To see a status of the local network run a diagnostic report on computer using stumbler, netstumbler or similar. Look for signal strength, noise, nearby networks.


How to paste text in iOS tv keyboard.

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