Remove Apple TV ‘now playing’ control panel shown on lock screen. iPhone 14 pro max

Whenever there is something playing on my Apple TV, the Control Panel for Apple TV automatically appears on iPhone and iPad lock screen. Usually I would change the Now Playing source to iPhone/iPad to clear the Controls from the lock screen however this method no longer works on iPhone 14 pro max. It does still work on my iPad Pro running iOS 16.


I believe that controls box is now part of live activities, and have tried a number of solutions, such as removing remote control from control centre, turning off live activities on Lock Screen however nothing I’ve tried has resolved the issue. I’m waiting for support to find a solution or whether this is by design. I would like to remove the control box when I don’t want to it there. With other live activities, you can swipe them off your screen and bring them back if needed.

Posted on Jun 4, 2023 2:45 AM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2024 12:09 PM

I think they have added an option to dismiss this. Settings > General > Air drop & Handoff > Automatically AirPlay


Select “Never”


If there was a control panel shown before applying this setting, just change the device under “Control Other Speakers & TV’s”.


From now on, you shouldn’t see what’s playing on your Apple TV




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Feb 24, 2024 1:29 PM in response to george.zed

This is just one of many many many examples of how the quality of iOS has deteriorated over the last few years.


If I’m in another room on Instagram on my phone and I try to turn up the volume on my iPhone, the TV in the living room starts blaring. It’s the most useless and annoying feature ever.


you should only be able to control TV volume if you actively select it or are in the remote app.


how many times have we had Major releases of iOS with very few new features as they were intended as “quality and bug fix releases”, yet here we are on 17 and it’s even worse.


another infuriating example - disconnecting from CarPlay and the Music widget is still on my Lock Screen even though the music app isn’t open. Only way to dismiss it is to unlock phone, open music, swipe up and close music. It’s insane.


iOS needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.

Mar 20, 2024 6:30 PM in response to george.zed

This need to be fixed. I never had this issue before switching to my new 15 pro this is so f-ing annoying. I hate for mostly aesthetic reasons but i also dont want or think this should be on here. Who tf asked for this? A more productive use of time would be to fix the email app from immediately backing out of edit mode after one email action. 😡😤🤬😡😤😡😡😡😡😤

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