Can I reinstall FaceTime on my Apple TV for SharePlay?

I have an Apple TV (1625…fourth generation?). TVOS 18.0. I recall deleting Facetime from the homescreen a while back. Now I'm interested in using SharePlay on my Apple TV and can’t figure out how to find/install Facetime. I even did a complete reset. Any advice? Thank you.


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Apple TV HD, tvOS 18

Posted on Apr 28, 2025 11:37 AM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2025 9:47 PM

Unfortunately FaceTime itself is unsupported for your model.


FaceTime on Apple TV requires an Apple TV 4K (2nd generation or later) [A2169 or later] with tvOS 17.2 or later and one of the following: iPhone XR or later (including iPhone SE 2nd generation) with iOS 17 or later; iPad (8th generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch(1st generation and later), or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later) with iPadOS 17.2 or later.


However SharePlay on Apple TV is supported on Apple TV HD (4th gen) in combination with FaceTime on iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

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Apr 29, 2025 9:47 PM in response to Brendan Frank

Unfortunately FaceTime itself is unsupported for your model.


FaceTime on Apple TV requires an Apple TV 4K (2nd generation or later) [A2169 or later] with tvOS 17.2 or later and one of the following: iPhone XR or later (including iPhone SE 2nd generation) with iOS 17 or later; iPad (8th generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch(1st generation and later), or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later) with iPadOS 17.2 or later.


However SharePlay on Apple TV is supported on Apple TV HD (4th gen) in combination with FaceTime on iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

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