My neighbours Apple TV's are showing up in my AirPlay menu.

This just happened to me. With latest iOS and AppleTv 4th gen.

Cthe heckled my router and couldn't see any unknown devices connected. SSID not generic and my iPhone is not set to automatically connect to any wifi

it didn't last long, Bluetooth was apparently off.

I had the same problem and I think the reason is quite simple: you do not have other people using your Wifi, or your computer is not using some else's wifi. There is simply another Wifi network around you that has no password requirement and your Apple device is just scanning that network for devices, and is finding some.

I don't like this feature but it's quite in line with Apple trying to make everything as easy as possible for the user. I guess I will have to visit my neighbour tomorrow and tell him to lock down his Wifi, which anyone should always do no matter what.

I watch a couple of communities whilst working, sometimes I see posts within a minute or two of them being posted and once I've contributed to a thread I get notifications. Didn't see this reply immediately as I was away having dinner.

I don't have Apple TV but my neighbor does. I live in a townhome. Both my iPad and iPhone pick up the neighbors apple TV. Its only a problem when I want to use my bluetooth hearing aids to listen to media on my devices. I get a pop up window asking for the passcode. Its quite annoying because it continues to pop up and not go away even though I click cancel. How can I get rid of it or block its signal?

I am seeing unfamiliar devices and i wonder if mine are showing up on the neighbors too.

Can i turn off all sharing? i dont see any settings on my ipad for allowing or disallowing airplay or airdrop or whatever it is called. i dont want others to tune into my devices.

If i swipe up i see "ipad" and "boob tube" but is that my ipad listing itself? What is "boob tube" i never named anything that. And have never tried to play to my tv. :(

Hi johnh714. You cannot turn off all sharing. As already discussed in this thread, you are detecting nearby devices over Bluetooth. If you turn Bluetooth off, they will disappear. Be sure to give your Apple TV a distinctive name, so neighbors won't confuse it with theirs.

People are only trying to help, no need for your little tantrum.

You can avoid being disturbed by your neighbours by using a password, you can ignore your neighbours Apple TV's when you AirPlay to yours, it's not rocket science nor is it unusual, it's just like when you connect to wifi, there is no way to hide all the networks that you aren't interested in. Perhaps if you thought for even just a few seconds before starting a rant you might realise how silly what you seem to want really is.

For what it's worth, I don't have an Apple tv but I just now have a new option in my sound output menu on my Macbook with my neighbors name and tv under "airplay". My bluetooth is off, and my wifi is password protected.

and you're sure it's not your devices connecting to his wifi ?

many people keep the default ssid and if many people have say a d-link router it can be difficult to see which is which

Ok Winston! Give up the goods! How did you see this so quickly? Are you signed up for discussions.apple.com alerts? Level 10 and 105,056 points is pretty cool!

don't be sorry I feel the same way, I don't why that guy got offended...

oh geez, 2015, I'm a little behind the times

Most of your observations are quite inaccurate.

No workarounds needed, you can't stream anything to someone else's TV, the only issue is that they can be seen and nothing more.