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title: "Apple TV"
description: "Apple TV is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 89.6k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
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url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/apple-tv.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
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# Apple TV

> Apple TV is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 89.6k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Apple TV is a built-in Home Assistant integration that connects to Apple TV devices over the local network. It provides media player and remote control entities, plus a binary sensor that reports keyboard focus. Actions let automations append, clear or set the text in whichever text input field is currently focused on the Apple TV. Home Assistant can discover the device on the network and offer to add it, and setup runs in the interface with pairing by PIN code. An option controls whether the device is turned on when Home Assistant starts.

Automatic summary of Home Assistant's source code. Something wrong? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact)

[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=apple_tv)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

### Set up a new Apple TV

- **Device**

### Pairing

- **PIN code**

### After setup

- **Do not turn device on when starting Home Assistant**

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Binary sensors**: Keyboard focus

## Actions

- **Append keyboard text**: Appends text to the currently focused text input field on an Apple TV.
  Fields: Apple TV, Text
- **Clear keyboard text**: Clears the text in the currently focused text input field on an Apple TV.
  Fields: Apple TV
- **Set keyboard text**: Sets the text in the currently focused text input field on an Apple TV.
  Fields: Apple TV, Text

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Media and entertainment](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/media-and-entertainment.md), TV and streaming
- Brand: [Apple](https://vulpo.app/integrations/apple.md)
- Number: 89.6k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `apple_tv`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/apple_tv/>

In Vulpo: Media Player card, Apple Watch

## Other ways in for Apple

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [iBeacon Tracker](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/ibeacon.md) | Built-in integration | 96.7k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Part of Home Assistant |
| [HomeKit Bridge](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/homekit.md) | Built-in integration | 95.1k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Part of Home Assistant |
| [HomeKit Device](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/homekit-controller.md) | Built-in integration | 83.4k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Part of Home Assistant |
| [Apple iCloud](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/icloud.md) | Built-in integration | 5.6k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant |
| [iCloud3](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/gcobb321-icloud3.md) | Marketplace integration | 4.5k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Updated in the last 6 months |

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/apple-tv

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