How to type on Apple TV with your Android phone

Type with your phone’s keyboard

1. Connect True Remote to your Apple TV (the connection guide shows how) and upgrade to Premium.
2. On the Apple TV, select a search box or any other text field.
3. In True Remote, tap Keyboard.
4. Type your text. Choose Add to end to keep what is already in the field, or Replace all to start again.
5. Tap Send to TV. Your text appears in the field on the TV.

To empty a field, tap Clear TV text. It also works for passwords, so you can skip the on-screen keyboard.

Dictate instead of typing

1. On the Apple TV, open a text field.
2. Hold the microphone on the remote, speak, then let go.
3. Your words are added to the field. Text that was already there is kept.

The first time, True Remote explains how dictation works, then Android asks to allow the microphone. Tap Allow (on some phones While using the app) and hold the microphone again. Dictation uses your phone’s language by default, and you can pick another in True Remote’s Settings.

Dictation types what you say into the TV’s text field. It isn’t Siri and doesn’t run voice commands.

Allow the microphone

If you tapped Don’t allow, or you want to check the setting, the steps depend on your phone. You can still type with the phone keyboard in the meantime.

Google Pixel

1. Open Settings, then Apps, and tap True Remote for Apple TV.
2. Tap Permissions, then Microphone.
3. Choose Allow only while using the app.

Samsung Galaxy

1. Open Settings, then Apps, and tap True Remote for Apple TV.
2. Tap Permissions, then Microphone.
3. Choose Allow only while using the app.

Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO

1. Open Settings, then Apps, then Manage apps, and tap True Remote for Apple TV.
2. Tap App permissions (called Permissions on some versions), then Microphone.
3. Choose While using the app.

OnePlus, Motorola, Oppo, Realme, Vivo and other phones

Phone makers rename these menus, but this route works on almost every Android phone:

1. Touch and hold the True Remote icon on your home screen or in your app list, then tap App info (sometimes shown as an i icon).
2. Tap Permissions.
3. Tap Microphone and choose Allow only while using the app (or While using the app).

Can’t find it? Use the search at the top of Settings and type “True Remote”.

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• Apple TV lock screen controls on Android
• True Remote for Apple TV: features, plans and FAQ
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