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I just discovered last week that on the Apple TV I can connect 2 apple audio devices at the same time. Currently staying with the in laws, daughter is sleeping

I just discovered last week that on the Apple TV I can connect 2 apple audio devices at the same time. Currently staying with the in laws, daughter is sleeping in the same room with us so we couldn’t watch TV. I connected my wife’s AirPods to the Apple TV to watch tv and noticed I could connect another one, so I borrowed my sister in laws AirPods and connected them and both work at the same time. So now we can watch TV together when daughter is asleep. It only works with apple audio devices, so looks like I’ll pick up some new AirPods for myself! Edit: contacted > connected

karmakaze 5y ago
And vice-versa: > AirPods require Apple devices running iOS 15.1, iPadOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, tvOS 15.1, or macOS Monterey, all available as free software updates next week.
Lio 5y ago
Does it really only work with Apple headphones? That's terrible. I like Apple products but I hate the way they push to make things proprietary that could be open standard. I guess that makes services "sticky" for a lot of people but it pushes me away from the ecosystem,
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago
  Apple should want their customers to choose their products because they’re better. Arbitrarily reducing compatibility is a sure fire way to make your customers resent you.
  - ddggdd 5y ago
    the whole point of apple is that they choose for you
  - Tagbert 5y ago
    It’s less that they are reducing compatibility and more that they saw limitations in BlueTooth and built extensions into their devices to handle additional use cases.
lilyball 5y ago
I haven't tried doing this with Apple TV, but iPhones also let you share your audio with a second pair of AirPods.
- Svoka 5y ago
  This is great. I love watching stuff with my wife on airplanes.
reportingsjr 5y ago
For people who are interested in this and don't have/want to buy apple stuff: the Chromecast 4k allows this with any bluetooth audio device. It definitely is a super handy feature!
- Andrex 5y ago
  Chromecast Bluetooth was prohibitively laggy in my experience.
  - atatatat 5y ago
    Any experienced to the contrary, I wonder?
    - selfmodruntime 5y ago
      I was also pretty disappointed with my chromecast in general, but bluetooth audio was fine. Not great, but fine.
handrous 5y ago
Playstation 4 (maybe also the 5? I can't get ahold of one, so I dunno) controllers have a headphone jack on them that can be used this way, I think. Route the audio through the (bluetooth) controller, to whatever you've plugged in to it. I think some higher-end Rokus can route audio through their remote control, to plugged-in headphones.
- joe5150 5y ago
  All Roku devices (and Roku TVs) should be able to route audio through the app to attached or wireless headphones as well. This might work with Share Audio on iPhones so you can have two people listening at once, but I've never tried.
  - handrous 5y ago
    Oh yeah, I forgot about routing Roku audio through phones. I've seen that on the remote app.
  - nirav72 5y ago
    last time I tried it , I found Roku audio via the app to be very laggy and sound cutting out often. This is despite having good wireless signal and no lag from anything else that uses wifi for steaming.
    - joe5150 5y ago
      that's too bad. it worked well for me, but I never used it regularly.
notesinthefield 5y ago
I've been doing this with an Nvidia Shield 4k tv for so long I cant watch tv without headphones.
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jonathantf2 5y ago
My Samsung TV has this feature.

karmakaze 5y ago

And vice-versa: > AirPods require Apple devices running iOS 15.1, iPadOS 15.1, watchOS 8.1, tvOS 15.1, or macOS Monterey, all available as free software updates next week.

Lio 5y ago

Does it really only work with Apple headphones? That's terrible. I like Apple products but I hate the way they push to make things proprietary that could be open standard. I guess that makes services "sticky" for a lot of people but it pushes me away from the ecosystem,

Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y ago
Apple should want their customers to choose their products because they’re better. Arbitrarily reducing compatibility is a sure fire way to make your customers resent you.
- ddggdd 5y ago
  the whole point of apple is that they choose for you
- Tagbert 5y ago
  It’s less that they are reducing compatibility and more that they saw limitations in BlueTooth and built extensions into their devices to handle additional use cases.

lilyball 5y ago

I haven't tried doing this with Apple TV, but iPhones also let you share your audio with a second pair of AirPods.

Svoka 5y ago
This is great. I love watching stuff with my wife on airplanes.

reportingsjr 5y ago

For people who are interested in this and don't have/want to buy apple stuff: the Chromecast 4k allows this with any bluetooth audio device. It definitely is a super handy feature!

Andrex 5y ago
Chromecast Bluetooth was prohibitively laggy in my experience.
- atatatat 5y ago
  Any experienced to the contrary, I wonder?
  - selfmodruntime 5y ago
    I was also pretty disappointed with my chromecast in general, but bluetooth audio was fine. Not great, but fine.

handrous 5y ago

Playstation 4 (maybe also the 5? I can't get ahold of one, so I dunno) controllers have a headphone jack on them that can be used this way, I think. Route the audio through the (bluetooth) controller, to whatever you've plugged in to it. I think some higher-end Rokus can route audio through their remote control, to plugged-in headphones.

joe5150 5y ago
All Roku devices (and Roku TVs) should be able to route audio through the app to attached or wireless headphones as well. This might work with Share Audio on iPhones so you can have two people listening at once, but I've never tried.
- handrous 5y ago
  Oh yeah, I forgot about routing Roku audio through phones. I've seen that on the remote app.
- nirav72 5y ago
  last time I tried it , I found Roku audio via the app to be very laggy and sound cutting out often. This is despite having good wireless signal and no lag from anything else that uses wifi for steaming.
  - joe5150 5y ago
    that's too bad. it worked well for me, but I never used it regularly.

notesinthefield 5y ago

I've been doing this with an Nvidia Shield 4k tv for so long I cant watch tv without headphones.

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jonathantf2 5y ago

My Samsung TV has this feature.