<ul><li>You can use your iPhone (or even your Apple Watch!) as a remote for your Apple TV.</li><li>You need to make sure your iPhone is on the same network as your Apple TV.</li><li>If you’ve set up an Apple TV before, you should automatically have a Remote icon added to your iPhone’s Control Center.</li><li>On the iPhone’s virtual remote, you will see all the same controls as on the Siri Remote.</li><li>The TV button will open the Apple TV app by default, but you can change that to go to the Home Screen instead.</li><li>You can switch which Apple TV you’re controlling by selecting the menu at the top.</li><li>Trying to type in anything using the Apple TV’s Siri Remote is just plain painful.</li><li>You can use your iPhone's keyboard instead of remote to input passwords or stream titles.</li><li>You can use your Apple Watch as a remote for Apple TV.</li><li>Add an Apple TV remote shortcut to your iPhone Home Screen.</li></ul>

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