Apple TV Apps

Open Play TV

Opens the app Play for YouTube on an Apple TV of your choice so you can select videos you’ve saved for later to open in the YouTube app.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Play%20TV

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Play%20TV

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Open Play TV” end tell

Public, Shortcuts, Siri Shortcuts

Custom Shortcuts

New in the Shortcuts Library: Apple TV Apps shortcuts

While updating my Apple TV Remote shortcuts for multiple devices, I cleaned up my Apple TV apps and built out a new set of shortcuts to open them all.

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Open YouTube TV

Opens the YouTube app on a selected Apple TV, then shows the Remote so you can select a video.

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Open SpeedTest TV

Opens the SpeedTest app for Apple TV which lets you check your internet’s upload and download speeds.

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Open Lumy TV

Opens the app Lumy for Apple TV, which lets you see relevant times for sunrise and sunset so you can know when to take the best photos.

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Open Criterion TV

Opens the Criterion Collection app for Apple TV that lets you view films from the catalog.

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Open Plex TV

Opens the Plex app for Apple TV on a device of your choosing.

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Open Fin TV

Opens the app Fin for Apple TV, which lets you select timers and display them in a huge format.

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Check my Mentions

Opens the Notifications tab of Twitter.

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Save links on page to read later

Gets links from the Shortcut Input, repeats through each, gets the URLs from each webpage and lets you pick ones to save to Reading List. Built for webpages full of links.

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