YouTube app

YouTube on TV

Opens the YouTube app on the chosen Apple TV, then opens the YouTube app on your mobile device – this lets you connect the two and manage your TV queue from your phone or iPad.

Scripting Actions

Control Flow, Scripting

Tests if a condition is true, and if so, runs the actions inside. Otherwise, the actions under “Otherwise” are run.

Control Flow, Scripting

Choose from Menu

Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.

Apple TV Remote, Apps

Wake Apple TV

Wakes the specified Apple TV.

Apple TV Remote, Apps

Open App on Apple TV

Launches an app on the specified Apple TV.

Apps, Scripting

Open App

Opens the specified app.

Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=YouTube%20on%20TV

Link to Open Shortcut

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=YouTube%20on%20TV

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “YouTube on TV” end tell

Public

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Opens YouTube.com on the web or redirects to the Home tab in the app.

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Redirects a web URL for a YouTube into the mobile app by replacing `https: or or ` with `youtube: or or ` in the link.

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Manage subscribed YouTube Channels

Opens the feed of channels you’ve subscribed to on YouTube – use this to directly access channels using Search, or clean up your subscriptions by removing some.

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YouTube TV

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Open my Watch Later

Opens the deep link into the Watch Later page of the YouTube website, where I can then watch videos in picture-in-picture. Requires opening in Safari after showing page.

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