YouTube app

YouTube TV

Turns on my living room TV, opens the YouTube app, and shows the remote control on the current device so I can navigate the interface. When run from Mac, opens YouTube in Safari in fullscreen.

Actions

Control Flow, Scripting

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

URLs, Web

URL

Passes the specified URL to the next action.

Safari, Web

Open URLs

Opens URLs passed into the action in Safari (or the corresponding app if it’s a deep link).

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.

Apple TV Remote, Apps

Switch User Account

Switches user account on the specified Apple TV.

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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.

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Who’s live on YouTube?

Opens the Subscriptions feed sorted as a list so you can see who’s live at the top.

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Open my Subscriptions

Opens the Subscriptions tab in the YouTube app to show only videos from people you’ve followed.

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Watch in YouTube app

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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Show my Liked videos

Opens the automatic playlist for Liked videos created for every YouTube account.

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Open my YouTube Clips

Opens your personal feed on Clips saved from YouTube videos. Use this feature to capture important ideas and give them custom titles, and have a feed of personalized clips to view again later.

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