A few weeks ago we published a complete guide on how to duplicate the screen of your iPhone and your iPad on the television thanks to the use of AirPlay technology, through the HDMI ports, with the Chromecast device or with applications specially designed for it.
This time we are going to focus on explaining in detail how you can share the photos present in the gallery of your iPhone and / or your iPad directly to Apple TV. It is a very simple process and it will be very useful if you want to see the images in a larger size or if you want to show them to a friend or relative.
Either because you want to show your fabulous photos of your last vacation trip, or if you want to show your friends your selfies or the photos you have taken of your pet, this tutorial on how to share photos from your iPhone and iPad on your Apple TV It will be of great help to you. Shall we start?
Did you know that iCloud cloud storage services can be used to share your photos in the Photos app on Apple TV? The setup process is not very complicated to carry out and you will be able to share all your images on the television in a matter of minutes.
As you may know, one of the most useful features of iCloud allows users of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS sync the contents of all your devices. In this way, we can use iCloud to synchronize the photos and make them available both on your iPhone or iPad and on your Apple TV.
These are the steps to follow to share your photos from your iPhone and your iPad on Apple TV:
1. Access Settings and click on your name.
two. Then click on iCloud.
3. Select Photos.
Four. From here activate the option «Photos in iCloud».
5. Turn on your Apple TV and open the Photos app to see all the photos you’ve synced between your devices.
Once you have activated this functionality, you can use different features to view your photos on Apple TV: iCloud Photos, Shared Albums and My Photos in Streaming.
- ICloud Photos: With this option, you can view your photos and videos from other devices in the tvOS Photos application.
Shared albums: With this feature you can use the Apple TV Photos app to see all the albums on your iPhone and iPad and those of other people who have shared them with you.
My photos in streaming: This function will allow you to see all the recent photos that you have taken on your iPhone and on your iPad.
If you have too many photos in the gallery of your iPhone and / or iPad photo albums, you may exceed the limit of free storage in the iCloud cloud. Apple’s cloud storage services have different subscription plans to suit each need, but if you don’t want to subscribe, you can try the alternative that we recommend below to share your photos on Apple TV.
If you don’t want to enable the iCloud Photos feature on your iPhone, iPod, or iPad, you can always take advantage of AirPlay technology to duplicate screen content from your iPhone and iPad to the TV through Apple TV.
AirPlay is a function that has been available for many years in Apple mobile devices and that is responsible for sending the contents of the iPhone and iPad screen to the Mac or Apple TV without connecting cables.
Follow these steps to activate AirPlay on your Apple TV.
1. Turn on and unlock your iPhone or iPad and your Apple TV.
two. Make sure both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
3. On your iPhone or iPad, enable Control Center.
Four. Then click on the “Duplicate screen” button.
5. A list of devices will appear to which you can send the content of your screen, select your Apple TV.
6. From this moment on, everything that is seen on the screen of your iPhone or your iPad will appear on the screen of your television.
With the AirPlay option activated, you can go to the iOS or iPadOS Photos application and show the photos you want on the Apple TV, you can zoom on them and the tvOS system will darken the sides to improve viewing.