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Apple Fitness+ Appears to Be Incompatible With AirPlay

Apple Fitness+ is available as of today, and some customers have been wondering if it's possible to get the workout videos on a television set without an Apple TV.

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There are several smart TVs from brands like LG and Sony that support AirPlay 2 content, but it appears Fitness+ is not designed to work with ‌AirPlay‌. MacRumors reader scar88 attempted to AirPlay a workout to an LG TV but found that the option was not available.

We tested with an ‌Apple TV‌, and it appears that ‌AirPlay‌ doesn't even work when attempting to ‌AirPlay‌ to an ‌Apple TV‌ from an iPhone. The audio transfers over, but the video does not.

If ‌AirPlay‌ is indeed not allowed when using Fitness+, there will be no way to display workouts on a larger screen without having an ‌Apple TV‌ device, which some users will find disappointing.

Have you been able to get ‌AirPlay‌ to work with Fitness+ to a smart TV? Let us know in the comments.

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Top Rated Comments

teknikal90 Avatar
77 months ago

Everyone should have Apple TV at this point. I don’t think it’s a big issue for real Apple enthusiasts who have bought into the ecosystem.
except if you buy a TV today it likely has airplay 2 and the apple tv app. so theres no real incentive to buy a separate apple tv box...
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
77 months ago

It is likely that Fitness+ will require OS capabilities to deliver metrics on screen, something that is not possible in TV apps with other providers.

I thought this would be pretty self-explanatory.
I Just want to mirror my iphone on the TV. It does not let me. It shows black screen once the workout starts
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
77 months ago
Extremely frustrating. I was very excited, got an apple watch, already have an older generation apple tv, signed up for apple one, and NOPE! no way to get fitness plus onto the TV. Screen mirroring works for everything except for the actual workouts. There is no excuse for this, technically speaking, render all overlays on phone and send a copy of the frame via airplay to tv. "One more thing" has come to mean for every new feature they announce your going to have to buy one more thing in addition to actually use it. Extremely unhappy with them for this ploy.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
ChrisMoBro Avatar
77 months ago
I just tested it on my iMac using Reflector 3 and it doesn't work. This is a huge disappointment. Not everybody has an Apple TV, as they're (mostly) obsolete when you have a smart TV, and yet Apple doesn't add this functionality in. Looks like I'll be staying with Peleton then.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
99chickens Avatar
77 months ago
This is going to upset a lot of people.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
77 months ago

Not having airplay for non-Apple devices is a limitation but I don’t think that’s the one thing that’s going to cause a large number of people not to use the service.
Count me in that set. I don't have an iPad or the newest Apple TV and I would like to use Airplay from my iPhone. If it is not supported, I am not going to sign up.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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