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being part of the Apple ecosystem has its benefits so long as you're willing to invest in them one of the products that takes the most advantage of this is actually the most underrated as well the Apple TV and we've decided to spend a couple of videos showing you what it can do I'm Hyneman better with pocket now and let's start with a quick tip on how to stream your music to your Apple TV the functionality of the Apple TV has grown over the years from being a simple iTunes media player to being one of the best iOS companion accessories that you can buy surely you can stream music to a Bluetooth speaker very easily these days but Apple users have been able to stream content and music over Wi-Fi through an Apple TV for much longer so for the purpose of this tip you'll need an Apple TV of course which will cost you $100 your favorite iOS device like an iPad or an iPhone and hopefully a TV setup that's not as messy as mine I know sorry about all the wires in the plasma reflection and just to quick disclaimer we're sadly not going to be able to raise the volume of the music that we're playing for the purpose of this video to just the void not getting the video pulled down over a copyright claim first thing you'll need is to make sure that your Apple TV and your iOS device are both set to the same Wi-Fi network and for part of this exercise you will also need for the setup of the Apple TV to have the same Apple ID that you've used to purchase music with so for the first way to stream your purchase content on an Apple TV you really don't need an iPhone or an iPad this is where you need your Apple ID that's the beauty of this product compared to the chromecast for example you really don't need a phone for this product to work this is a standalone product that includes its own UI remote control software updates the whole nine yards simply navigate to the music menu and your purchase music should already be there through iTunes in the cloud if you're an iTunes Match subscriber like me for an extra twenty five dollars your playlist in your entire music library should also be there available sadly this is the method that we would probably recommend the least not because it's not good but because the UI on the Apple TV is a tad archaic and really the remote control is just too simplistic sometimes to navigate from one point to another can be extremely cumbersome the second way is really the coolest and easiest way to stream your music to your Apple TV simply slide from the bottom of your iPhone or iPad to reveal control center and tap the airplay button and set it to this particular Apple TV on the list once you do that every song that you select will play on the Apple TV instead of the phone or tablet if you move the Apple TV's cursor to music you will also notice that an out playing section will synchronize to what's on your phone as well and if you are on any other window you will notice that you will get a notification over what song is coming up next an even cooler trick is that Apple doesn't really mind that you use its Apple TV to stream content from other sources if your Spotify subscriber for example or any other streaming service you can also stream this music to the Apple TV end notice that if you move the cursor to the music button again whatever is playing on Spotify will show up on now playing as well which is really cool now all that being said if you really feel like impressing somebody simply mirror your display to the Apple TV and use Cover Flow to make matters even more practical and enjoy your music from a broader Wi-Fi distance than the existing Bluetooth distance limitations folks this is just the first of a series of videos there are ton of tricks that you can do with an Apple TV and with Apple's AirPlay so please follow us on social media subscribe to our youtube channel as well and follow me on twitter heidi underscore Iveta please give this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw I am hi Mary better thank you very much for watching we will see you on the next one