HomePod Trying to set HomePod mini as default audio for Apple TV HD 2022

[zachiedoo]

I have tried the HomeKit App on iPhone, iPad (both running 16.3.1) and Mac OS Ventura (13.2.1), and the settings on the Apple TV itself. Nowhere am I able to set the default speaker for the Apple TV to the HomePod mini. No such option shows up in the Apple TV settings in HomeKit anywhere, and the Apple TV HD setting show the TV speakers as the default audio output, with no opportunity to change it. Am I missing something? Also, sometimes the Apple TV retains the previous selection of the HomePod mini as audio output, and other times, it defaults back to the TV speakers and I have to re-select it in HomeKit on iPad or iPhone. Curiously, no ability to select the audio output for the Apple TV HD in HomeKit on Mac OS Ventura.

 

[MBAir2010]

go to menu on the tv and set up airplay: name of homepod-s

that is how I started when I launched my apple tv for the first time

then home app on an iPhone cn home app to control other setting
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[zachiedoo]

Hmmm... no option to do that anywhere. This is what my Settings menu shows for 'Airplay and Homekit':

 

[Alicia1]

You will need to go into the Apple TV Audio settings, audio output and the option should be there to select the homepod mini.

 

[zachiedoo]

You will need to go into the Apple TV Audio settings, audio output and the option should be there to select the homepod mini.

Nope, it's not there. It shows TV as default audio, but no ability to click on that and select something else.

 

[Freewheelin_jack]

I think this is an Apple TV 4K only feature.

 

[zachiedoo]

I think this is an Apple TV 4K only feature.

I suspect you're right. I referenced the user guide and figured out how to select the HomePod mini as the output via the remote, but nowhere did it talk about the 'default' settings. 🤷‍♀️

 

[FreakinEurekan]

I think this is an Apple TV 4K only feature.

Correct.