How to keep your apps and Home screen layout the same across multiple Apple TVs
If you have multiple Apple TVs in your household, you can set them to have exactly the same Home screen layout and use the same set of installed apps, here’s how.
Starting with tvOS 11, people who own multiple Apple TVs can now make their media experience consistent by keeping their installed tvOS apps and Home screen appearance the same across every Apple TV they own.
Called “One Home Screen,” this is supported on tvOS 11 and later.
How to use One Home Screen on tvOS 11
1) Open the Settings app on one of your Apple TVs.
2) Navigate to the Accounts → iCloud subsection.
3) Set the toggle One Home Screen to “On”.
And that’s all there’s to it!
You should now have the same Home screen appearance and installed apps for each Apple TV in your household.
I’m liking this feature a lot because it unifies my media room experience.
Now I can seamlessly switch, say, between an Apple TV in my bedroom and one in the living room knowing all of my installed apps and Home screen organization will be in perfect sync across multiple Apple TVs.
Issues with One Home Screen?
As mentioned, it requires that you be signed in with the same Apple ID account in Settings → Account on every Apple TV in your household you wish to synchronize this way.
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As a hypothetical scenario, suppose you create a new folder on an Apple TV in your living room or move a YouTube icon to the top of the Home screen. tvOS sends your actions to iCloud which in turn instructs an Apple TV in your bedroom and all of your other Apple TVs to make those changes as well.
If one of your Apple TVs falls out of sync, you may want to double-check that it’s using the same Apple ID account in Settings → Account like your other Apple TVs. Also, be sure that the device has network connectivity and that required iCloud services are not offline.
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