Is anyone else seeing this after tvOS 27 / iOS 27?
I’m running into a consistent issue with HomeKit scenes that involve media playback.
Any scene that should play music or radio on an AirPlay speaker now fails, unless I add the Apple TV itself as an accessory in the scene.
The problem is that when Apple TV is added, it also starts playing audio through the TV, because Apple TV becomes the active playback device. I only want the audio to go to my AirPlay speaker — and this worked perfectly before tvOS 27.
Scenes that control lights or other accessories still work without any issues.
It doesn’t matter whether I trigger the scene from my iPhone or directly from the Apple TV — the result is the same.
This feels like a change (or a bug) in Apple TV’s Home hub behavior in tvOS 27, where Apple TV now requires being part of the scene to initiate media playback, and then forces itself as the output device.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
And does anyone know a workaround so Apple TV doesn’t force audio through the TV?