Other things you can ask Siri on Apple TV
Siri can do much more than find a great show to watch or a great app to download. You can also use Siri to open apps on your Apple TV, control the playback of a video you’re watching, learn more about the actors or director of a show, and much more.
Navigate Apple TV
You can use Siri to open an app or switch to another app.
Siri: Say something like:
“Open App Store”
“Launch Paramount+”
“Play PBS KIDS Video”
“Go to Photos”
Control video playback
When you’re playing video content, there are a number of queries you can use to control playback.
Siri: Say something like:
“Pause this”
“Play from the beginning”
“Skip forward 90 seconds”
“Jump back 10 minutes”
“Turn on closed captioning”
“Turn on French subtitles”
“What did she just say?”
In this case, Apple TV skips back 10 seconds and temporarily turns on subtitles.
Get more information about a show
You can ask questions to get more information about a program you’re watching.
Siri: Say something like:
“Who stars in this?”
“Who directed this?”
“What’s this rated?”
“When was this released?”
Play music
If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can use Siri to play songs from Music.
Siri: Say something like:
“Play ‘Sleek White Baby’ by Punch Brothers”
“Play the top ten hip-hop tracks”
“Play the first Alabama Shakes album”
“Add ‘Uptown Funk’ by Bruno Mars to my collection”
“Play the live version of this song”
“Play more like this”
To learn more about using Siri for music playback, see In some cases, you can swipe up on the touch surface of the Siri Remote to reveal more information.
