Music Automation/Shortcut on Apple TV While iPhone off Wifi?

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Music Automation/Shortcut on Apple TV While iPhone off Wifi?

Does anyone know how to set a shortcut/automation to have your Apple TV play music when your phone disconnects from wifi and/or leaves location?

I’ve figured out how to set playback from my phone to the tv through automation, but once I leave the house the music stops. Is there a way to make the Apple TV itself play the music rather than my iPhone being the music source (with a playback destination of the TV)?

My current shortcut is:

Wake Apple TV

Open Music on TV

Set Playback to Apple TV

Set volume to [30%]

Play [album] on shuffle and repeat

Launch screensaver on TV

The above works great when I’m at home since the music is playing from my phone technically. However, I want it to trigger when I either leave my house, or my iPhone disconnects from wifi.

Posted on Dec 20, 2025 3:48 PM

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Answer 1

Vancouver22

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Dec 20, 2025 7:40 PM in response to hammiep

There should be a way using the Home App to create an Automation when you leave the house. I’m not clear on why you are adding launch a screensaver, you can set screensavers separately in Apple TV settings to come on “while music plays”

I’m not able to test this for you, I have HomePods connected to my Apple TV’s which get triggered to come on as the Audio output, even if I chose Apple TV as the device to turn on.

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hammiep Author

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Dec 20, 2025 9:11 PM in response to Vancouver22

Ah I forgot that the Home app has automation functions as well! This worked great, and music is now playing throughout the house. Thanks!

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