Apple TV 4K: How to Stream Audio From Your TV s Inputs to HomePod (eARC)
Friday May 21, 2021 5:33 AM PDT by Tim Hardwick
The new second-generation Apple TV 4K is capable of relaying audio from a compatible TV to a HomePod – even when you re not using your Apple TV. This allows you to stream audio from a TV-connected game console or other set-top box straight to Apple s smart speakers. Keep reading to learn more and how to set it up.
The new Apple TV 4K supports two additional connection standards, called ARC and eARC. ARC (Audio Return Channel) is a feature of HDMI 1.4 that enables audio from a device to be sent to a compatible TV and relayed through its HDMI port to a separate audio receiver, speaker, or sound bar. eARC (enhanced ARC) meanwhile adds support for the passthrough of higher bandwidth audio like Dolby Atmos, as well as 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound.
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The new Apple TV 4K comes with superb Dolby Atmos sound, but the best way to hear it is through the discontinued HomePod. Here s how to do it.
You don t know how good something is until it s gone. Still, if you already have two HomePods, or you can find two in stock anywhere, you can use them to create a home cinema effect with your Apple TV 4K.
Note, though, it has to be the original HomePods. It has to be two of them. And it also has to be the Apple TV 4K. The one good thing is that it can be either the new or the last generation Apple TV 4K.
How to Create a Cinema Experience Using Apple HomePods
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I don’t know about you, but in my experience, going to the cinema has become an absolute rarity since COVID-19 became a part of our lives. Not only did a visit to the movies become a health risk at certain points during the pandemic, our new reality – that became very much centred on staying at home – meant that I stopped even thinking about going to the cinema.