Jan 18, 2023 21:00:00

People who only have Apple TV need to get an iPhone somehow to accept the new terms of service

Apple TV has gained support from people other than people who are root Apple users because they can enjoy rich content on Apple TV alone without being bound by Apple's ecosystem. You need an Apple ID to use it, but you can create a new one from Apple TV. However, it was reported on Twitter that Apple's new update to tvOS has required iPhones and iPads with the latest OS installed.

The Apple TV expects you to have an iPhone in order to accept new iCloud terms and conditions - 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/16/apple-tv-iphone-required/

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The following tweets made it clear that Apple TV needed an iPhone. Twitter user hugelgupf said on January 16, 2023, ``I own an Apple TV, but I don't have any other Apple products. What will Apple tell me to do?' posted. The image attached to the tweet states, 'A device with iOS 16 or later or iPadOS 16 or later is required to agree to the new terms of service.'

I own an Apple TV.

I own not a single other Apple device.

Every time I start the Apple TV I get this prompt now. @Apple what do you expect me to do about this? pic.twitter.com/CsNaTNNIHp

— chris @[email protected] (@hugelgupf) January 16, 2023

``Requires a device with iOS 16 or later or iPadOS 16 or later'' means that even if you have an iPhone or iPad, you cannot use it on an old terminal that does not support iOS 16.

Also, when Matt Bolton, a writer of the news site TechRadar, who took up this issue, tried to reproduce it, it seems that he had already agreed to the terms of service, and although the problem screen did not appear, 'To use the new function An update is required. Bring your iPhone or iPad closer to this Apple TV to update.' is displayed, confirming that an iPhone or iPad is still required to use the new features of Apple TV.

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As the opening tweet was widely circulated and received a lot of attention, there were many replies from people who faced similar problems, as well as Apple's official support account .

Hugelgupf, who was contacted by Apple in this way, finally found a workaround. According to it, you can check the terms of use on Apple TV by operating 'Settings' 'Users and Accounts' '(User Name)' 'iCloud', signing out and signing in again.

Apple team got back to me. Workaround: go to Settings > Users and Accounts > $user > iCloud > Sign Out

And sign back in. You'll be prompted for the terms and conditions then, on the Apple TV.

(I tried it, it works.)

—chris @[email protected] (@hugelgupf) January 18, 2023

In response to this incident, 9to5Mac, a news site that specializes in Apple products, said, ``You can temporarily cancel the update screen for terms of use and new features, but it will be displayed many times until it is resolved. In some cases, the device cannot be used until it is resolved.In any case, if you don't have an iPhone or iPad with the latest OS at hand, you can't help it. , so Apple TV can no longer be called a standalone device.'

TechRadar also requested a comment from Apple on this issue, but no response was received at the time of writing the article.