#SIRI GIVE ME A 5 MINUTE TIMER SERIES#

In a previous project I setup Homebridge to automate my Sonos. I could use Siri to active the sleep timer shortcut on my iPhone, but Siri on the Apple TV can’t do much. Not content to leave well enough alone, I wanted to take this a step further and use Siri on the Apple TV to activate the sleep timer. If you’re interested in using this shortcut, It’s on RoutineHub. My wife didn’t love having to use shortcuts, but she was happy enough. It would put my Apple TV to sleep and turn off my TV through HDMI-CEC. If you run into the same problem, try switching accounts. I have my Apple ID as the main account, but my wife is an additional Apple ID that is usually active (so she can sync her Apple Arcade progress). To actually select my Apple TV in Shortcuts, I had to switch to my account on the Apple TV. There should have been a video here but your browser does not seem I was unable to actually select my Apple TV. While I was setting up the Shortcut I ran into a weird quirk. While the shortcut is waiting, you can’t run other shortcuts (but automations triggered by a schedule or an NFC tag worked just fine).

The shortcut would simply wait some amount of time and then put the Apple TV to sleep. Multiple subreddits suggested a sleep timer using Apple’s Shortcuts app. Google didn’t give me anything for a built in Apple TV sleep timer. On a whim I asked Siri if they could set a sleep timer, but they could not. I tried the TV’s built in sleep timer, but it wouldn’t put the Apple TV to sleep and it would continue to play.

#SIRI GIVE ME A 5 MINUTE TIMER SERIES#

If she starts a show on Netflix and falls asleep, the entire series will be marked watched by the time we wake up. This led me to look into Apple TV sleep timer options. When the TV’s sleep timer turns off the TV, it doesn’t always stop the Apple TV. The one issue I have is using the sleep timer. The Apple TV interface is so much better than the ten year old LG Smart TV software.

I recently added an Apple TV to my bedroom TV.

Siri give me a 5 minute timer