Calibrate Apple TV color with iPhone on your smart TV

what do you need

In order to adjust the image color to your screen, you will need some minimum requirements to complete the process, as not all Apple TVs will offer the option and not all iPhones will allow the calibration to be completed. The necessary tools are:

• Apple TV has an operating system tvOS 14.5 superior
• iPhone with Face ID and iOS 14.5 superior

Not all iPhones without FaceID will be able to complete this color configuration at any time, so in addition to the OS version, you have to control these details.

Concepts to bear in mind

It is not by performing this image calibration that you will enjoy its benefits in all situations. he is called, Adjustment is applied in the Apple TV Picture settings, And it has nothing to do with the picture settings applied to the TV. This means if you open the Netflix app installed on your smart TV, you will not enjoy the calibrated colors, because you will have to open the Netflix app installed on your Apple TV for this.

Basically, you have to use your Apple TV as a control center (if you haven’t already), and run all the apps and multimedia services you care about to enjoy the picture’s color calibration. On the other hand, if you are going to play with your PS5 or Xbox Series X, since it is a completely different HDMI source, it will not take advantage of the settings applied that, we repeat, only apply to the image provided by Apple.

In the same way, picture adjustments applied to the configuration of your TV will affect the Apple TV calibration process, so in these cases we recommend that you disable technologies such as image smoothing, dynamic contrast, and other functions that do nothing more than adjust the original image that your smart TV receives. In this case, we’ll give absolute priority to the image that Apple TV is showing.

It is important to keep in mind that a correct calibration does not mean that you should like the result, especially if you have so far enjoyed highly saturated and low-contrast colors.

How do I calibrate the picture on Apple TV?

thanks for the A new feature was introduced in tvOS 14.5, Apple TV color calibration is very simple. Until now, to get an image with colors that respected real-world hues, we needed a colorimeter responsible for measuring the intensities of the different colors displayed on the screen.

This device, in addition to being very expensive and technical, is not easy to use in a device like an Apple TV, so Apple wanted to facilitate and simplify the whole process so that any user can get the best possible color in a few minutes.

The idea to achieve this is to use the iPhone as a colorimeter that takes advantage of the front camera and the depth and infrared sensor of the Face ID. Thanks to these elements, iPhone is able to analyze the color values ​​displayed on the screen, analyze the results, and send the exact color profile that an Apple TV should display on the TV.

The steps to start the calibration process are very simple:

• Getting to the board Settings Day2 Apple TV
• Entry Video and audio section
• Scroll down to the bottom of the list and selectColor balanceWithin the calibration section.
• Now it’s your turn to take a look at the screen of your iPhone, since a notification on your screen will warn you that you can start the calibration process. Click Continue.
• At this point, both the Apple TV and iPhone will communicate and you will be asked to place the phone in front of the TV screen while maintaining a distance of approximately 2.5 cm.
• You should zoom in on the front face of the phone, so that the front camera looks directly at the image displayed on your smart TV screen.
• The image will change to show different colors and shades until the process is complete. This will be the moment you will receive a notification that the calibration has finished.

Is it calibrated correctly?

Once the process is done, the split screen image will show you the original calibration you made so far and correct the calibration with the values ​​that the iPhone took. It will be there when you have to decide whether or not the new composition will convince you. Let’s remember the points we should bear in mind that we mentioned before, especially those related to image adjustments to your TV set. Poor setting can make it difficult to calibrate the color, so the results may not convince you no matter how many adjustments you make.