Play on Apple TV with your iPhone

Reveal Haven on Apple TV lets everyone in the room use their iPhone as a controller. The game runs on the Apple TV; each phone steers its own cursor. If a phone can't find the Apple TV, almost every cause is on this page — work down the list in order.

How to connect

1. Open Reveal Haven on the Apple TV and leave it on.
2. On your iPhone, open Reveal Haven and tap Play on Apple TV.
3. Make sure your phone and the Apple TV are on the same Wi‑Fi (and your phone's Wi‑Fi is turned on).
4. When the first prompt asks to find devices on your local network, tap Allow.

It usually connects within a few seconds. If it sits on "Looking for a Reveal Haven Apple TV nearby…", try the fixes below.

Quick checklist

• Wi‑Fi is on on your phone.
• Your phone and Apple TV are on the same Wi‑Fi network.
• Local Network access is allowed for Reveal Haven.
• Any VPN is turned off.
• Reveal Haven is open and awake on the Apple TV.
• Try quitting and reopening the Reveal Haven app on your phone.

Turn on Wi‑Fi

Connecting needs Wi‑Fi — it won't work on cellular data alone. Open Settings → Wi‑Fi and make sure Wi‑Fi is on. (Even when the phone and Apple TV are on different networks, leaving Wi‑Fi on often still lets them connect directly.)

Use the same Wi‑Fi network

The phone and Apple TV should be joined to the same Wi‑Fi. Watch out for "guest" networks, or routers that split 2.4GHz and 5GHz into separate network names — join both devices to the same one. On the Apple TV you can check under Settings → Network.

Allow Local Network access

The first time, iPhone asks to let Reveal Haven find devices on your local network. If you tapped "Don't Allow," connecting can't work until you turn it back on:

1. Open Settings on your iPhone.
2. Scroll down and tap Reveal Haven.
3. Turn Local Network on.
4. Return to the app and try again.

Turn off VPN

A VPN can route your phone's traffic away from the local network and block the Apple TV. Turn it off under Settings → VPN (or in your VPN app) and try again.

Make sure the Apple TV app is open

Reveal Haven has to be open and on screen on the Apple TV — if it's asleep or you've gone back to the Apple TV Home screen, your phone can't find it. Wake the Apple TV and reopen Reveal Haven.

More than one Apple TV?

If more than one Apple TV is running Reveal Haven, your phone shows a "Choose your Apple TV" list — pick the one whose name matches the "Players join on …" label shown on that TV's screen. (If you only ever use one, it connects automatically and remembers it.)

Still stuck?

• Quit and reopen Reveal Haven on both the phone and the Apple TV.
• Toggle the phone's Wi‑Fi off and back on.
• Restart the Apple TV (Settings → System → Restart).

If none of that works, contact support and tell us what you tried — it helps us improve this page.