How do I get the song/artist screensaver to show when streaming music from my iPhone to ATV4K?

[MasturB]

This happened a week ago, and haven't been able to replicate it.

Normally when my ATV4k is idle, it will go to the default aerial screensaver of the different locations.

But last week when I was cleaning and just folding laundry, I had my music from my iPhone (not apple music, but music I had downloaded onto my phone from my Mac) streaming to the ATV so I could use my TV as a big speaker. And low and behold I looked up and I saw a different screensaver that was showing the name of the song, small cover art, and artist.

Was surprised since again, I wasn't using the Music app on the ATV, just airplaying the music from phone to my ATV. It never happened befroe and I haven't been able to replicate it again ever since.

 

[Edd70]

I’ve seen this also. Seems to be temporary by design. It doesn’t consistently show up on screen.

I’m speculating that, if the ATV screensavers have already started rolling, this info won’t show at all. However, if the screensavers have not started, it’ll show the music info for a moment. Even that doesn’t seem consistent, though.

And when I say “info”, I mean a full screen display of artist and song. It’s rare that I see that, because I rarely play music through airplay.