AirPlay Mirroring is a feature in iOS 5 that streams your iPhone 4S home screen to your second generation Apple TV. You’ll be able to stream whatever is on your iOS device right onto your TV. Turning on AirPlay Mirroring on your iPhone is very similar to how it is enabled on the iPad 2. If you haven’t tried it yet, here’s how to do it:
Update:
– don’t forget to turn on WiFi.
– both your Apple TV and iPhone 4S/iPad 2 must be on iOS 5.
1. On the Homescreen, double-tap the Home button and swipe to the right twice.
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Exclusive to i4S and iPad 2 or others as well?
only those 2
Works fine on my iPhone 4 with my boxee box. Also works great on my MacBook pro.
Ur saying that ur Macbook pro works as the TV in this case? How did you do that? AirPlayer?
Sorry, couldn’t edit my comment from my iPhone after I wrote that above. I wanted to say that music streams great from my mbp. Everything else works fine on my ip4.
Grr. This is frustrating.
Iphone 4S, Apple TV 2, Both on IOS5. I *DO* get the option to airplay when swiping the dock a few times, but when I click the icon, It doesn’t take me to this window everyone keeps saying. All I get is “iPhone” or “Apple TV” – No Airplay Mirroring options. Simply selecting Airplay TV only lets me to audio and videos, but it’s not airplay mirroring. With!
Same here I updated my iPhone 4 to OS 5 and I get the icon although nothing happens when I push the airplay mirroring button.
YouTube and music works fine with AirPlay although mirroring does not work.
The Apple website info on OS 5 does seem to indicate that this should work on the iPhone 4 once updated
I just swiped twice and I get the volume switcher but I have no airplay icon:s
Remember to turn on wifi too
I have the airplay icon there for the iPhone4 but nothing happens when I select the AppleTV.
Remember your apple TV must be at iOS 5