Call Notifications on Apple TV

The Apple TV is getting the Liquid Glass treatment in tvOS 26, and while Apple isn’t expanding the Phone app to the big screen the way it’s done with iPadOS 26 and macOS Tahoe, it’s adding one nice touch.

With tvOS 26, when your iPhone rings, a notification will be shown on your Apple TV to let you know who’s calling. You can even answer the call by pressing the Home button on your Apple TV Remote. As of the current developer beta, this doesn’t reroute the call audio from your iPhone, but we expect that will change as it doesn’t otherwise make much sense to have the option to answer from the Apple TV.

Incoming call notifications on the Apple TV aren’t automatically enabled, which is good news if you’d rather not be interrupted by them. This feature is toggled on from the iPhone’s Settings app under Apps > Phone > Calls on Other Devices, where a new Call Notifications section lets you enable these notifications for each of your Apple TVs individually.