How to change the screen saver theme on your Apple TV

Learn how to customize your Apple TV aerial screen saver by showing or hiding themes like landscape, earth, underwater, or cityscape.

Apple TV Earth Aerial Screen Saver

Apple TV supports four screen savers:

Aerial, the default Apple TV screen saver, displays stunning aerial and underwater scenes. You can customize it by showing or hiding specific themes, though no other screen saver style supports themes.

Select one or more screen saver themes for Apple TV

1) Open the Settings app on your Apple TV and select Screen Saver from the main menu.

Screen Saver settings on Apple TV

2) Make sure Aerials is the current screen saver selection. Then, select Aerials under the Screen Saver Preferences heading.

Selecting Aerials in Screen Saver settings on Apple TV

3) Select Choose Aerials.

Choose Aerials in Apple TV settings

4) You now have four different themes, each with amazing scenes to choose from.

You can choose to show or hide all screen savers of one or more themes. You can also select an individual screen saver, such as Dubai Creek, and then hide (or show) it. Hidden screen savers have a crossed-out eye icon.

Cityscape aerial screen saver for Apple TV
  • Underwater: Scenes of undersea aquatic animals and plants.
  • Earth: Shots of Earth captured from the International Space Station.
  • Cityscape: Views of urban environments and cities.
  • Landscape: Views of nature like landforms and rural terrains.

Now go to your Apple TV Home Screen. From here, press the back button again to see your screen saver.

Passing Downtown Los Angeles screen saver on Apple TV

As they say, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” So, being able to choose your aerial theme for the Apple TV screen saver is a thoughtful option.

More Apple TV screensaver tips: