How to sign up for Apple TV+ without an Apple device

Apple TV and TV apps are available on many platforms, not just Apple devices. But you need an Apple ID to log in. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't make it particularly easy to create an Apple ID without owning some kind of Apple device. The Apple TV website will guide you through signing in with iTunes on your PC using your account. This works, but it's also inconvenient and many people don't have access to computers. Thankfully, there's a workaround that allows you to fully sign up for Apple TV using just your Android phone.

Apple TV continues to grow its original catalog, but the app experience leaves a lot to be desired. It's especially painful if you try to use Apple's streaming service on a non-Apple device. While Apple will say this is a supported use case — Apple TV is technically supported on non-Apple platforms — there are still several hurdles to overcome.

A direct question is how to register. If you use Apple products, you already have an Apple ID. But if you're an Android user, you probably won't. Apple also doesn't currently offer an Android app for Apple TV. So you load up the TV app on a device like a Roku or Amazon Fire Stick, and the login screen is immediately displayed.

If you don't have an Apple ID, you can create a new account online and verify it by adding your credit card details. This lets you watch in a web browser, but Apple, puzzlingly, doesn't do enough to let you use it on a smart TV, streaming stick, or game console.

You will most likely see this error, which contains the following:

Before you can sign in on the web, sign in to the Apple TV app on your iPhone or iPad . On your computer, sign in to Apple TV or iTunes.

This will not help if you are an Android-only household. There seems to be no solution. (Neither Apple TV nor iTunes are available on Android.)

The easiest way is to go through the trouble of downloading iTunes on a Windows computer and logging in with your ID that way. But what if you don't have access to a PC, or just don't want to mess with installing iTunes...

Here's a hidden workaround for signing up for Apple TV using just your Android phone:

• Download works for Apple Music app for Android.
• Sign in through the Apple Music app or create an Apple ID.
• Start your Apple Music trial.
• Use this Apple ID to sign in to your Apple TV app on your device.
• Cancel your Apple Music subscription so you don't have to pay for music streaming (assuming you don't want it).

You have to interact with Apple Music first to start watching Apple TV, which may be counterintuitive and silly, but this is the current state of playback. Apple Music doesn't require an Apple device to get started, and launching an Apple Music trial is enough for Apple to bless your ID with Apple TV on any device.

A note after signing up: The tv.apple.com website is very primitive and lacks key features like a search bar, or access to your Up Next queue to continue watching a show later. Accessing Apple TV through apps like PlayStation, Xbox, Roku, or Amazon Fire is a much better experience.

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