Apple TV: After tvOS 26 audio stream to AirPlay & TV no longer play

[info1]

After updating my AppleTV to tvOS 26 I can no longer send audio to both AirPlay device(s) and the TV. When I select an AirPlay device in the control center the TV audio cuts out. If I turn off the AirPlay device(s) the TV audio resumes.

This only happens with the Pandora app. All of my other apps work fine.

I tried a factory reset. No change.

I find it baffling that this problem could be only happening on one app. I would have thought the tvOS audio output would be independent of the app.

If anyone else has an AppleTV running tvOS 26 and an AirPlay device, can you let me know if you have the same problem?

Moderator Edit: Changing title for clarity

[TannerPandora]

Hi @info1 

Happy Friday!

Thanks for posting your experience with Pandora on Apple TV tvOS 26 with AirPlay. 

Since I don't believe troubleshooting would help to resolve this, I've gone ahead and passed it along to our engineering team for further review and investigation. 

Thanks for letting us know and for your patience in the meantime! 

[info1]

Many thanks!

If it makes any difference, I’ve tried this on two different models of AppleTV and both displayed the same problem.

Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions.

John

[wtidmore]

Just to add that this issue started happening for me as well with TVOS 26.1 and the Pandora app.