The future of sports is on your iPhone. Apple TV filmed the May 23 game between MLS’ LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC, which ended in a 1-1 home draw, exclusively on the iPhone 17 Pro. This marks the first time an iPhone was used to capture a full broadcast of a major professional sporting event, according to the company. The broadcast was developed in partnership with the MLS and streamed live from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, during the final weekend of the league’s regular season before it takes a break for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.Throughout the match, the iPhone 17 Pro filmed live footage from team warm-ups, player introductions and various goal angles — even capturing the energetic atmosphere inside the stadium to bring fans watching on their phones closer to the intense action.To capture the game, Apple TV rigged the pitch with 15 iPhone 17 Pros to cover the 84,000-square-foot soccer pitch. On the technical side, an iPhone 17 Pro features three 48MP Fusion cameras, which according to Apple, offers the equivalent of eight lenses in a compact form factor and pro-level video features such as Apple Log 2.Apple TV also shared a 48-second video across its social media channels featuring a quick recap of how everything came together.“That is not a spot where you can put a traditional broadcast camera because of the general size of those cameras,” the narrator explains, referring to an angle in the goal area. “The beauty of the iPhone 17 Pro Max is you can HDMI out straight from the phone into a standard truck production. That allows us to put every single one of those cameras that are out there into this monitor wall and push it out to over 100 countries worldwide, all using the device that’s in your pocket.” Apple TV experimented with the idea of integrating its devices into sports last September when it first incorporated an iPhone into the workflow of a live sports broadcast during the Friday Night Baseball matchup between the MLB’s Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers.During that game, Apple TV used the iPhone 17 Pro to film select moments from the game and inside the stadium. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum even added the actual iPhone used for that broadcast to its permanent collection.According to Apple TV, after positive fan feedback and strong demand for the Friday Night Baseball production, the company expanded the use of the iPhone in more sports broadcasts, including the MLS Cup last year and throughout more Friday Night Baseball and MLS broadcasts in the 2026 season.While the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo FC match was the first time an iPhone was used to film an entire game, other brands and directors have started using iPhones over the past decade to film everything from commercials to movies. In 2014, Bentley used an iPhone 5s to film a commercial for its Intelligent Details campaign to promote its Mulsanne sedan — also editing the ad on an iPad Air. Other brands such as Frye Boots and Champagne house Veuve Clicquot have also previously used iPhones to shoot commercials.Director Danny Boyle shared that he used an iPhone 15 Pro Max to film parts of 2025’s zombie sequel 28 Years Later. Meanwhile, Steven Soderbergh has used an iPhone to shoot two of his films, including Unsane in 2018 and the 2019 Netflix sports drama High Flying Bird, which was shot entirely on an iPhone 8.