When Apple introduced the newest Apple TV 4K, it also welcomed a brand new Siri Remote. It's a significant redesign from the previous generation, and one of the best features of the set-top box in general. But, a lot of people thought Apple would offer a built-in tracking option, an oft-requested feature.
With tvOS seemingly an afterthought at WWDC21, you'd be right to wonder whether Apple might have forgotten about the Apple TV. Don't worry, it hasn't. While the keynote barely mentioned any tvOS 15 specifics, our team has been able to discover more than a dozen user-facing features and improvements coming to your Apple media streamer this fall with tvOS 15!
Signing into supported apps on the Apple TV, thanks to updates to tvOS, is relatively easy. However, Apple is simplifying the process with the upcoming launch of tvOS 15. As outlined today in a developer video, the set-top box's software will soon support signing in via biometric security. On an iPhone.
There's been confusion regarding video scrubbing on an Apple TV using the revamped Siri Remote so here's a nice little video explainer showing you how to use Apple's new jog control.
You can have the fastest internet connection along with the latest TV set with high frame rate support and the new Apple TV 4K, but you won’t get smooth HDR Dolby Vision without a good HDMI cable.
The crew over at iFixit got their hands on the new Apple TV 4K, which launched not too long ago. So of course it didn't take them long before they started taking the set-top box apart.
Several streaming apps on the Apple TV are labeling 4K movies and television shows as “HD,” but it's unclear whether those videos indeed stream in the four times lower 1080p resolution.
Previously, while the YouTube app supported 4K video playback with the Apple TV 4K, it was capped at 30 frames per second. But, with the new Apple TV 4K set-top box, there's a bit of an upgrade for the app.
An executive explains why the new Apple TV 4K costs $179 although some were expecting a price cut in the wake of more affordable streaming boxes from Google and Amazon.
It's almost May 21, which means it's almost launch day for Apple's new products. And Apple is here to keep the new products fresh in our minds ahead of that day.
Apple is doing interesting things with the Find My network. Earlier this month it opened things up to third-party accessories, and, of course, launched the AirTag item tracker. But Siri apparently thinks Apple isn't quite done just yet.
Apple recently unveiled a long-overdue update to its Apple TV hardware, bringing about a performance bump with Apple’s A12 Bionic chip along with a completely redesigned Siri Remote. But these aren't the only new feature of the refreshed Apple TV 4K.