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Apple's tvOS 27 Announced, Focusing on Speed
Apple today unveiled tvOS 27 for Apple TV, focusing on overall speed improvements across apps. Additional features are expected to be announced with the upcoming upgraded Apple TV 4K.
The Apple TV 4K continues to receive ongoing improvements and new features through software updates.
Following last year's revamp of the user interface with Liquid Glass, this year's focus is on speed across all Apple operating systems, including tvOS.
Faster Apps, AirPlay and More
While the Apple TV and tvOS were only briefly featured during today's WWDC 26 keynote, Apple hinted at some of the features coming to tvOS 27 ahead of the hardware upgrade for the Apple TV 4K later this year, which is expected to support Apple Intelligence.
Through slides and the currently available tvOS 27 beta version, the following changes have been discovered:
• Faster app launches (up to 30% improvement according to Apple)
• Improved responsiveness of the Control Center
• Faster AirPlay connections to Apple TV and HomePod
• Support for high-resolution lossless audio (24-bit 192kHz) in Apple Music
• Smart download feature for Apple TV
• Redesigned Podcasts app for tvOS, supporting both audio and video podcasts
• Improved Apple Music playback start speed
• Support for 4K camera recording in Apple Home
• On-device processing of HomeKit Secure Video recordings (using private cloud computing for descriptions and searches)
• Enhanced Thread support with Thread 1.4
• Displaying detailed AppleCare warranty information within tvOS settings
• Improved game controller settings
• Reduced app sizes through localized language app packages
• New accessibility features (see below)
Apple previously announced that tvOS 27 includes new accessibility features such as text size adjustment, automatic transcription of English subtitles, and expanded Made for iPhone hearing aid support for seamless pairing and switching between devices like AirPods.
According to Apple's developer portal, tvOS 27 is compatible with all three models of Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K. However, some sources claim that only the latest devices will be supported. We are currently confirming this information with Apple.
We will update this article as more details are discovered in the tvOS 27 beta version.
High-resolution lossless audio is finally coming to Apple Music in tvOS 27. Photo Flatpanels
The redesigned Podcasts app in tvOS 27 also includes sections for Apple TV and Apple Music. Photo Flatpanels
Launching this fall
tvOS 27 is being released today as a developer beta, followed by a public beta, and will be officially released this fall alongside iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, visionOS 27, and watchOS 27.
The reason this update is called tvOS 27 is that Apple has changed its naming convention to reference the release year. As a result, Apple skipped directly from tvOS 18 to tvOS 26 last fall.
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