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Siri AI has apparently been sitting inside the tvOS 27.2 update for every supported Apple TV this whole time, locked to internal installs. The build that just went out for the new Apple TV 4K (4th generation) is the first one reported to lift that gate, which should mean new owners get the...

A delivery estimate on an Apple order is a mood, not a date. A poster on r/appletv ordered the 4th gen box, saw a December delivery and no November store pickup anywhere nearby, then on October 31 got a notice that it would turn up on November 16 instead. That is weeks of difference from one...

After updating to tvOS 27.2 the Now Playing screen in Apple Music looks a lot busier. The coloured background that drifts behind the album art now shifts faster and harder than it did before, and I am clearly not the only one who spotted it. Nothing about it in the release notes I have seen, so...

Three hundred dollars for a streaming box is a hard number to defend, and Apple has not really tried. The 2022 Apple TV 4K started at $129 for the Wi-Fi model. The new one comes in a single version at $299 (299 pounds, AU$449), so the entry price has more than doubled while the list of things it...

If you'd finally got rid of the AirPlay Live Activity popping up on your phone by turning off the automatic AirPlay option, 27.2 has undone that for at least some people. The report is pretty simple. Before the update, disabling automatic AirPlay was enough to keep that Live Activity from...

My current Apple TV 4K does almost everything I ask of it and has done for years, which is precisely why the reporting around a new one leaves me flat. The story doing the rounds is that the hardware was expected last autumn, slipped while the new Siri work was finished, and is now lined up for...

Saw someone laying out a full remodel, 77 inch C5, Onkyo N6100, Klipsch 800s up front, 500SAIIs doing Atmos and rears, RP-504CII centre, R-121SW underneath, and then agonising over which streaming box to put in front of it. If you have already spent that, the box is the cheapest decision on the...

Someone posted this on the home theater sub and it explains an issue a few people here have complained about. On Apple TV, under Settings, Video and Audio, Audio Format, there's a Continuous Audio Connection option. Leave it on and the box holds an open 5.1 LPCM pipeline to the receiver at all...

There is a roadmap piece going around saying Apple has a stack of home products lined up, an Apple TV, a HomePod and some kind of smart display, and that the reason we have been waiting is Siri rather than hardware. It is a pipeline story, not a spec sheet, so I am not going to repeat numbers...

The Guardian has Apple in early talks with the R and A about US rights to The Open Championship. NBC has had it since 2017, when it outbid ESPN on a twelve year package, with coverage shared out to Golf Channel under Versant. That deal runs to 2028 and the formal tender opens early next year...

The Guardian reported preliminary talks between Apple and the R and A over US rights to The Open, with the current NBC arrangement running to 2028 and a formal tender opening early next year. My reaction is not excitement. We have seen this movie. Apple signed a ten year, two and a half billion...

Apple put out the September Friday Night Baseball schedule and buried the interesting part in it. The Red Sox at Yankees game on August 28 is the first Friday Night Baseball carried live in Apple Immersive on Vision Pro. Angels at Pirates on September 4 and Giants at Dodgers on September 18 get...

Someone ran the same movie through an Apple TV and then off the 4K disc, sound level matched the two with REW and a UMIK-1, and measured the result on the RTA. Average SPL curves first, peak measurements second. The gap came out at roughly 0.9dB. What caught my eye more than the number was what...

So Disney found a way around the injunction, and the answer looks like VP9. Heise reported the codec, and Disney itself has only said it adopted an alternative technology and started restoring 4K UHD. The logic writes itself: HEVC is the thing InterDigital is fighting them over, so out it goes...

Gurman's latest has Apple shipping a small square smart display, roughly seven inches, somewhere between October 2026 and early next year. Two variants apparently. Camera for video calls plus presence detection and user recognition, so the panel changes what it shows depending on who walks up to...

There was a piece this weekend about relying on Apple Home while travelling, and it flagged the thing people forget until they are already at the airport: none of the remote access works without a resident hub sitting at home. An Apple TV or a HomePod has to be there, awake and online, or the...

Every writeup of tvOS 27 leads on speed, because that's what Apple led on. Fine. But scan the feature list and it's AutoMix, Crossfade, video podcasts, Thread 1.4, a reworked Apple TV Remote, and a pile of smaller stuff. Four of those are entertainment features. The Thread one is quietly the...

FlatpanelsHD has been testing a pair of HomePods specifically as Apple TV audio rather than as music speakers, which is the framing I have wanted someone to take seriously for a while. The setup is genuinely tempting on paper. Two speakers, no rack, no receiver, no cable run across the room...

Small thing that still confuses people: you no longer have to go through Apple to pay for Apple TV+. The Apple TV app on a Google TV device lets you subscribe from inside the app, MLS Season Pass included, and the same app turned up on the Play Store for Android phones and tablets. Whether you...

Having trouble connecting your Apple TV remote? Whether you just unboxed a new Apple TV or your remote lost its connection, this complete guide will walk you through exactly how to connect Apple TV remote quickly and easily. Follow these simple steps to get your Apple TV up and running again in...