Apple has announced the next version of tvOS for Apple TV which includes new features including dark theme, live tune-in, Siri updates, new remote app and much more. We summarize the Apple TV announcements:
tvOS is the software that powers Apple TV devices and runs apps from both Apple and third-party developers. It supports Siri’s voice input which lets users communicate to their TV using voice. Now only can users talk to Siri and search for movies and TV shows, they can also control various aspects of content such as volume, rewind, skipping, and other playback controls. Users can even search YouTube using Siri.
Apple has also confirmed that a number of games will be available for Apple TV, which will work with either Apple’s own remote or third-party compatible game controllers.
A new remote app will also be available for iOS which can be used to perform the same functions that the physical remote for Apple TV supports.
Here is everything that Apple announced for Apple TV:
- 1300 video channels
- 6000 total apps
- Tons of exclusive new apps and games coming to Apple TV
- New remote app, finally, announced
- Siri now supports movie search by topics.
- Siri can now search 650,000 movies and tv shows now
- YouTube search support added to Siri
- Live Tune-in lets you open a live tv streaming app just by talking to Siri
- Single sign-on comes to Apple TV for cable networks ( and to iOS too )
- New dark theme!!
- When you download an app to iOS, it automatically downloads the tvOS version to Apple TV
- New developer focused features such as ReplayKit, PhotoKit, HomeKit and more
The developer preview will be available to developers today while customers will get the update this fall.
It seems that Apple is finally taking its TV hobby seriously – exciting times for Apple TV users ahead.
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