Apple appears to be preparing sound effects for the Snoopy screensaver on Apple TV 4K. Hidden controls in the tvOS 27 code let you turn screensaver audio on or off, with a third option labeled Reduced.
Leaker Pdfu posted a video of the settings on X:
Apple is preparing sound effects for the Snoopy screen saver on Apple TV. Hidden controls in tvOS 27 will let you turn screen-saver audio on or off, with a third “Reduced” option. None of the Snoopy content packages include audio yet.
The Snoopy screensaver gets three audio settings before it has any sound
The video shows a new audio control in the options for the Snoopy screensaver. It offers On, Off and Reduced, and the leak does not say how Reduced differs from On.
The Snoopy content packages have no audio files yet, so the setting would have nothing to play today. Pdfu has not found audio support in any other Apple TV screensaver, which makes Snoopy the only confirmed target for now.
Apple is preparing sound effects for the Snoopy screen saver on Apple TV.
Hidden controls in tvOS 27 will let you turn screen-saver audio on or off, with a third “Reduced” option.
None of the Snoopy content packages include audio yet. pic.twitter.com/WN5Kd4Ec1F
— pdfu (@itspdfu) September 25, 2026
This lines up with a busy October for Apple, with new hardware and software launches expected. A new Apple TV 4K is among the rumored products, and a leaked image of the fourth-generation model turned up in Apple code earlier the same day. Apple has not said whether screensaver audio will come to the current Apple TV 4K through a tvOS 27 update or only arrive with the new model.
The current Apple TV 4K was announced in October 2022 with an A15 Bionic chip and 4GB of RAM. The leaked fourth-generation model is rumored to bring an A17 Pro or newer chip, 8GB of RAM, Wi-Fi 7 and a revised Siri Remote. Other code findings point to an A19 or A19 Pro chip with 8GB or 12GB of RAM. Apple has not confirmed any of it.
Prices went up in June, so the 64GB Wi-Fi model now starts at $199 in the US and the 128GB Wi-Fi + Ethernet model starts at $249. It is not known whether the new model will keep those prices.
tvOS 27 is out now with Hi-Res Lossless audio and a redesigned Podcasts app. It runs on the Apple TV 4K 2nd generation and 3rd generation, and it drops support for Apple TV HD and the first-generation Apple TV 4K. Siri AI on Apple TV is also tied to newer hardware, based on tvOS 27 beta code.
