Apple Makes More Dev Kits for New Apple TV Available

[MacRumors]

Late Friday night, Apple emailed developers to tell them that more developer kits for the new Apple TV are now available. The email, which MacRumors has obtained a copy of, says that more developer kits are being made available due to "overwhelming demand."

Due to overwhelming demand, we've made more Apple TV Developer Kits available and you've been selected to receive one. Simply sign in with your developer account, agree to the terms and conditions, and submit your order by 5:00 p.m.local time on October 9, 2015.

Similar to the original wave of new Apple TV dev kits, Apple will charge developers $1 to verify billing addresses. The Apple TV will ship within 1 to 3 business days via standard shipping for free. The original wave of Apple TV dev kits had to be ordered by September 16.

The new Apple TV represents a massive overhaul of Apple's existing set-top box, coming with a brand new operating system called tvOS, a much more powerful A8 processor, 2 GB of RAM, support for a full App Store and Siri in countries where it's supported.

Article Link: Apple Makes More Dev Kits for New Apple TV Available

 

[mellomike]

I ordered mine an hour after I got the email. At first I thought it was an email telling me that I was able to re-enter the lottery (I kinda just skimmed over it) .. then when I click the link to the page it asked me for my credit card info. Quick and simple process.

Now I just need Unity to add me to their Apple TV beta program so I can continue working on my game.

 

[farewelwilliams]

i got one!

wait...NO I DIDNT SAY THAT, APPLE DONT BAN ME PLS

 

[BeyondtheTech]

Here's hoping against hope that they're still sending out invites. If they've sent all their second wave of invites, I guess I'm still out.

 

[macduke]

I'd order one if I could. My situation is weird. I have a dev account but publish apps through my work's main account. It's complicated. So I have no apps on my dev account which means I don't quality.

 

[ghost187]

i got one!

wait...NO I DIDNT SAY THAT, APPLE DONT BAN ME PLS

Just don't do a teardown and you should be all set.

 

[macs4nw]

.....more developer kits are being made available due to "overwhelming demand."

Article Link:Apple Makes More Dev Kits for New Apple TV Available​

Or perhaps "underwhelming App creation" up to this point, jeopardizing a successful tv launch later this month.​

 

[LastLine]

No email for me yet, but who knows. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the second time around.

 

[Bevz]

No email for me yet, but who knows. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the second time around.

Yes, same here... no email but keeping fingers crossed that they're just a bit slower in the UK

 

[DempaX]

Just don't do a teardown and you should be all set.

I think you are fine doing the teardown but you can not publish it

 

[tomnavratil]

Hopefully none of the developers will be as stupid as iFixit and we can see some nicely designed apps!

 

[glutenenvy]

My first thought was this was a direct result of -> https://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/01/amazon-to-stop-selling-apple-tv-chromecast/

 

[ghost187]

I think you are fine doing the teardown but you can not publish it

You can publish it as long as the site that you publish it on cannot be linked to your apps.

 

[cambookpro]

Has anyone in the UK received a second-wave invite?

 

[jrlcopy]

I'd order one if I could. My situation is weird. I have a dev account but publish apps through my work's main account. It's complicated. So I have no apps on my dev account which means I don't quality.

I have 0 apps and I got one this round.

 

[BollywooD]

Wow. Nice one Apple!

 

[starnox]

Has anyone in the UK received a second-wave invite?

Nope

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Or perhaps "underwhelming App creation" up to this point, jeopardizing a successful tv launch later this month.​

Stick around you'll like it here.

 

[LastLine]

Has anyone in the UK received a second-wave invite?

I haven't yet but I know these things can be staggered over a few hours so I'm keeping my hopes up. I have an app ready to test but until I get hardware...well let's be honest it's the remote that will be most telling.

 

[TrueBlou]

Has anyone in the UK received a second-wave invite?

Not me and I'm not likely to get one either. Even I don't think any of my published apps and games would be a particularly good fit for the Apple TV. Well, maybe one but I can't be arsed porting that.

Besides I have all the luck of the last blind monkey in the land of the one eyed monkeys

 

[AppleAlex!]

Has anyone in the UK received a second-wave invite?

Nope none here yet, I have an escalated request through Apple Developer Relations to receive a unit... so hopefully they will actually come through on that front!

 

[cambookpro]

@starnox @LastLine @TrueBlou @AppleAlex!

Thanks for the replies, I guess there's hope for us yet then. Either that or this second wave is US only...

 

[TrueBlou]

I don't know that it'll be US only, maybe, but with millions of registered developers and likely a comparatively tiny amount of developer units to go around. Well, we're not likely to hear about a lot of them.

 

[AppleAlex!]

@starnox @LastLine @TrueBlou @AppleAlex!

Thanks for the replies, I guess there's hope for us yet then. Either that or this second wave is US only...

All we can do is hope I suppose! Don't suppose you feel like creating a UK Apple TV Developer lottery thread so we can easily keep updated?

 

[Bevz]

Has anyone in the UK received a second-wave invite?

No, but i'm impatiently waiting for one