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Apple Releases tvOS 13.4.6 for Fourth and Fifth-Generation Apple TV Models

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Apple today released tvOS 13.4.6, a minor update to the tvOS operating system that runs on the fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV models. tvOS 13.4.6 comes a little over a week after the release of tvOS 13.4.5.

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tvOS 13.4.6, a free update, can be downloaded over the air through the Settings app on the Apple TV by going to System > Software Update. Apple TV owners who have automatic software updates enabled will be upgraded to tvOS 13.4.6 automatically.

tvOS updates are almost always minor in scale, focusing on under-the-hood bug fixes and small feature tweaks rather than major outward-facing changes, and based on the other updates released today, tvOS 13.4.6 includes security fixes and is recommended for all fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV owners.

Article Link: Apple Releases tvOS 13.4.6 for Fourth and Fifth-Generation Apple TV Models
 
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I wonder when the new ATV is going to come out. I have the HD and I have a feeling they will soon discontinue upgrading for the A8 chip.
 
There is currently no 5th-gen Apple TV hardware. The 4th-gen Apple TV was renamed to Apple TV HD when updated to include the white-ringed Siri Remote. Apple lists the Apple TV 4K as a new product line, not a 5th-gen of the old line. This is similar to what happened with the iPad/iPad Air product lines.

When they release a fifth generation Apple TV or second generation Apple TV 4K, these articles and the search results that contain them will be confusing.
 
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jwolf6589 said:
I wonder when the new ATV is going to come out. I have the HD and I have a feeling they will soon discontinue upgrading for the A8 chip.
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Some rumors floating around that a new Apple TV with the A12X could drop anytime. That said I also think the ATV 4/HD will probably still get tvOS upgrades for at least a couple years yet, as:
-they are still selling it new in the Apple Store and it still has plenty of power as a streaming device at 1080p
-software support for the HomePod (which is also A8 based) is now based on tvOS and I don't see them dropping software support for the HomePod anytime soon
 
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jasonefmonk said:
The 4th-gen Apple TV was renamed to Apple TV HD when updated to include the white-ringed Siri Remote. Apple lists the Apple TV 4K as a new product line, not a 5th-gen of the old line.
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While this is true.....
jasonefmonk said:
When they release a fifth generation Apple TV or second generation Apple TV 4K, these articles and the search results that contain them will be confusing.
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That doesn't change the fact that the Apple TV HD is the fourth generation and the Apple TV 4k is the fifth generation of the Apple TV.

When/if a new Apple TV gets released, it would be the sixth generation Apple TV.

Apple TV, Apple TV 2, Apple TV 3, Apple TV 4(HD), and Apple TV 4k are just the names of the product, not necessarily the generation of the product.

Not a perfect example, but think of name of one's children versus the order that they were born.
 
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I haven’t experienced that. Maybe you could chronicle your issues for those of us who are quite happy with the updates
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Starting with tvOS 13, AirPods connect, but have no ability to change volume once a video starts (doesn’t matter if it’s Amazon Prime, PBS, Computer…). Still doesn’t work, so found only 100% effective solution, which is to connect the AirPods through Bluetooth settings with case held open until I start video and use volume control on ATV controller before closing it.

At some point, the images of movies in Unwatched in Computers (which, for some dumb reason, is still a long horizontal list instead of 4-across), started cropping the images as you scroll, increasingly cropping until you reach the point where all you can see of a movie cover is the top row of one pixel.

The words, Continue Watching, disappeared from Unwatched list on movies you already started.

Last update, the words, Continue Watch, reappears, but it’s on the right side of the screen while the image of the movie remains on the left. (Really, Apple?)

Starting Computer app, you’ll more often than not get [Server], Can’t Connect, Retry?, [Server], Retry?, Movies|TV|blah blah, all in rapid succession with no input on your part.

There’s other issues, but these really annoy me because they actually used to work perfectly fine! Even on the ATV2 & 3! It seems like thy’ve gotten someone who is a) the-worst-programmer-in-the-world or b) intentionally screwing things up for some reason.

AND THEY ARE ALL STILL BROKEN!
 
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Joniz said:
It seems like thy’ve gotten someone who is a) the-worst-programmer-in-the-world or b) intentionally screwing things up for some reason.
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It seems like tvOS 13 has had many more bugs than tvOS 12.

I doubt it is on purpose though.

It seems like many versions of Apple's 2019 OS has been problematic. I think iOS 13 has gotten better lately, but tvOS still has many glitches, and Catalina seems to be a mess for many people.

Another thing that seems to be happening more is the increasing inconsistency of quality between users' experience. I guess it is some combo of HW, what is being done on the device, and the users' tolerance, but it seems that some people have a near flawless experience with Apple products, while others are having a lot of issues.

At least it isn't as bad as tvOS 9.
 
vertical smile said:
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When/if a new Apple TV gets released, it would be the sixth generation Apple TV.

Apple TV, Apple TV 2, Apple TV 3, Apple TV 4(HD), and Apple TV 4k are just the names of the product, not necessarily the generation of the product.
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I get your meaning, but the way Apple assigns names to the products conforms usually to feature-sets and hints at what might come. What generation is the “iPad (5th Generation, 2017)” in your mind? Is it the eighth because you count the Air (2013) and Air 2 (2014) before it? Or is it the tenth if you count the iPad Pro (2015) and iPad Pro 9.7 (2016) as well?

I think because of that history we should be prepared to see a Apple TV 4K (2nd Generation) in the product line, and if they update the HD it’ll either be called 5th-gen or 2nd-gen.

A place where “meta” generations make sense to me is the iPhone line. Apple doesn’t use the generation moniker for any but the first one, but based on product cycles and technology it’s easy to break them up. iPhone 6S/6S Plus/SE are all 9th-generation devices, for instance.
 
Still haven’t fixed the library loading problem in the Apple TV app.

What an absolute disgrace.
 
jasonefmonk said:
I get your meaning, but the way Apple assigns names to the products conforms usually to feature-sets and hints at what might come. What generation is the “iPad (5th Generation, 2017)” in your mind? Is it the eighth because you count the Air (2013) and Air 2 (2014) before it? Or is it the tenth if you count the iPad Pro (2015) and iPad Pro 9.7 (2016) as well?

I think because of that history we should be prepared to see a Apple TV 4K (2nd Generation) in the product line, and if they update the HD it’ll either be called 5th-gen or 2nd-gen.

A place where “meta” generations make sense to me is the iPhone line. Apple doesn’t use the generation moniker for any but the first one, but based on product cycles and technology it’s easy to break them up. iPhone 6S/6S Plus/SE are all 9th-generation devices, for instance.
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I see what you are saying now, and you have a valid point.

If you are correct, and the ATV4k is in fact the first generation of a new product line, then this could be very confusing if a new ATV4K gets released.

I think the issue is that the world generally refers to the Apple TV 4K as the 5th generation, as seen on this article, many other articles, and on retail shopping webpages.

This is understandable as there really isn't any obvious difference between the ATV4 and ATV4K than a very slightly different case, ring around the menu button on the remote, and one doesn't do 4k+HDR.

For examples, like the iPad versus, iPad Air, there was a clear difference between the devices and Apple made sure everyone knew it.
 
Joniz said:
Starting with tvOS 13, AirPods connect, but have no ability to change volume once a video starts (doesn’t matter if it’s Amazon Prime, PBS, Computer…). Still doesn’t work, so found only 100% effective solution, which is to connect the AirPods through Bluetooth settings with case held open until I start video and use volume control on ATV controller before closing it.

At some point, the images of movies in Unwatched in Computers (which, for some dumb reason, is still a long horizontal list instead of 4-across), started cropping the images as you scroll, increasingly cropping until you reach the point where all you can see of a movie cover is the top row of one pixel.

The words, Continue Watching, disappeared from Unwatched list on movies you already started.

Last update, the words, Continue Watch, reappears, but it’s on the right side of the screen while the image of the movie remains on the left. (Really, Apple?)

Starting Computer app, you’ll more often than not get [Server], Can’t Connect, Retry?, [Server], Retry?, Movies|TV|blah blah, all in rapid succession with no input on your part.

There’s other issues, but these really annoy me because they actually used to work perfectly fine! Even on the ATV2 & 3! It seems like thy’ve gotten someone who is a) the-worst-programmer-in-the-world or b) intentionally screwing things up for some reason.

AND THEY ARE ALL STILL BROKEN!
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I am SOOOOO ready for them to fix this issue. Makes the "Unwatched"/Continue to Watch feature useless. Also, the random network drops and the server can't be found or connect. These bugs have been around way too long.

I remember a couple of other issues with the 4K were around for many many updated before they were finally addressed.
 
Anyone else experienceing video issues? I have the Spectrum TV app to view TV and since the update the entire ATV crashes and I lose video/sound and experience a black screen. This is on a 4K ATV. My HD ATV that was not updated is working flawless.
 
FuzzMunky said:
What could be easier than holding the TV button and selecting a different user?
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And it finally switches the user completely with its entire user environment e.g. savegames, photos lib, apple music lib, etc?
How to login with a long 25 sign long strong password?
 
Updated and now I cannot get 4K SDR video format on my 4K non-hdr projector.


Is there any way to revert back to last version 13.4.5?l

EDiT: rebooted my projector and the handshake with AppleTV made 4K video present again.
 
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Wildkraut said:
And it finally switches the user completely with its entire user environment e.g. savegames, photos lib, apple music lib, etc?
How to login with a long 25 sign long strong password?
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Yes. Passwords are saved.
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jasonefmonk said:
I get your meaning, but the way Apple assigns names to the products conforms usually to feature-sets and hints at what might come. What generation is the “iPad (5th Generation, 2017)” in your mind? Is it the eighth because you count the Air (2013) and Air 2 (2014) before it? Or is it the tenth if you count the iPad Pro (2015) and iPad Pro 9.7 (2016) as well?

I think because of that history we should be prepared to see a Apple TV 4K (2nd Generation) in the product line, and if they update the HD it’ll either be called 5th-gen or 2nd-gen.

[…]
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vertical smile said:
I see what you are saying now, and you have a valid point.

If you are correct, and the ATV4k is in fact the first generation of a new product line, then this could be very confusing if a new ATV4K gets released.

I think the issue is that the world generally refers to the Apple TV 4K as the 5th generation, as seen on this article, many other articles, and on retail shopping webpages. […]
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Sorry for being insufferable! I’m just resurrecting this thread to draw attention to how right I was. Haha.
 
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