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Apple Releases tvOS 14.6 to Prepare for Upcoming Apple Music Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio Features
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What tech is it missing? iPhones with the A12 SoC and even older ones back to the iPhone 7 support spatial audio on movies, why not the ATV?
Please don't spread the misinformation. There's nothing that prevents Apple TV from supporting Spatial Audio for TV/Movies on Airpods Pro/Max the same way it's supported on older iPhones, i.e. iPhone 7. Knowing the position of headphones w.r.t. the device isn't a requirement for Spatial Audio to work. You get full head tracking with automatic position reset when you pause. That's it.
And Apple TV, unlike iOS devices, should be the first device to support it since playing TV shows and movies is it's main purpose.
Problem is that I have problems with my aTV4K 5gen since it refuses to be added into HomeKit (and thus not letting you use HomePods as default speakers). Apples suggested fix for this was trying to do a full reset and download new image. Alas, I can’t do that now that I’m on the beta cycle.
Yes, and very annoyingly, it doesn't work with AirPod Max connected to an AppleTV. You get stereo only.
I'm far more likely to want it there than when looking at an iPhone or even an iPad...
I've seen some speculation that this is caused by being unable to track your head in relation to the TV, which is done for iPhone/iPad... That gimmick is impressive, but useless, so I really hope that's not the cause. If it acts as if the screen is permanently in front of my that's perfectly fine
My first post here, so hello there.
I have the problem that since the update yesterday on my Apple TV 4k "classic" the playback stops after 12-14 minutes when playing a movie from my itunes library. Watched "First Man" yesterday, and it always fell back to the movie's menu. Thought it was server issues with apple due to all the updates released, but I tried again this morning with "Zak Snyder's Justice League" to check if it works again, and same thing happens.
Anyone else have the same issue?
I have the problem that since the update yesterday on my Apple TV 4k "classic" the playback stops after 12-14 minutes when playing a movie from my itunes library. Watched "First Man" yesterday, and it always fell back to the movie's menu. Thought it was server issues with apple due to all the updates released, but I tried again this morning with "Zak Snyder's Justice League" to check if it works again, and same thing happens.
Anyone else have the same issue?
In case anyone was wondering, this update fixes the issue with the iplayer app not doing live streaming properly (it would start rewinded by two hours and needed to be manually fast forwarded).
How long does software update from tvOS 14.5 to 14.6 take to download and install? My AppleTV shows software is 14.5 (I had automatic update on). I turned off automatic update and clicked on Update Software, expecting to update to 14.6. But the spinner has been going for 8-10 minutes and now no idea whether I’m just stalled in a loop or it’s actually still updating software. The article says 14.5 would automatically update, but it’s talking about 14.6.
I’m sorry but you are spreading the misinformation. It will not happen with the Apple TV.
Did I say that it will become available on Apple TV? No, it's up to Apple to decide. I said that it's the most logical step and there're no fundamental limitations in ATV hardware (none that any of us are aware of).