Apple Says These tvOS 18 Features Aren't Coming Until Later This Year

[MacRumors]

Apple released tvOS 18 on Monday following over three months of beta testing, but not all of the new features for the Apple TV are available right away.

In a press release, Apple said the following tvOS 18 features are coming later this year:

• 21:9 projector support
• Robot vacuum cleaner support in the Home app
• Some new Apple Originals screen savers, including one for Snoopy

These features should be added in tvOS 18.1 or tvOS 18.2.

What's in tvOS 18 now? Similar to Amazon's X-Ray feature for Prime Video, Apple has introduced an InSight feature that displays timely information about actors, characters, and music on the screen during Apple TV+ shows and movies. Subtitles now automatically appear when users mute a show or movie, when they skip back while watching, or when the language in a show or movie does not match the device's default language. For more, read our earlier coverage of the update, which is compatible with all Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD models.

Article Link: Apple Says These tvOS 18 Features Aren't Coming Until Later This Year

 

[abatabia]

This whole features won’t be available at launch thing has very much jumped the shark. Not just with Apple either. Maybe don’t announce them if they’re not going to be ready at launch?

 

[dugbug]

"Subtitles now automatically appear when users mute a show or movie"
oh man thats awesome. Is this restricted to the apple player or apple tv+ shows?

 

[gimmesomemo]

lol.. I’m not sure there’s much else to say…
I mean this new feature set is barely even a .1 update as it is

 

[Rhhk]

That snoopy wallpaper clearly needs some tricky programming …

 

[Digital Dude]

With those three key features, I can barely get by without them. It's making the google offerings look a lot more interesting. 🙄

 

[Biro]

This whole features won’t be available at launch thing has very much jumped the shark. Not just with Apple either. Maybe don’t announce them if they’re not going to be ready at launch?

Or slow the introduction of new OS‘s to every other year.

 

[DocMultimedia]

How about a new Apple TV?

 

[gimmesomemo]

Or slow the introduction of new OS‘s to every other year.

Or… just release these massive platform shaking OS level rewrites in.. small updates over the year. Save a new OS version until they actually do anything worth hyping about

 

[jarman92]

That snoopy wallpaper clearly needs some tricky programming …

Lol right? At this point I wouldn't be surprised to learn Apple has one engineer working on tvOS.

 

[ThatGuyInLa]

These features will die on the vine as HFR did.

 

[jarman92]

This whole features won’t be available at launch thing has very much jumped the shark. Not just with Apple either. Maybe don’t announce them if they’re not going to be ready at launch?

Then everyone would complain Apple is too slow and isn't "innovating" (even more so than now). This approach is far better than the way they used to do it, though I wish Apple was more transparent about which things are being delayed and why.

 

[binaryfuneral]

"The horror"

 

[Ex0t]

I'm searching for any news about AirPlay with Dolby Atmos support but can't find anything. Someone know anything bout this?

 

[grantishere]

What new tvOS 18 features? There hasn't been anything new in 3 years.

 

[jonnyb098]

This is where we are at with TVOS? Delayed snoopy screensavers??? It’s clear Apple only has like two employees working on this update given the already anemic list of new features.

 

[cocky jeremy]

Not going to lie, I don't keep up with AppleTV updates, and when mine updates, I never even notice any difference.

 

[kerr]

Will tvOS 18.1 and 18.2 brick less ATVs than 18.0?

 

[adrianjagielak]

"Subtitles now automatically appear when users mute a show or movie"
oh man thats awesome. Is this restricted to the apple player or apple tv+ shows?

Works in any app using the native player iirc

 

[stocklen]

I hate to say it but this is becoming more and more common in the last few years.

Apple announce all their tentpole features for the next iteration of the OS in June - it goes into a 3 month beta/public beta programme for general release in September....

..... but more and more features are just not present in the first release - or the second.....

And in some cases we don't get features until .3 or .4 which come in March or April the following year just 2 months before the NEXT version is announced.

There is a fair bit of frustration this year that Apple Intelligence isn't ready when the new iPhones are delivered - and indeed won't be in its entirety until well into 2025. Personally it stopped me upgrading the phone this time because what's the point when, by the time the features I was promised are released, the phone will be 7-8 months old already.

Surely it would be better for Apple to not announce features that WONT be ready for the .0 release in September or .1 at the latest.

 

[TonyC28]

WWDC 2025
“We’re so excited to tell you about these features. In fact, we’re so excited that we’re going to tell you a date that these features will be available to you in theory, but in reality you’ll get them several months later. Here’s someone with a dry personality that will pretend to be excited to tell you more about them.”

 

[DblHelix]

So none of the announced features made it for 18.0

 

[DblHelix]

"Subtitles now automatically appear when users mute a show or movie"
oh man thats awesome. Is this restricted to the apple player or apple tv+ shows?

It is restricted to devices that use hdmi cec

 

[JordanCautious]

That snoopy wallpaper clearly needs some tricky programming …

I mean, I know it's a joke, but it's obvious that Snoopy is the one that is already ready. It's the other Apple Originals screensavers that aren't. So instead of releasing Snoopy now, they are just going to release them all at once. Probably a design delay I'm guessing.

 

[0920730]

"Subtitles now automatically appear when users mute a show or movie"
oh man thats awesome. Is this restricted to the apple player or apple tv+ shows?

Only works with the Apple TV player. So half my apps do not support it, such as YouTube TV or Plex - and I have no disillusionment that these apps will switch over just for these small features.