Apple Seeds First Beta of tvOS 10.2 to Developers

[foxcub6]

Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming tvOS 10.2 update to developers for testing purposes, one month after releasing tvOS 10.1, the first major update to the tvOS 10 operating system. tvOS 10.2 comes a day after Apple released tvOS 10.1.1.

Designed for the fourth-generation Apple TV, the tvOS 10.2 beta can be obtained by connecting the Apple TV to a computer with a USB-C to USB-A cable, downloading and installing the software from a registered developer account via iTunes or Apple Configurator.

Given the tricky installation requirements, tvOS betas are limited to developers and will not be provided to the public.

We don't yet know what's included in tvOS 10.2, but as a 10.x update, it could potentially include new features and design changes above and beyond the standard bug fixes and performance improvements. We'll update this post should any new features be discovered in the tvOS 10.2 update.

What's New in tvOS 10.2:

According to Apple's release notes, there's an accelerated scrolling option that allows users to scroll through content much more quickly, as described below:

Scroll views with a lot of content now have a behavior that allows users to scroll through them much more quickly. Several large swipes of the Siri remote will automatically switch into this mode. Additionally, users can swipe on the far right side of the remote to navigate specific indexes. If you see any unexpected behavior in your applications from this feature, please file a bug.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First Beta of tvOS 10.2 to Developers

The only thing I want is the slide show to work correctly, How hard can it be ? This constant repeating of photos over and over is very poor , come on Tim

 

[freediverx]

I just want universal search to handle home sharing content.

The Home Sharing interface sucks. But it'd be great if they opened up universal search to Plex.

Not gonna happen though. The bean counters at Apple won't deliver anything hat doesn't contribute to their bottom line.
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Apple needs to get on board with h.265 support and 4K/HDR soon, hope this is the year for a new ATV which supports these features. ATSC 3.0 support is also high on my list!

4K is limited by bandwidth constraints. Most people in the US don't have fast enough internet to reliably stream 4K, and many of those who do have bandwidth caps imposed by their ISPs that would make this impractical to use in a regular basis. And then there's the content distributors who don't want to spend enormous amounts of money for that bandwidth either. While it's possible to compress 4K, doing so to a level that fits within the current bandwidth limitations would degrade the quality to the point where less compressed 1080p would look better.

tl;dr I wouldn't expect Apple TV 4K support in the near future.
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Completely understand and fair enough. I actually have found myself wanting PiP more now on Apple TV due to the streaming era of TV. With standard cable, you can just hit the previous channel button to quickly swap between channels. With Apple TV, its a much slower process due to the loading and buffering of a new app. Even using the app switcher, it's just not the most ideal situation for quick switching.

I agree, bit I think Apple should focus on improving quick switching and buffering rather than on retrofitting a legacy concept like PiP, which is generally only used by those watching sports.

 

[mmomega]

So.
Anyone else actually testing this out?

Because it has made the one aTV I installed it on essentially unusable.

 

[gsmornot]

So.
Anyone else actually testing this out?

Because it has made the one aTV I installed it on essentially unusable.

Are you still having issues? I have not installed this release but I thought about it.