Apple Seeds Seventh Beta of tvOS 18 to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the seventh beta of the upcoming tvOS 18 refresh to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the sixth beta came out.

Registered developers are able to download the tvOS 18 update by opting in to the beta through the Settings app on the Apple TV. A registered developer account is required.

tvOS 18 adds an InSight feature to the TV app, and it is able to provide real-time information about actors, music, and more in Apple TV+ shows and music. Enhanced Dialogue has been refined with machine learning and computational audio so it is better able to boost vocal clarity over background noise and music, plus it is now available on built-in TV speakers, AirPods, and other Bluetooth devices.

Subtitles will now show up automatically when relevant, such as when the TV's volume is muted, a show or movie is rewound, or when the language of a show doesn't match the device language.

Other new features include 21:9 aspect ratio support for projectors, new screen savers and improved controls for swapping screen savers, and support for Live Captions during FaceTime calls through an iPhone or iPad.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Seventh Beta of tvOS 18 to Developers

 

[MrWeenus]

No, for real now. Does anyone know when the Snoopy screensaver will get added? I'm thinking that it may not make its way into 18.0 RTM?

 

[Victor Mortimer]

Another nothing tvOS update.

It needs a web browser.

 

[tkrsh]

Can we please get bitstream dolby digital true hd atmos passthrough for the love of god. It will make every other streaming device obsolete.

 

[srbNYC]

Still amazed how far behind Google we are.

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[LlamaLarry]

Another nothing tvOS update.

It needs a web browser.

Good lord, why? What would a locally installed web browser do better than screen sharing your phone or Mac browser? I can hardly stand typing in email/password prompts, much less an url without using my phone "keyboard".

 

[SRLMJ23]

Good lord, why? What would a locally installed web browser do better than screen sharing your phone or Mac browser? I can hardly stand typing in email/password prompts, much less an url without using my phone "keyboard".

What if we could use our Apple Magic Keyboard with TouchID and Apple Magic Mouse (or any bluetooth keyboard and mouse) with what would probably be a very basic version of Safari on AppleTV 4K? I think that would be pretty awesome. More powerful than the iOS/iPadOS Safari, but less powerful than the Mac version.

What would be wrong with that?!

 

[5097842]

I have been super impressed with the Enhanced Dialogue feature. Was trying to watch a very recent drama, and could not understand what the characters were saying. Went back to watch after this feature dropped and the difference was remarkable. Sounded totally clear and natural. I have not tried it on a Christopher Nolan movie yet but that would be the ultimate test!

 

[davidh2k]

Day 35 of asking for Bitstream Audio Support.

 

[wplynx]

prolly when it actually comes out to the public they will add snoopy. . At least we have multi channel airplay. Atmos still enabled after I added my subwoofer with the AirPort Express

 

[bekiil]

public beta is available

 

[CWillCalho]

I wish it at least could playback audio in 24/96 resolution. 24/192 even better....

 

[Mother Nature]

What if we could use our Apple Magic Keyboard with TouchID and Apple Magic Mouse (or any bluetooth keyboard and mouse) with what would probably be a very basic version of Safari on AppleTV 4K? I think that would be pretty awesome. More powerful than the iOS/iPadOS Safari, but less powerful than the Mac version.

What would be wrong with that?!

Websites don't look good on those larger screens, it would be a very bad experience, if you own a modern SmartTV it probably has a built in web browser that you can try and see that despite having mouse/keyboard support, the experience is pretty bad and unreliable.

It's exactly as if Apple made Safari available on Apple Watch, it'd be a non-sense, other TV manufacturers ship broswers because they don't really care about the user experience.

 

[wplynx]

No betas today ? noooooooooooooooo!!!! Click click

 

[BetaTester99]

They keep saying 21:9 support has dropped, but it hasn't.

 

[gui0312]

They keep saying 21:9 support has dropped, but it hasn't.

I just heard TVOS18 beta 8 dropped, no 21:9…