Apple TV's New iPhone-Based Color Balance Feature Coming to 2015 and Newer Models

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced that the Apple TV is getting a new iPhone-based color balance feature to improve a TV's picture quality.

Starting with tvOS 14.5 and iOS 14.5, users will be able to hold an iPhone with Face ID near their TV and, after tapping a notification, the iPhone's front-facing camera and ambient light sensor will begin color measurements and automatically tailor the Apple TV's video output to deliver more accurate colors and improved contrast. Apple says this process will result in improved picture quality without adjusting the TV's settings.

While this feature was advertised alongside a new Apple TV 4K, Apple's press release confirms that the color balance process will also be available for the previous-generation Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD running tvOS 14.5, which will be released next week.

The new Apple TV 4K features a faster A12 Bionic chip, support for high frame rate HDR and Dolby Vision video, and a redesigned Siri Remote with a physical clickpad that is also touch-enabled for swipe gestures that Apple TV users are familiar with. The outer ring of the clickpad supports a circular gesture for finding a scene in a movie or show.

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[ProfessionalFan]

Yeah it works on the current 4K box fine, I am running 14.5 RC and just did it. It did make a change to the color balance and seems better.

 

[ejfontenot]

Yeah it works on the current 4K box fine, I am running 14.5 RC and just did it. It did make a change to the color balance and seems better.

I looked for the settings earlier, couldn't find it. Mind assisting?

 

[Kylo83]

my LG OLED CX won't need this

 

[AndersM]

This could be useful on Macs with third party monitors as well. Is it viable that it could come to the Mac as well? After all there is a TV app for macOS...

 

[macsareveryinteresting]

Now this is a good thing. But then it means that less people are going to buy the new Apple TV 4K.

 

[Oblivious.Robot]

That’s quite awesome, thanks Apple!

 

[Mr Magoo]

Thanks apple. This is really nice.

 

[iGüey]

This new feature works with every iPhone or just with the new Purple iPhone announced today?? 🤣

 

[domhoenig]

my LG OLED CX won't need this

Why?

 

[Capeto]

Cool beans.

 

[cueball73]

This new feature works with every iPhone or just with the new Purple iPhone announced today?? 🤣

Sucks that it only works with FaceID models.

 

[Kylo83]

Why?

the colour is how it should be on it

 

[_Spinn_]

This is a really nice feature.

 

[Macintosh IIvx]

Had been curious if we'd see it across other devices. Kinda strange it wasn't earlier. Video game systems have offered it for years.

 

[domhoenig]

the colour is how it should be on it

How do you know? Have you had it professionally calibrated?

 

[Thunderstrike76]

Yeah it works on the current 4K box fine, I am running 14.5 RC and just did it. It did make a change to the color balance and seems better.

Umm...how did you get access to this feature that didn’t exist till this morning?? Untill I see proof or other people saying the same thing I call...

 

[mariusfanu]

I looked for the settings earlier, couldn't find it. Mind assisting?

Settings -> Video and Audio -> Colour Balance

 

[ShawnyRHarvey]

Looks like it’s a smart feature. My LG TV doesn’t need color balance

 

[Packers1958]

If it's anything like the way TCL does there so called "calibration" using the iPhone and calibration app, it will be a joke. If anyone truly thinks they will get an accurate picture using an iPhone to calibrate the ATV, I got some swamp land to sell you. You really need a good meter, calman software and a pattern generator to calibrate the tv, not this to adjust the colors on the ATV.

 

[Crzyrio]

Sucks that it only works with FaceID models.

That is pretty neat if it uses the dot projector to calibrate.

can’t wait for a write up on how it works

 

[domhoenig]

the colour is how it should be on it

How do you know? Have you had it professionally calibrated?

 

[Crzyrio]

If it's anything like the way TCL does there so called "calibration" using the iPhone and calibration app, it will be a joke. If anyone truly thinks they will get an accurate picture using an iPhone to calibrate the ATV, I got some swamp land to sell you. You really need a good meter, calman software and a pattern generator to calibrate the tv, not this to adjust the colors on the ATV.

No one is claiming it to compete with a good meter. 90% of people never calibrate their tv even, this is for them.

And from initial impression it is not using just the camera. If that was the case, they would use the rear camera.

it’s seems to be using the full array of what’s in the notch for Face ID.

 

[Martinpa]

the colour is how it should be on it

... if you had it calibrated (or did it well yourself), and if your connected devices send a signal with the right colours. This solution adjusts the colours of the video sent from the AppleTV to the TV (which will be most useful to the vast majority of people who don't touch their colour settings when they buy a new TV)

 

[tubedogg]

Umm...how did you get access to this feature that didn’t exist till this morning?? Untill I see proof or other people saying the same thing I call...

Gee, it's almost like RC versions of 14.5 were released earlier today, and do you imagine that an RC might contain everything that is slated to ship in the update?

(This is, of course, setting aside your assertion that the feature "didn't exist" until this morning, as if features appear out of nowhere completely developed and ready to ship as soon as they appear in an Apple presentation.)