All other places people put AppleTV where one can see it from the main seating position will then set up the scenario of user seeing the other party on their screen but user appearing to look off to the left or right, not back at the person(s) to which they are FaceTiming.
Well, as it currently stands you can use your iPhone for FaceTime calls on AppleTV (only works with the latest generation, which I don't have, so I cannot attest to how well, if at all, it works)An integral camera on the AppleTV makes no sense. A wired camera that you put i.e. on top of your TV would be too clunky for Apple (right?). So that leaves a wireless camera, which associated charging issues.
I'm sceptical.
It's Gurman.I can't make sense of it being built-in, my apple TV is mounted behind the TV this makes no sense.
With Wi-Fi 6E i guess? Which was cool… A couple of years ago? The rest seem to have moved on to Wi-Fi 7 now.And the WIFI connects to the new Apple Airport Extreme 😬.
If this is true people are just getting fed up having to wait for products to arrive. I've been waiting so long to be able to use HomePods as surround speakers with the Apple TV I finally gave up and sold the HomePods and went with Sonos.So sick of everything coming out end of year.
My Apple TV is in a cabinet, so this wouldn't be useful for me at all. However, I suspect that if Apple do include a camera, they will use similar tech to Desk View for FaceTime on Mac (with a sprinkle of AI), such that, for people who keep their Apple TV low down on a TV stand (which is probably most people), the image will look like it's taken from a 'normal' height.So there will be a camera on your Apple TV box…? Seems odd but ok. Wonder if that works considering where people place there black computer box. And there really is no reason to upgrade the chip. Unless there is more to the future of tvOS, apps aren’t really hitting a ceiling are they?
The Apple of today makes big announcements for just a chip swap or a color change. And then you have to wait another 2-3 years for the next incremental step. Apple is more focused squeezing the most profit out of products then it’s showing their products attention and love.More Gurman guff. Even on the occasions it isn’t guff, I miss the days when Apple-related rumours were about exciting new features that improve daily workflows rather than ‘educated’ guesses about product release plans.
Yes, this is very strange. Probably, because it is their first iteration of a wireless chipset it took longer than anticipated, so they are currently a generation behind. The problem is, if they wait until Fall 2025 to release, they are nearly 2 years behind the rest of the market.Strange it won’t come with WiFi 7 because WiFi 7 is the standard from now on and backwards compatible.
There is only one reason to sell older tech in an already dated product. More profit for Timmy 🤑Yes, this is very strange. Probably, because it is their first iteration of a wireless chipset it took longer than anticipated, so they are currently a generation behind. The problem is, if they wait until Fall 2025 to release, they are nearly 2 years behind the rest of the market.
Most don’t have WiFi 7 in their house and an Apple TV isn’t leaving the house so they probably find it acceptable. But yea their chip set is probably behind tooYes, this is very strange. Probably, because it is their first iteration of a wireless chipset it took longer than anticipated, so they are currently a generation behind. The problem is, if they wait until Fall 2025 to release, they are nearly 2 years behind the rest of the market.
3 years behind? Wifi 7 hasn’t even been fully ratified yet. There are only draft devices out right now, and even they were only certified in 2024.Wi-Fi 6E? That is a little "behind the times" for a new product due at the end of this year, given that the rest of the world moved onto Wi-Fi 7 last year... For the AirPod mini, that isn't such a big problem, Wi-Fi 2 would probably provide more than enough throughput, but it still seems a little odd for a brand new chip to be 2-3 years behind the current standard.
Wifi 7 was introduced in 2022 with support of more than 170 devices. Qualcomm and other big players all use WiFi 7 as the new standard. WiFi 8 is expected in 2028.3 years behind? Wifi 7 hasn’t even been fully ratified yet. There are only draft devices out right now, and even they were only certified in 2024.
…which got you immediate, refined surround sound instead of only waiting & hoping. Action speaks (in surround) louder than words… and hope and waiting. Good job. Enjoy surround sound now... and for all the days to come while many Apple people keep waiting & hoping for Apple to do something in that direction (with not a single rumor about it).If this is true people are just getting fed up having to wait for products to arrive. I've been waiting so long to be able to use HomePods as surround speakers with the Apple TV I finally gave up and sold the HomePods and went with Sonos.
It works fine with phones and iPad too. However mobile devices leave home often and others left behind may want to FaceTime and they don’t have one. Or while using a phone like that, it can’t simultaneously be used for other things such as taking a call or immediately responding to a "What R U doing?" text notification while it is “tied up” as a TV cam.Well, as it currently stands you can use your iPhone for FaceTime calls on AppleTV (only works with the latest generation, which I don't have, so I cannot attest to how well, if at all, it works)
If it’s FaceTime only, good luck with that in Europe where WhatsApp is the standard and works crossplatform.It works fine with phones and iPad too. However mobile devices leave home often and others left behind may want to FaceTime and they don’t have one. Or while using a phone like that, it can’t simultaneously be used for other things such as taking a call or immediately responding to a "What R U doing?" text notification while it is “tied up” as a TV cam.
As such, some desire a dedicated cam option… like the dedicated cams in MacBooks, iMac and ASD… in place of which anyone could just use an iDevice too. For that matter, nobody needs AppleTV or the TV to FaceTime either- they can just do that on their phone. And yet, just about everyone has a TV and a chunk of us Apple people have AppleTV hooked to it. This is just one more bit of dedicated functionality that some desire.
since I got the Vision Pro I don't even use my home theater setup I spent so much money on lolIf this is true people are just getting fed up having to wait for products to arrive. I've been waiting so long to be able to use HomePods as surround speakers with the Apple TV I finally gave up and sold the HomePods and went with Sonos.
since I got the Vision Pro I don't even use my home theater setup I spent so much money on lol