Didn't happen when rumored in April , so either an announcement at WWDC, or Fall. I'm ready for a upgrade as one of mine is getting slow, hanging occasionally.
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I guess we are not getting a new Apple Tv until Fall?
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What are you running on it that could be pushing the hardware. The Apple TV hardware is much faster than any other the other TV boxes out there. My Roku box lags now and then due to hardware but it’s hard to see that the ATV would. Maybe a restart/reset would clear that up?
What the ATV could use is a rethink of the software.
What are you running that may cause this?
I have all three AppleTV 4k versions running in my home, they all work just like they did out of the box.
Assuming the internet is functioning optimally, of course.
So looking at Apple TV 4K 3rd gen, and I notice that Amazon is $50 higher than Apple or Best Buy for the newest 128GB version.
That's because that is a 3rd-party listing from Adorama and not from Amazon directly.
Adorama is usually reasonably priced, and Best Buy certainly qualifies as 3rd party. Either way, for $50, I will go in a different direction.
It's one of my Apple tvs (not all) - an original one from 2017 that hangs on good wifi connection & into 3 year old LG OLED. Sound out to OG homepods. Latest OS. I'll have to get a "new" one to replace that one if not announced at conference. Lots of restarts...
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Agree with Tagbert that you should try a reset to fix the wifi issue. The 1st 4K ATV was no slouch and the only reason I upgraded later was so we could do FaceTime calls on the TV with family. Regardless, you can always find a use for a 2nd ATV if you have more than one screen in the house. 
Sounds like you might have hardware problems with that unit, then. I can see wanting to hold out to see if there are actual substantial changes in this next model, but it would probably be for additional features, not because the current model is under performing. Good luck.
In my experience, HomePods (especially the OG ones) are notorious bandwidth hogs and can bring out problems with WiFi that you would not encounter under any other circumstances--particularly if you are setting the HPs to be default audio for the Apple TV.
I have a pair of OG HPs set as default audio for my ATV 4K (I think at the time it was a Gen 2 version) and, if memory serves, I kept getting timeouts and other issues \. I worked for months with my ISP, swapping out routers and eventually even swapping out the ONT itself but we couldn't solve the problem. In the end, we swapped out the ONT a second time, using a different brand, and that made things much better. In the end, I found a way to run Ethernet cable to the ATV and I've not had a problem since. (At the time I had symmetrical 500 MB up and down service coming to my ONT--and being reliably delivered.
Long story the moral of which is that the problem might be how much bandwidth your OG HomePods are sucking down and, in the process, potentially unmasking other network issues not otherwise evident. Perhaps if you
1. try to find a way to connect your ATV to your network using Ethernet and
2. try using the ATV without sending audio to the OG HomePods
you might find the ATV works better, demonstrating that the problem is not the ATV itself but network issues.
I have a pair of OG HPs set as default audio for my ATV 4K (I think at the time it was a Gen 2 version) and, if memory serves, I kept getting timeouts and other issues \. I worked for months with my ISP, swapping out routers and eventually even swapping out the ONT itself but we couldn't solve the problem. In the end, we swapped out the ONT a second time, using a different brand, and that made things much better. In the end, I found a way to run Ethernet cable to the ATV and I've not had a problem since. (At the time I had symmetrical 500 MB up and down service coming to my ONT--and being reliably delivered.
Long story the moral of which is that the problem might be how much bandwidth your OG HomePods are sucking down and, in the process, potentially unmasking other network issues not otherwise evident. Perhaps if you
1. try to find a way to connect your ATV to your network using Ethernet and
2. try using the ATV without sending audio to the OG HomePods
you might find the ATV works better, demonstrating that the problem is not the ATV itself but network issues.
I'm having some issues with my Apple TV HD, it's quite slow. Not sure if this has to do bc it still has the A8 chip, or bc I'm using the Apple TV HD on a 4K tv.
Actually planning on buying the Apple TV 4K this week, but I would like to know if anyone of you guys can tell me if I will notice a huge performance improvement, or if it's better just to wait for the next Apple TV.
Actually planning on buying the Apple TV 4K this week, but I would like to know if anyone of you guys can tell me if I will notice a huge performance improvement, or if it's better just to wait for the next Apple TV.
I'm hoping they announce them around the time they do a back to school refresh, I want to pick one up but not at when the current model is going on 2 years old and they seem to be on a 2 year refresh cycle.
I know sometimes they start pre-announcing secondary products right before the conference so I’m hoping to hear next week about a new Apple TV. If not, I’ll go ahead and pick up the newest model.