Next Apple TV Expected to Launch This Year With These New Features

[lotones]

Might be getting this, if at a lower price.
My current 2nd gen 4k has no issues streaming, but the UI is quite laggy when switching between apps, and it only holds 2 apps in RAM, when u switch to the app I used 2 apps ago, that app is being reloaded and I have to go find the show that I was watching... it's an annoying behavior

Sorry for the late reply, but rereading your post reminded me of similar issues I had a couple years ago. In my case it turned out the short ethernet cable I was using had an older cat-5 data rating, so I replaced it with a newer cat-6 and haven't looked back.

In the process of figuring that out I came across an app called TV info that lets you see how much ram and storage is being used. Sometimes a quick restart is needed to clear ram. Of course closing and/or offloading unused apps also.

 

[jz0309]

Sorry for the late reply, but rereading your post reminded me of similar issues I had a couple years ago. In my case it turned out the short ethernet cable I was using had an older cat-5 data rating, so I replaced it with a newer cat-6 and haven't looked back.

In the process of figuring that out I came across an app called TV info that lets you see how much ram and storage is being used. Sometimes a quick restart is needed to clear ram. Of course closing and/or offloading unused apps also.

I quite religiously offload open apps, never more than 3 and recently only 2 open.
But then I checked my tvOS version and it's 18.3, so 6 or so months ago is probably when I last rebooted it. So will do just that later today, and check what updates are available ...
Thanks for the tip of the TV info app, will check that out.

 

[whitby]

I have 3 Apple TVs in my house, one the current generation and two the previous generation and I cannot tell the difference between them. It produces very high quality output, responds quickly enough. supports all the formats I need and the only issues I have are related to the way the streaming services try to steer you towards their integration solutions which is not an Apple problem.

It also does not, thankfully, support ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) which prevents the streaming services tracking what you watch and when you watch it, which is, along with the high quality output, the reason I do not use the TV based apps or any of the other streaming boxes (Amazon Fire etc.). I see no reason to do anything to this box, just keep producing and supporting it. If we need a processor upgrade to get better software support then so be it, but otherwise it is fine. Please, please do not screw up it by letting the children play with the software.

Oh and just an aside, do something about the remote. It does need an upgrade e.g. incorporate the Apple tracking tags (so we can find the thing when it gets lost in the sofa, I have a case that allows me to add one for that purpose) and make the remote useable by a human being.

 

[lotones]

I quite religiously offload open apps, never more than 3 and recently only 2 open.
But then I checked my tvOS version and it's 18.3, so 6 or so months ago is probably when I last rebooted it. So will do just that later today, and check what updates are available ...
Thanks for the tip of the TV info app, will check that out.

Just so you know, offloading is different than swiping up to close the app. Unused closed apps take up a lot of space. Offloading is long pressing on a closed app to delete it, but instead of completely removing the app you get the option to keep the data, in case you want to quickly reinstall. The icon will remain with a little cloud indication under it. Offloading little used apps saves space on the drive and gives more space for your ATV to operate.

The screensavers take up quite a bit of space also, though your ATV offloads those in the background to save space. But it may help to uncheck screensavers you're not fond of to keep them out of rotation. Hope some of that helps...

 

[jz0309]

Just so you know, offloading is different than swiping up to close the app. Unused closed apps take up a lot of space. Offloading is long pressing on a closed app to delete it, but instead of completely removing the app you get the option to keep the data, in case you want to quickly reinstall. The icon will remain with a little cloud indication under it. Offloading little used apps saves space on the drive and gives more space for your ATV to operate.

The screensavers take up quite a bit of space also, though your ATV offloads those in the background to save space. But it may help to uncheck screensavers you're not fond of to keep them out of rotation. Hope some of that helps...

Thanks, I meant closing apps by swiping apps.
I'm not concerned about storage usage.

 

[Black Belt]

I love my AppleTVs. Looking forward to new features

 

[OGdrknight]

The next Apple TV 4K update is like waiting on the new PowerPC G5 laptop that never happened.

Please stop disappointing me Apple and give me new Apple TV 4K hardware for Xmas 2025!

 

[el-John-o]

I just bought an AppleTV 4K a couple of days before the iPhone event fully aware that a new model was rumored to be announced soon. I bought it to replace an aging Roku in my bedroom.

Nothing rumored to be on the new model is particularly exciting to me. My excitement is mostly that it gets launched and maybe I can buy a couple more of the current model, cheap, when the new model drops!

 

[BMox81]

Wheneeeeeever you're ready Apple...

 

[chad.petree]

If Apple releases a new Apple TV this year, it will most likely happen in October, right? Do you think that they just issue a press release or maybe announce it alongside the M5 MacBook Pro?

 

[toontra]

Any idea if the bluetooth limit of 3 connections (remote + 2) will be increased? This would be big for us with cycle smart-trainers who are limited in using Zwift cog virtual shifting.

 

[Gusts]

The only important thing about the new Apple TV with A17 Pro is finally support for the AV1 codec. With the current Apple TV 4K with A15 some YouTube videos in 4K HDR freeze because they use the VP9 codec, which is decoded via software. The A17 Pro has hardware decoders to decode the AV1 that YouTube uses for 4K videos to save space and bandwidth.