Third Beta of tvOS 12 Now Available for Registered Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the third beta of a new tvOS 12 operating system to developers for testing purposes, two weeks after releasing the second beta and a month after introducing the new software at the 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote.

Designed for the fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV, the tvOS 12 developer beta can be downloaded onto the Apple TV via a profile that's installed using Xcode. Subsequent betas can be downloaded via the software update mechanism on the Apple TV.

tvOS 12 brings support for Dolby Atmos sound, which was activated in beta 2. Apple says that iTunes will be home to the largest collection of Dolby Atmos-supported movies anywhere, with Apple upgrading titles customers have purchased for free.

Building on single sign-on, a new zero sign-on feature will further simplify the cable authentication process. With zero sign-on, the Apple TV can detect a user's broadband network and automatically sign them into supported apps they receive through their cable subscription.

Aerial screensavers include location information and there are new screensavers captured in collaboration with the International Space Station.

Other improvements to Apple TV in tvOS 12 include AutoFill passwords from iPhone, an Apple TV Remote automatically added to Control Center on the iPhone or iPad, and Apple TV support on Home control systems like Control4, Crestron, and Savant.

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[Juicy Box]

tvOS has the tiny amounts of new features with updates, minor or major. It also has the buggiest OS of any of the Apple devices I use.

With zero sign-on, the Apple TV can detect a user's broadband network and automatically sign them into supported apps they receive through their cable subscription.

I wonder if more cable companies will participate with ZSO. SSO is nice, but useless for most people in the US due to the major cable providers not participating.

I always assumed the reason for the lack of participation for SSO was due to the potential of password sharing. If that is the reason, I am thinking that the big cable companies would more likely be okay with ZSO due to being much harder for people to share their subscription.

 

[JimmyHook]

tvOS has the tiny amounts of new features with updates, minor or major. It also has the buggiest OS of any of the Apple devices I use.



I wonder if more cable companies will participate with ZSO. SSO is nice, but useless for most people in the US due to the major cable providers not participating.

I always assumed the reason for the lack of participation for SSO was due to the potential of password sharing. If that is the reason, I am thinking that the big cable companies would more likely be okay with ZSO due to being much harder for people to share their subscription.

The list of SSO is quite large... and buggy????? I’ve quite literally NEVER had a single app crash or freeze. Sounds like you’ve had a wildly different experience than almost everyone else.

 

[Juicy Box]

The list of SSO is quite large...

Yeah, lots of very small (relative) companies, but the SSO list is missing the biggest companies in the US, and so a huge amount of people would never be able to take advantage of it.

and buggy????? I’ve quite literally NEVER had a single app crash or freeze.

Interesting.....

Are you saying I am making it up?

Sounds like you’ve had a wildly different experience than almost everyone else.

Just because you have had a flawless experience with tvOS, doesn't mean everyone else has. Check out the forum, since launch there has been many threads with bugs, some were fixed, some, have not.