YouTube 4K HDR -- new Apple TV needed?

[nutmac]

At WWDC in June 2020, Apple announced YouTube in 4K. Well, YouTube for tvOS is indeed in 4K, but it is severely limited. Frame rate is limited to 30 fps or less and no HDR.

Meanwhile on iPhone and iPad, YouTube streams in higher frame rate and in HDR. On interesting thing to note is that iPhone needs to have A11 or later for HDR and A12 or later for faster frame rate. For iPad, A12 or later.

So does this mean A10X on Apple TV isn't powerful enough to decode VP9 stream in HDR or 4K in 50-60 fps? Or is Google just being lazy?

 

[-Gonzo-]

Probably just Google not making the app compatible.
When the app had the previous UI match frame rate worked no problem and that was removed way before they made 4K available, why they removed that functionality is anyone’s guess.

 

[snow755]

At WWDC in June 2020, Apple announced YouTube in 4K. Well, YouTube for tvOS is indeed in 4K, but it is severely limited. Frame rate is limited to 30 fps or less and no HDR.

Meanwhile on iPhone and iPad, YouTube streams in higher frame rate and in HDR. On interesting thing to note is that iPhone needs to have A11 or later for HDR and A12 or later for faster frame rate. For iPad, A12 or later.

So does this mean A10X on Apple TV isn't powerful enough to decode VP9 stream in HDR or 4K in 50-60 fps? Or is Google just being lazy?

I have apple A10X and I get 4k YouTube video just find. Please make sure your IOS is updated

 

[nutmac]

YouTube app for Apple TV 4K is capable of 4K only up to 30 frames per seconds and in SDR only.