As announced in the Apple TV 4K press release, tvOS 27.2 allows you to shuffle through available Screen Savers throughout the day.

You can also set up Memories & Slideshows or Portraits screen savers on iPhone or iPad without sharing your whole library.

You’ll get new audio controls when you set up four HomePods with the new Apple TV.

Speaker Mode: Surround Sound or Whole Room Audio.

Specifically for Surround Sound: * Spatialize Stereo: Control whether to play a spatially processed mix for video and music. As reported in September, when disabled, normal stereo plays on the front speakers, while rear speakers receive an empty mix. Defaults to On for Video and Music. * Surround Level: Adjust the rear pair relative to the fronts. Supports −8 dB through +8 dB, in 0.5 dB steps. Defaults to Normal (0 db).

There are no audio options for Whole Room Audio, as it uses stereo channels for both speaker pairs. The channels are assigned diagonally: front-left and rear-right share the left channel, while front-right and rear-left share the right channel.

**Disclaimer:* I do not own an Apple TV 4K (4th generation), this was recorded in the tvOS 27.2 RC simulator.*

Hi all! I made some changes to my 3D flight tracking app (including renaming it - it's called Yonder now). I posted about it last time and it was well liked so I wanted to share again.

It shows you live air traffic at airports nearby, and now lets you follow specific aircraft in cinematic mode (with a flight deck, over-wing view, and GTA style camera following).

Let me know if you have any feedback, I love to have it on in the background while I'm working.

3rd Generation found at Walmart. They didn't have them on the shelves. Had to ask the employee if they had any and hiding behind the register locked up were 2 - 64gb & about 4 - 128gb.

Hi there,

Just for anyone who isn’t aware and is having trouble with their Apple TV ESPN app triggering HDR content when it should, the Disney+ app seems to correctly output ESPN’s HDR content.

Is Apple going to start using the AV1 codec in the Apple movie store or on the Apple TV streaming service? If so would it actually noticeably improve the picture quality? If it would I would upgrade to the new 4th Gen. Don’t really care about both the 4 HomePod surround or the new chip unless the chip can somehow improve picture quality.

I feel like closed captioning turns itself on sometimes I open an app. Anybody else see this? I don’t want it on.

I posted previously about an issue I’m having with my Apple TV 4K and I asked in relation specifically to the new Apple TV. But it seems like maybe there is a solution for my current Apple TV and I was hoping someone here could help.

I'm using a Sony VPL-VW325ES projector. The Apple TV goes into a Denon AVR-X6700H and that goes to the projector.

With any other device plugged into my Denon my picture is perfect. But the Apple Tav gives me green, blotchy areas when the picture goes dark, as shown in these pictures.

The Apple TV only has Chroma settings 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 and I’ve tried both and get the same problem.

Anyone know what I can do to improve the picture?

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

Prices are crazy. This is “clearance”…

After this ATV had the “white blinking light”, I factory reset it connecting to my Mac without any issue. Now, when trying to set up the remote, it will not pair. I tried onscreen directions/buttons, unplugged and replugged in, resetting the actual remote, etc., multiple times. Yes, it’s charged as well.

It does not show up in the remote app as it’s not on the internet.

Any suggestions?!?!

Hi,

Anyone else seeing infrequent disconnects and reconnects of the silver remote control of the atv 4k 3rd gen (2022).
Battery is charged.
Distance to atv is approx 2-3 meters.

I don't find any pattern.

Thx

Like the caption says - I waited it out to get my first box and like we all know disappointment. Should have bought when I had the opportunity before price hikes that’s on me. Announcement happens I decided to just get a 3rd gen and now I can’t even get one because fb marketplace and any other used apps etc are all selling so quick - I’m too slow to the deal or price is damn near buying one new lol

I didn’t realize they would be this popular to get used smh

On the release date of the new AppleTV 4K, costs (not retail prices) of these two components alone:

8GB RAM: $114 (64 Gigabit LPDDR5X)
128GB SSD: $29 (1024 Gigabit NAND)

Remote, A19 chip, enclosure? Go nuts on how much these should cost. What should be the normal margin on an Apple device?

Apple doesn’t dictate memory and NAND prices for a year and running.

https://www.memorymarket.com/

Not only a new microphone on the dice itself was COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY making the device more expensive.

I think it even subtracts from the experience, it feels more stalkerish, but also I always have the remote in my hand, and it is fun to press the button and speak directly to it.

This was so pointless. I'm glad I have a 2nd gen, and got a 3rd gen on sale around a year ago.

I’ve had an ATV HD in the past and wanted a 4k to go with an upcoming TV purchase, but I think I’ve effectively been priced out of this product. Being able to connect my AirPods easily was nice for a couple rare scenarios, but the main draw was simply the great ad free interface and the snappy feel. I recently learned about some of the cool launchers you can put on an Android TV, many directly inspired by the Apple TV.

I’m thinking this could be a great no cost alternative, and there might even be an advantage to it if I can easily access my Antenna channels without switching out of the launcher like I would have to with the ATV.

Obviously the Apple experience is hard to match, but for people who have used both, how close is it and would you consider it if you were someone on the outside without an ATV right now?

Waiting to buy the TV on Black Friday but scouring ebay for reasonably priced 4k Gen 3s and even 2s and they are extremely hard to come by and starting to think this might just be better. I’m currently coming from an Onn Roku tv so basically anything I move to will feel probably like a massive upgrade in speed/UI.

I'm using a 4k gen Apple TV and I have audio on all streaming services except Apple plus. Unless I start a show on my iPhone and airplay it to the Apple TV. Then I have sound. Any idea what's going on? TY

Hey guys, Apple TV 4K 4th gen was announced with a bunch of features I really don't care about, but the price tag is insane. It's more than double what I paid for the 3rd gen when it launched.

So I'm wondering: is there any device that's properly polished, native 4K (not AI upscaling), Dolby Atmos, genuinely useful features, no ads, and that beats the new Apple TV? Does anything like this exist?

Hello. I am a bit frustrated as we (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, etc.) finally got Apple TV but LG and Samsung TVs are either not showing the app in the appstore at all or once you get it, it doesn't let you sign in due to region lock. The app works flawlessly on phones and I assume the web. How many months does it need to pass for them to finally communicate this to LG and Samsung?

I had to move my Apple TV 4K to the loft since it was used for Apple Fitness and the 1080P Apple TV was not working for the fitness correctly. That meant I was using the old one in the great room. I was waiting for the new one, but didn’t want to spend the $300. After seeing that Best Buy had the Gen 3 in stock for 15 min yesterday, I missed it and decided to check the Walmart app. I was able to find a new 128 GB Gen 3 for $149. I didn’t believe it since that was the original price a few months ago, but decided to order it since they only had one in stock and it was shipped and sold at Walmart. I guess it was a Walmart nearby. I actually got it delivered today and it was what I ordered. I would recommend checking often if you don’t mind the third generation.

We now have a new Apple TV 4K which is as powerful as Macbook Air M1 or perhaps even better. but one is used for Infuse, Netflix, Prime video etc whereas other is used as a full fledged computer.

why do one needs so powerful tv box. More realistic approach would be a new Apple TV 4K neo or stick or something with S11 chip. what you say guys? does this makes sense?

There's a lot of black crush throughout the movie, particularly in scenes that don't take place in bright daylight. This goes way beyond what I'd consider an artistic choice. Large parts of faces disappear into the shadows, and anything that isn't properly lit turns into black with little to no detail left.

I know the color grading is much darker than in most MCU movies, but I don't remember it looking anywhere near this bad when I saw it in Dolby Cinema, even in 3D.

Watched via the Apple TV app on an Apple TV 4K (3rd gen) connected to an LG C1 OLED.

I know everyone is disappointed by the new model and lack of updates. Especially things like full audio passthrough. I read this could be enabled with future software updates. Any other features - outside of AI stuff - the new 2026 model could unlock? Or is Apple just all in on AI features?

I have 1st generation and 3rd generation 4k. I watch my library locally with infuse. the 3rd gen, I have a stereo pair with 2 2nd generation HomePods.

I don't particularly feel the need to upgrade either. Almost my whole library is 4k/DV/ with HDR10/HDR10+ fallback. Even the 1st generation plays everything perfectly, sometimes just a bit slower skipping forward. Don't really notice the HDR10+ missing because it's rare something is hdr10+ without dolby vision.

I would only consider moving the 1st generation out of rotation if it means I could add some more HomePods for more channels properly.... but even still, price probably doesn't justify it. Any chance the older models, even just the 2rd gen, will support it? Or will this be limited to the hardware of the new 4th gen?