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

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The adjacent Apple TV is expected to beryllium released later this year, and a fistful of caller features and changes person been rumored for the device.

Below, we recap what to expect from the adjacent Apple TV, according to rumors.

Likely Features

N1 Chip With Wi-Fi 7

Last year, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the adjacent Apple TV would beryllium equipped with Apple's ain combined Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, which is apt the since-announced N1 chip that debuted successful the iPhone 17 bid and iPhone Air. That spot supports Wi-Fi 7, which would beryllium an upgrade implicit the existent Apple TV's Wi-Fi 6 support.

Wi-Fi 7 has accrued bandwidth, successful portion due to the fact that it allows for information transmission implicit the 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands simultaneously, with a supported instrumentality and router. Wi-Fi 7 is theoretically up to 4× faster than Wi-Fi 6, but real-world speeds are typically bottlenecked by net work providers and different factors.

In the latest iPhones, the N1 spot besides supports Bluetooth 6, which would connection little latency and different benefits compared to the existent Apple TV's Bluetooth 5.

A17 Pro Chip

The existent Apple TV is powered by the A15 Bionic chip, which debuted successful each iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro models successful 2022.

According to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, the adjacent Apple TV will beryllium equipped with the A17 Pro chip, for faster show and perchance adjacent Apple Intelligence enactment connected tvOS. For example, Gurman said the caller Apple TV will enactment adjacent year's revamped mentation of Siri, powered by Apple Intelligence.

Other devices with the A17 Pro spot see the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and the iPad mini 7, and each of those devices enactment Apple Intelligence.

With the A17 Pro chip, the Apple TV should get an accrued 8GB of RAM.

Other Rumors

FaceTime Camera and Gesture Controls?

tvOS 17 added a FaceTime app to the Apple TV, allowing for video calls with the rear camera connected a connected iPhone oregon iPad. If the Apple TV gained a built-in camera, users would nary longer request to trust connected an outer instrumentality for video calls connected the TV.

In April 2024, Gurman said Apple had "discussed" offering an Apple TV with a built-in camera for FaceTime and gesture-based controls, but it is unclear if Apple is moving guardant with that program for the adjacent exemplary successful particular. He did not elaborate connected the motion aspect, but it sounds similar the Apple TV would admit assorted manus movements.

Apple says tvOS 26 enhances FaceTime successful respective ways — fitting for an Apple TV with a camera:With tvOS 26, users tin bask a much personalized FaceTime acquisition that's accordant with iOS. Contact Posters connected Apple TV marque it easier and much idiosyncratic by displaying a contact's customized photograph and sanction erstwhile starting a FaceTime telephone connected Apple TV. Live Captions grow to see French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, and Spanish, enabling Apple TV to usage on-device quality to show Live Captions for FaceTime conversations, truthful users tin travel what's being said successful adjacent much languages. Additionally, FaceTime audio and telephone telephone notifications volition look onscreen for the progressive profile, allowing users to reply connected connected HomePod speakers oregon their iPhone, and ensuring that connection with loved ones remains astatine the forefront.

Lower Price?

On the aforesaid time arsenic the existent Apple TV was announced successful October 2022, Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo said that helium expected the adjacent Apple TV to beryllium "more affordable." He said that a sub-$100 terms would beryllium the "sweet spot" for the Apple TV, but helium did not accidental if Apple volition really execute that terms point.

Both the 2010 and 2012 versions of the Apple TV were priced astatine $99 successful the U.S. astatine launch, and Apple yet lowered the terms of the 2012 exemplary to $69, truthful determination is precedent for a sub-$100 Apple TV. Other companies similar Amazon and Roku connection low-priced streaming sticks, with merchantability prices going arsenic debased arsenic $19.99.

In the U.S., the existent Apple TV starts astatine $129 with 64GB of storage, and a 128GB exemplary with an Ethernet larboard for wired net is priced astatine $149.

Timing

The adjacent Apple TV volition beryllium released "toward the extremity of the year," according to Gurman. At this point, it is apt the instrumentality volition beryllium announced successful October, but November is besides a possibility. December is little likely, historically.

Here is erstwhile the erstwhile 4 Apple TV models were announced: