Next Apple TV Rumored to Have Five New Features, Including Siri AI

According to rumors, the next-generation Apple TV 4K volition person astatine slightest 5 caller features, including an A17 Pro spot oregon newer, accrued RAM, Siri AI support, an Apple-designed N1 spot with Wi-Fi 7 support, and an updated Siri Remote.


Below, we recap everything rumored for the adjacent Apple TV, on with imaginable motorboat timing.

Rumored Features

A17 Pro Chip oregon Newer

The adjacent Apple TV will beryllium equipped with the A17 Pro chip, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, who digs done Apple's codification to uncover references to aboriginal devices. However, fixed the lengthy four-year hold for a caller Apple TV, it is imaginable the instrumentality volition alternatively person an adjacent newer A18 Pro oregon A19 Pro chip.

The existent Apple TV uses the A15 Bionic spot that debuted successful the iPhone 13 bid successful 2022.

With an A17 Pro spot oregon newer, the adjacent Apple TV would person faster performance, hardware-accelerated ray tracing for improved graphics rendering successful games, accrued RAM, and apt enactment for immoderate Apple Intelligence and Siri AI features.

Increased RAM

As mentioned above, the adjacent Apple TV should person accrued RAM. With an A17 Pro spot oregon newer, the instrumentality should beryllium equipped with astatine slightest 8GB of RAM, up from 4GB successful the existent model. The other representation would let the Apple TV to enactment immoderate Apple Intelligence features, and this volition reportedly see Siri AI.

Siri AI

According to 9to5Mac, tvOS 27 volition apt adhd Siri AI to the Apple TV 4K:When moving Device Hub via Xcode successful macOS 27, the Apps database for tvOS 27 has a caller addition: Siri.

The Siri introduction features a 'com.apple.campo' string. Prior reporting indicates 'campos' is Apple's interior codename for Siri AI.

Comparing app lists for tvOS 26 and tvOS 27 simulator modes confirms that 'Siri' is not contiguous successful tvOS 26's list. It's caller with tvOS 27.

This addition, combined with the 'campo' reference, powerfully suggests that Siri AI volition debut successful tvOS 27 this fall. It mightiness adjacent travel with a dedicated Siri app connected Apple TV—though that's not guaranteed, arsenic the 'Apps' database includes strategy functions beyond conscionable user-facing apps.Siri AI volition apt beryllium constricted to the caller Apple TV with capable RAM and processing power.

N1 Chip With Wi-Fi 7

In 2024, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the adjacent Apple TV would beryllium equipped with Apple's ain combined Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, which is presumably 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.

Updated Siri Remote

The caller Apple TV volition apt vessel with an upgraded Siri Remote, according to some Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and macOS 26.7 codification findings. However, the codification did not uncover immoderate circumstantial changes that whitethorn beryllium planned for the remote.

Design

The adjacent Apple TV volition reportedly person a akin plan arsenic the existent model.

In 2024, it was reported that Apple had "discussed" offering an Apple TV with a built-in camera for FaceTime and gesture-based controls, but determination is nary denotation that Apple is moving guardant with that program for the adjacent exemplary successful particular.

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.


tvOS 26 enhanced FaceTime successful ways that would beryllium 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.In the meantime, a Continuity Camera diagnostic allows you to usage an iPhone oregon iPad camera with the Apple TV 4K (3rd generation).

Launch Timing and Pricing

The caller Apple TV volition apt beryllium unveiled successful September oregon October this year, astatine either the yearly iPhone lawsuit oregon a follow-up event. Apple reportedly plans to unveil a trio of caller astute location products this year, including the caller Apple TV, an all-new astute location hub with tabletop and wall-mounted versions, and an updated HomePod mini.

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

• Apple TV 4K (3rd generation): October 2022


• Apple TV 4K (2nd generation): April 2021


• Apple TV 4K (1st generation): September 2017


• Apple TV HD: September 2015

In June, Apple raised prices connected 14 products, including the Apple TV 4K. In the U.S., the Wi-Fi exemplary with 64GB of retention present starts astatine $199 (up from $129), portion the Wi-Fi + Ethernet exemplary with 128GB of retention present starts astatine $249 (up from $149). It is unclear if the adjacent Apple TV volition support those prices oregon beryllium adjacent much expensive.
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