TvOS

tvOS (formerly Apple TV Software) is the operating system software derived from iOS and developed by Apple Inc. for its Apple TV and HomePod lines of home media devices.
==Product history==
Apple TV Software, the predecessor to tvOS, was originally based on a custom build of Mac OS X 10.4.7 for the 1st-generation Apple TV console that was released on March 21, 2007.First Look: Hacking Apple TV by Dan Frakes, Macworld. 2007-03-27. With the release of the 2nd-generation Apple TV on September 1, 2010, new versions of the software were derived from iOS, starting with Apple TV Software 4.0, which was based on iOS 4.1. The 3rd-generation Apple TV shipped on March 7, 2012 with Apple TV Software 5.0, which was based on iOS 5.1.About Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) software updates, Apple Support. 2021-01-27.
With the announcement of the 4th-generation Apple TV HD console on September 9, 2015, the software was renamed tvOS, starting with tvOS 9, which was based on iOS 9. Version 11 added support for the the 5th-generation Apple TV 4K, which was released on September 22, 2017. Version 13.4 merged in support for Apple's HomePod smart speaker in April 2020.HomePod now runs on tvOS, here’s what that could mean by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac. 2020-04-13. It was updated to 13.4.5 the following month.Apple Releases tvOS 13.4.5 for Fourth and Fifth-Generation Apple TV Models by Juli Clover, MacRumors. 2020-05-20. It was updated to 13.4.8 on July 15, 2020.Apple releases iOS 13.6, iPadOS 13.6, macOS 10.15.6, tvOS 13.4.8, watchOS 6.2.8 by Mike Peterson, AppleInsider. 2020-07-15. The current version of tvOS as of April 26, 2021 is 14.5.tvOS 14.5 (18L204), Apple Developer. 2021-04-26. tvOS 15 was announced on June 7, 2021 at the 2021 Worldwide Developers Conference.Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, MacOS 12 and everything we expect by Patrick Holland, C|NET. 2021-05-14.
===Release history===
Version 	Based on	Build 	Released      	Notes
tvOS 9 	iOS 9 	13T396 	2015-10-29 	Initial release for Apple TV HD.
tvOS 10 	iOS 10 	14T330 	2016-09-13 	Added support for Dark Mode and control of HomeKit accessories.
tvOS 11 	iOS 11 	15J381 	2017-09-19 	Initial release for Apple TV 4K (1st generation).
tvOS 12 	iOS 12 	16J364 	2018-09-17 	Support for E-AC3 on Apple TV 4K for up to 7.1.4 channels.
tvOS 13 	iOS 13 	17J586 	2019-09-24 	New home screen with Control Center and support for multiple Apple IDs.
tvOS 14 	iOS 14 	18J386 	2020-09-16 	Support for 4K YouTube videos, and picture-in-picture in 3rd-party apps.
tvOS 14.5	iOS 14.5 	18L204 	2021-04-26 	Initial release for Apple TV 4K (2nd generation).
tvOS 15 	iOS 15 	19J346 	2021-09-20 	Support for controlling Apple TV from a HomePod or HomePod mini.
tvOS 16 	iOS 16 	20J373 	2022-09-12 	Initial release for Apple TV 4K (3rd generation).
tvOS 17 	iOS 17 	21J354 	2023-09-18 	Redesigned Control Center and support for FaceTime, Center Stage, and Dolby Vision 8.1.
tvOS 18 	iOS 18 	22J5356a	2024-08-28 	In development.
==References==
==External links==
*Apple TV at Apple
**tvOS at Apple Developer
***What’s New in the tvOS SDK
***tvOS Release Notes
***Documentation (archived 2016-03-16)
**tvOS (archived 2016-10-27, 2017-09-12)
**TV Support at Apple Support
***About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
****What’s new in tvOS 16 for Apple TV
****What’s new in tvOS 15 for Apple TV
****What’s new in tvOS 14 for Apple TV
****What’s new in tvOS 13 for Apple TV
****What’s new in tvOS 12 for Apple TV
***About Apple TV (4th generation) software updates
****About the security content of tvOS 11
****About the security content of tvOS 10
***About Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) software updates
*AppleTV Firmware Download Locations at iClarified
*tvOS and Firmware/Apple TV at The iPhone Wiki
*tvOS 14 roundup at MacRumors
**tvOS 13 roundup
**tvOS 12 roundup
**tvOS 10 roundup
* at Wikipedia
 
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