Apple TV Edition

**This page describes an edition of the game that has been officially discontinued.**
This edition is no longer updated or available for download.

## *Apple TV Edition*

### Author(s)

* Mojang Studios
* Jens Bergensten
* Aron Nieminen
* Daniel Kaplan
* Shoghi Cervantes
* Daniel Wustenhoff
* Tomas Alaeus
* Xbox Game Studios
* Tommaso Checchi
* Jason Major

### Source code

No

***Minecraft: Apple TV Edition*** was the version of *Bedrock Edition* designed to run on tvOS. It was announced on October 27, 2016, officially released on December 19, 2016, alongside the *Fire TV Edition*, and discontinued on September 24, 2018. The release of the *Apple TV Edition* coincided with the Ender Update. It was the last *Bedrock Edition* to have an "Edition" subtitle as it did not receive the Better Together Update.
It was previously unclear if or when the *Apple TV Edition* would be updated, due to a bug. The version was officially discontinued with a message provided via the in-game patch notes and removed from the Apple App Store on September 24, 2018.

As of 1.1.5, the *Apple TV Edition* has not received new feature updates, such as the Better Together Update, the Update Aquatic, Village & Pillage, Buzzy Bees, and so on.

The *Apple TV Edition*'s most recent feature update is the Discovery Update.

## Development

### Release

The *Apple TV Edition* did not include a beta edition. It was announced and released at the same time.

For a limited time[*more information needed*], it came with seven pieces of DLC (Holiday 2015, Town Folk, and City Folk skin packs, along with the Plastic, Natural, Cartoon, and Festive 2016 mash-ups). *Apple TV Edition* moved from individual pieces of DLC to content in the Minecraft Marketplace. While players could no longer purchase Minecoins as of September 24, 2018, they could continue to use remaining Minecoins to purchase and use content in the Marketplace.

### Discontinuation

On September 24, 2018, *Apple TV Edition* was removed from the Apple App Store and the following message was broadcasted via the in-game patch notes. The patch notes were localized in all supported languages with local numbers for Apple Support included for each region/country.

## Gameplay

Main article: Pocket Edition § Gameplay
In addition to features which existed in Pocket Edition, the *Apple TV Edition* had the ability to play with up to seven players through local multiplayer. However, *Apple TV Edition* was out-of-date as of the 1.1.5 update and could not play with other Bedrock Editions. It supported Realms, but could only play with other users of *Apple TV Edition* after that update.

## Gallery

* *Minecraft: Apple TV Edition* logo
* A photo of the tvOS App Store page ofr Apple TV Edition
* The message shown in-game announcing the discontinuation.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.twitch.tv/mojang/v/6949826
2. ↑ "Apple announces Minecraft coming to tvOS-powered Apple TV this year" by Chance Miller – 9to5Mac, October 27, 2016.
3. ↑ "Apple TV Edition released!" by Owen Jones. Minecraft.net, December 19, 2016
4. ↑ MCPE-27640: Apple TV Edition version - Better Together Update
5. ↑ MCPE-19383: Apple TV version, corrupted world save.
6. ↑ "Effective Monday September 24th, the Apple TV version of Minecraft will no longer be updated or supported." – Jay Wells, September 25, 2018