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WWDC 2024was all about improve platform and computer software within the Apple ecosystem , and that continued into Apple TV , with thebest streaming hardwareyou can buy getting a few minutes of face time . And the improvements are not only just targeted to Apple TV ironware ( which includesApple telly 4 K ) but also integrating with other Apple hardware and features .
“ We design our Home products to lift users ’ unremarkable populate , and our latest updates reinforce that goal by delivering even more convenience and connection , ” Stan Ng , Apple ’s vice president of Apple Watch , Audio , Health , and Home Product Marketing , say in apress releaseannouncing the new features . “ This declension , tvOS 18 and our services take amusement in the home to the next level by convey well-timed information to fan about their favourite characters and scenes . ”
We ’ve long been fan of thescreensavers in tvOS . And they ’ll get even good in tvOS 18 . How you choose screensavers has been revamped , growing beyond simple menu listings buried in the setting . And there will be entire novel category of screensavers , admit Portraits , TV and Movies — and Snoopy from the Peanuts cartoon is getting some major love .
For those who have their Apple TV seize to a projector , the political platform will stomach 21:9 aspect ratios , for extra - wide screening without letterboxing .
The Apple TV app in tvOS 18 also is getting a major feature that until now has been one onlyfound on Amazon Prime Video . InSight will show you information about actors , characters , and music for Apple TV+ flick and shows . It ’ll be available on your television receiver blind , or on your iPhone if you ’re using it as a remote ascendancy .
Dialogue and caption are getting improvements , too . The Enhance Dialog feature is getting smart and will be “ leveraging machine scholarship and computational audio to deliver greater vocal lucidity over euphony , action , and scope disturbance ” — if you ’re using an Apple TV 4K. And it will work on HomePod speakers as well as with your television set ’s built - in speaker system , or anything else connect via HDMI . And subtitles can now appear if you mute the audio , or when you skip over back to watch something again — presumably because you missed a bit of dialogue in real time .
One of the cooler things to do with Apple TV 4 kibibyte is a FaceTime call using your iPhone as a camera . And know captioning ( in English ) is coming to tvOS 18 , establish everyone a little easy to empathize .
You ’ll be able-bodied to get in on the public beta of tvOS in July , with the full spill expected in the fall .
