Apple final up to date the Apple TV in October 2022, introducing a brand new, smaller design, USB-C on the Siri distant, and a bump from the A12 chip to the A15 chip. Because it’s approaching two years previous, rumors are brewing in regards to the subsequent Apple TV mannequin, though issues are trying a bit bleak.
Prior rumors
Initially, we had been anticipating an Apple TV refresh this yr, within the first half of the yr. Clearly, that didn’t occur. In a Bloomberg report a couple of weeks in the past, reporter Mark Gurman acknowledged the next:
Whereas the corporate has been engaged on an replace to the Apple TV set-top field for as early as this yr, no new mannequin has come to fruition and steady stock of the system suggests a brand new model isn’t on the speedy horizon.
So, regardless of the prior expectation of a launch this yr, plainly a brand new Apple TV isn’t instantly across the nook. Apple seemingly is proud of the present mannequin, and is constant to fabricate and restock them, one thing that they wouldn’t usually do if one thing was nearing a refresh.
Why a brand new Apple TV?
Lots of people surprise if Apple even must refresh the Apple TV. Positive, the A15 chip could be loads for normal TV wants, however there are different the explanation why Apple would wish to improve the Apple TV anyhow:
- Decrease value, making the TV field accessible to extra prospects
- Apple Intelligence
- Gaming
Apple lowered the beginning value of the Apple TV 4K from $179 to $129 with the refresh again in 2022. Nonetheless, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that the Apple TV field ought to go even cheaper with the subsequent refresh, even beneath $100:
The sub-$100 value ought to be the candy spot for Apple TV, so I count on the next-gen can be extra inexpensive.
Apple may additionally implement Apple Intelligence throughout the subsequent technology Apple TV, giving us an A18 chip. Whereas the brand new Siri may not be essentially the most helpful on the Apple TV, I may see Apple permitting paired HomePods to faucet into the chipset on the Apple TV, permitting current HomePods to make the most of the model new Siri with out requiring a dear {hardware} improve.
Final however not least, gaming. Apple has been working with a great deal of sport builders to convey extra excessive finish video games to the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Nonetheless, Apple TV has been unnoticed of that equation. Apple may doubtlessly make a strong Apple TV that might deal with plenty of excessive finish video games, together with ones with ray tracing, though it’s unclear if Apple needs to pursue that technique.
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