Operating system for the Apple TV
Operating system
tvOS Developer Apple Inc. Written in C , C++ , Swift , Objective-C , assembly language OS family Working state Current Source model Closed , with open-source componentsInitial release January 9, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-01-09 ) as Apple TV Software October 29, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-29 ) as tvOS Latest release 17.6[ 1] (July 29, 2024; 20 days ago (2024-07-29 ) ) [±] Latest preview 18.0 beta 6[ 2] (August 12, 2024; 6 days ago (2024-08-12 ) ) [±] Marketing target Television, casual gaming Available in 71 languages List of languages
Bahasa Indonesia ,
Bahasa Melayu ,
Català ,
Čeština ,
Dansk ,
Deutsch (Deutschland) ,
Deutsch (Österreich) ,
Deutsch (Schweiz) ,
English (Australia) ,
English (Canada) ,
English (India) ,
English (Ireland) ,
English (New Zealand) ,
English (Singapore) ,
English (South Africa) ,
English (United Kingdom) ,
English (United States) ,
Español (Argentina) ,
Español (Bolivia) ,
Español (Chile) ,
Español (Colombia) ,
Español (Costa Rica) ,
Español (Ecuador) ,
Español (El Salvador) ,
Español (España) ,
Español (Estados Unidos) ,
Español (Guatemala) ,
Español (Honduras) ,
Español (Latinoamérica) ,
Español (México) ,
Español (Nicaragua) ,
Español (Panamá) ,
Español (Paraguay) ,
Español (Perú) ,
Español (Puerto Rico) ,
Español (República Dominicana) ,
Español (Uruguay) ,
Español (Venezuela) ,
Français (Belgique) ,
Français (Canada) ,
Français (France) ,
Français (Suisse) ,
Hrvatski ,
Italiano (Italia) ,
Italiano (Svizzera) ,
Magyar ,
Nederlands (België) ,
Nederlands (Nederland) ,
Norsk bokmål ,
Polski ,
Português (Brasil) ,
Português (Portugal) ,
Română ,
Slovenčina ,
Suomi ,
Svenska ,
Tiếng Việt ,
Türkçe ,
Ελληνικά ,
Русский ,
Українська ,
עברית ,
العربية ,
हिंदी ,
ภาษาไทย ,
한국어 ,
日本語 ,
简体中文 ,
繁體中文 (台灣) ,
繁體中文 (澳門) ,
繁體中文 (香港) Update method Firmware-over-the-air Platforms
ARMv8-A (tvOS 9 and later)
ARMv7-A (Apple TV Software 4 – Apple TV Software 7)
Kernel typeHybrid (XNU )Default user interface 10-foot user interface License Commercial proprietary software Official website developer .apple .com /tvos / Supported
tvOS (formerly Apple TV Software ) is an operating system developed by Apple Inc. for the Apple TV , a digital media player . In the first-generation Apple TV, Apple TV Software was based on Mac OS X.[ 3] Starting with the second generation, the software is based on the iOS operating system and has many similar frameworks, technologies, and concepts.
The second- and third-generation Apple TV have several built-in applications, but do not support third-party applications.
On September 9, 2015, Apple announced the fourth-generation Apple TV , with support for third-party applications. Apple also changed the name of the Apple TV operating system to tvOS, adopting the camel case nomenclature that they were using for their other operating systems, iOS and watchOS .[ 4]
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^ Clover, Juli (July 8, 2024). "Apple Seeds Sixth Beta of tvOS 18 to Developers" . MacRumors . Retrieved August 13, 2024 .
^ Foresman, Chris (September 16, 2010). "Apple TV definitely running iOS, could be jailbreak target" . Ars Technica . Retrieved December 22, 2022 .
^ Welch, Chris (September 9, 2015). "New Apple TV announced with Siri and App Store, coming in October for $149" . The Verge . Retrieved November 16, 2015 .