tvOS 18: News and expected price, release date, features

Every fall, Apple releases updated versions of tvOS and other operating systems. Now let’s take a look at the latest Apple TV streaming box software.

When will tvOS 18 be released?
Apple typically announces updates to all of its operating systems during its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote in June each year, and then officially launches them in the fall. We expect this pattern to continue.

Lifewire Estimated Release Date
Stay tuned for tvOS 18 in September 2024.

tvOS 18 Price
Like all Apple operating system updates, tvOS 18 will be free.

Pre-order information
Apple often opens betas (including public betas) of its operating systems throughout the summer before they are released, but this is the closest we've seen to tvOS 18 pre-order versions.

tvOS 18 Features
Apple is rumored to be making a big push into artificial intelligence in its operating system this year, and that trend will continue in tvOS 18.

Specifically, the company is looking to use large language models and machine learning to enhance the Siri digital assistant to make it even smarter. The implications of better Siri on the iPhone are fairly obvious—image recognition, automatic text composition in messages, and more—but what a smarter Siri will mean for Apple TV is less clear.

Siri, powered by artificial intelligence, might be better at searching, which is what people primarily use it on Apple TV for. It might be a good idea to use digital assistants as recommendation engines to help people find new content to watch based on their habits. But if AI just helps Siri better understand our voice searches, we'll be ok with that.

tvOS doesn’t usually get the same attention or overhaul as iOS and macOS, and we don’t expect this year to be any different. But we expect AI to be a big part of any changes in 2024.

tvOS 18 Specs and Hardware
Starting with tvOS 9, you'll need at least an Apple TV 4 (HD) to run the current version of tvOS, and this pattern is likely to continue. If tvOS 18 is a big leap, you'll probably want a 4K-capable device. The chances of this happening are slim, especially since TV resolution has very little impact on the software running the streaming box.

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