AppleInsider Staff
Developers testing software on the new fourth-generation Apple TV were given access to a new tvOS 9.1 beta on Wednesday, the third pre-release build issued thus far.
Those with a registered Apple TV can now download the latest beta via the system's software update, or install it over a USB-C cable connected to a Mac.
Testers have found that tvOS 9.1 adds support for Siri searches in the Apple Music service. Apple itself has said that the functionality will be available to users early next year, potentially suggesting that tvOS 9.1 remains far from release.
Digging around in the tvOS code, developers have also found evidence of support for app folders. As of yet, folders are not available in tvOS 9.1.
Without an Apple TV public beta program, tvOS 9.1 remains limited to developers. The latest public release for the fourth-generation Apple TV is tvOS 9.0.1.
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The Apple discussion forums have quieted down quite a bit lately. All the 4K, Optical Port, Siri search, Remote app, App Store, Podcast app ranters and ravers have worn themselves out apparently. The optical port ranters especially have begun to discover ARC and HDMI breakout boxes.
[quote name="lkrupp" url="/t/190253/apple-issues-third-beta-of-tvos-9-1-for-fourth-gen-apple-tv#post_2808292"]The Apple discussion forums have quieted down quite a bit lately. All the 4K, Optical Port, Siri search, Remote app, App Store, Podcast app ranters and ravers have worn themselves out apparently. The optical port ranters especially have begun to discover ARC and HDMI breakout boxes. [/quote] No - not at all actually. We have just found other products and solutions that cut Apple out completely. Lost sales and market share, loss of industry support, that's the reality of the boneheaded decision. Oh well. Life goes on.
We have just found other products and solutions that cut Apple out completely.
Lost sales and market share, loss of industry support, that's the reality of the boneheaded decision.
Oh well. Life goes on.
Actually, most people already have receivers with HDMI, and have had them for years, making the optical output pretty much obsolete.
The Apple discussion forums have quieted down quite a bit lately. All the 4K, Optical Port, Siri search, Remote app, App Store, Podcast app ranters and ravers have worn themselves out apparently. The optical port ranters especially have begun to discover ARC and HDMI breakout boxes.
Many have returned them for a refund. When I returned both of mine, there was a nice stack of AppleTVs that had already been returned by other customers. I am sure those 'ranters' as you call them have already given valid feedback to Apple, so no need to continue to rant about the issues in the forums. You have to admit that the new AppleTV should have supported the iOS remote app and bluetooth keyboards from day one, as they had already been supported for years on the previous model. Taking away features that people used and charging considerably more money is not exactly a good thing.
Many have returned them for a refund. When I returned both of mine, there was a nice stack of AppleTVs that had already been returned by other customers. I am sure those 'ranters' as you call them have already given valid feedback to Apple, so no need to continue to rant about the issues in the forums. You have to admit that the new AppleTV should have supported the iOS remote app and bluetooth keyboards from day one, as they had already been supported for years on the previous model. Taking away features that people used and charging considerably more money is not exactly a good thing.
Hey DisneyMan,
Glad to read your post!! I hope the influx of returned ATV4's register there with some one who gives a damn!!! I'm a died-in-the-wool Apple fan but this will surely change if the powers that be at Apple cannot get it through their thick money inflated heads that we are not Beta'Testers!!!!