tvOS 9.1 launches for new Apple TV with Siri search for Apple Music

The new fourth-generation Apple TV received a software update on Tuesday, with the tvOS 9.1 update giving users the ability to search for music with their voice and the Siri Remote.

tvOS 9.1 can be downloaded by opening the Apple TV Settings app, choosing System, and then Software Updates under the Maintenance subheading.

tvOS 9.1 adds support for Siri searches in the Apple Music service. Release notes for tvOS updates are not provided by Apple, making the extensive list of improvements and changes unknown.

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.

A total of three betas for tvOS 9.1 were issued before Tuesday's public release. It also launches alongside iOS 9.2 and OS X 10.11.2.

tvOS 9.1 is the second update for the fourth-generation Apple TV, which launched in late October. The previous update, tvOS 9.0.1, debuted in November with minor bug fixes.

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11 Comments

bdkennedy1002

said about 8 years ago

Now why would they release an extensive list of fixes for iOS and not TVOS?

postulant

said about 8 years ago

I just discovered that the remote app now works with the 4th gen appletv!! Yes!!

6toecat

said about 8 years ago

Limited searching works in my movie library using Siri! The movie you want better be shown on the screen however, so it's still a FAIL for Apple.

nolamacguy

said about 8 years ago

so does this mean all the whining haters who pretended they returned theirs due to lack of Remote app will now pretend to buy them again?

yoyo2222

said about 8 years ago

6toecat said:

Limited searching works in my movie library using Siri! The movie you want better be shown on the screen however, so it's still a FAIL for Apple.

Can you be more specific? Are you really saying Siri will only find something in my linked computer's iTunes movie library only if it is visible at the time on the ATV screen?