TvOS

tvOS
Developer	Apple Inc.
Written in	C, C++, Swift, Objective-C, assembly language
OS family	Unix-like; BSD;
Working state	Current
Source model	Closed, with open-source components
Initial release	January 9, 2007; 17 years ago as Apple TV Software; October 29, 2015; 9 years ago as tvOS
Latest release	18.1 (October 28, 2024; 27 days ago) [±]
Latest preview	18.2 beta 3 (November 18, 2024; 6 days ago) [±]
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 type	Hybrid (XNU)
Default; user interface	10-foot user interface
License	Commercial proprietary software
Official website	developer.apple.com/tvos/
Support status
	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]

^ Clover, Juli (October 28, 2024). "Apple Releases tvOS 18.1". MacRumors. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
^ Clover, Juli (November 18, 2024). "Apple Releases Third Beta of tvOS 18.2 to Developers". MacRumors. Retrieved November 18, 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.

[1] Clover, Juli (October 28, 2024). "Apple Releases tvOS 18.1". MacRumors. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[2] Clover, Juli (November 18, 2024). "Apple Releases Third Beta of tvOS 18.2 to Developers". MacRumors. Retrieved November 18, 2024.

[3] Foresman, Chris (September 16, 2010). "Apple TV definitely running iOS, could be jailbreak target". Ars Technica. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

[4] 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.

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