TvOS

tvOS
DeveloperApple Inc.
Written inC, C++, Swift, Objective-C, assembly language
OS family
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed, with open-source components
Initial releaseJanuary 9, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-01-09) as Apple TV Software
October 29, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-29) as tvOS
Latest release18.0[1] (September 16, 2024; 17 days ago (2024-09-16)) [±]
Latest preview18.1 beta 2[2] (September 24, 2024; 9 days ago (2024-09-24)) [±]
Marketing targetTelevision, casual gaming
Available in71 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 methodFirmware-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
LicenseCommercial proprietary software
Official websitedeveloper.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]

  1. ^ Clover, Juli (September 16, 2024). "Apple Releases tvOS 18 With InSight, New Screen Savers and More". MacRumors. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  2. ^ Clover, Juli (September 17, 2024). "Apple Seeds tvos 18.1 beta 2 to Developers". MacRumors. Retrieved September 21, 2024. Apple has also seeded the first betas of upcoming watchOS 11.1, visionOS 2.1, and tvOS 18.1 updates to developers.
  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.