Operating system for the Apple TV
Operating system
tvOS Developer Apple Inc. Written in C , C++ , Swift , Objective-C , assembly language OS family Working state Current Source model Closed , with open-source componentsInitial release January 9, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-01-09 ) as Apple TV Software; 9 years ago (2015-10-29 ) as tvOS Latest release 18.1[ 1] ; 28 days ago (2024-10-28 ) ) [±] Latest preview 18.2 beta 3[ 2] ; 7 days ago (2024-11-18 ) ) [±] 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 typeHybrid (XNU )Default 10-foot user interface License Commercial proprietary software Official website developer 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] 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 . 
