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Title: Where's the New Apple TV? Post by: HCK on December 25, 2025, 04:05:02 pm Where's the New Apple TV?
Apple hasn't updated the Apple TV (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-tv/) 4K since 2022, and 2025 was supposed to be the year that we got a refresh. There were rumors suggesting Apple would release the new ‌Apple TV‌ before the end of 2025, but it looks like that's not going to happen now. <div class="center-wrap"><iframe title="No New Apple TV in 2025? Here's What Apple Might Be Waiting For" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xKE874Bz6xg" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/macrumors?sub_confirmation=1) for more videos.</div> Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/mark-gurman/) said several times across 2024 (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/12/12/apple-tv-homepod-mini-2025-launch/) and 2025 (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/12/homepod-mini-2-and-new-apple-tv-launch-timing/) that Apple would update both the HomePod mini (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/homepod-mini/) and the ‌Apple TV‌ 4K toward the end of the year, and we also heard the same information (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/05/new-apple-tv-still-launching-this-year/) from other sources. No announcement happened in September alongside the iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/iphone/) launch, and when Apple updated the Vision Pro, iPad Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/), and MacBook Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/) in October, there was no sign of the ‌Apple TV‌. It's not clear what happened, but it's possible Apple decided to hold all home-related product announcements until spring 2026, when the smarter, more capable version of Siri (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/siri/) will be ready in iOS 26.4. That's right around the time when Apple is rumored to be launching its new home hub device, so we could see the ‌Apple TV‌, home hub, and ‌HomePod mini‌ sometime in late March or April. <h2>Rumored Features</h2> The ‌Apple TV‌ isn't going to get a major design overhaul, but there are some useful updates in store. It's long overdue for a new chip, and Apple's newer chip options will bring gaming improvements. <h3>A-Series Chip</h3> The next-generation ‌Apple TV‌ is expected to get an updated A-series chip, and Apple backend code we found suggests that it'll use the A17 Pro. The A17 Pro is the chip that Apple first used in the ‌iPhone‌ 15 Pro models, and it would bring Apple Intelligence (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-intelligence/) support to the ‌Apple TV‌ for the first time. The A17 Pro is built on 3-nanometer technology and it would also bring support for console-quality games thanks to much improved CPU and GPU performance. It'll be a significant improvement over the current A15 Bionic chip. <h3>N1 Chip</h3> Apple debuted its custom N1 networking chip in the iPhone 17 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-17/) models, and rumors suggest that the N1 will also be used in the upcoming ‌Apple TV‌. It adds support for Wi-Fi 7, which is not a current ‌Apple TV‌ feature. With Wi-Fi 7 support, the ‌Apple TV‌ will be able to connect to Wi-Fi networks that support the faster and less crowded 6GHz band. Users can expect faster Wi-Fi speeds and lower latency. <h3>New Siri Features</h3> With a faster chip that supports ‌Apple Intelligence‌, the next-generation ‌Apple TV‌ will support the LLM version of ‌Siri‌ coming in 2026. ‌Siri‌ will be more like Claude or ChatGPT, which could lead to better ‌Apple TV‌ recommendations, the option to use voice commands to do more than before, better support for questions about actors and music in movies and shows, and much more. <h3>Pricing</h3> There's a possibility that Apple will cut costs for the next ‌Apple TV‌, and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ming-chi-kuo/) has suggested that Apple is targeting a price point around $100. With the A17 Pro chip and the N1 chip, Apple might not be able to hit that price with the flagship model, but there could be a lower-end entry-level option that's more affordable. Pricing right now starts at $129. <h2>New Launch Date</h2> In early November (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/02/new-apple-tv-and-homepod-mini-launching-soon/), Gurman said that an ‌Apple TV‌ and ‌HomePod mini‌ "shouldn't be too far off" based on dwindling supplies of the devices at Apple retail stores. At the time, he said a post-2025 debut was a possibility, but he confirmed the products are ready to go and could launch at any time. The ‌HomePod mini‌ and ‌Apple TV‌ will "help showcase the new ‌Siri‌ and ‌Apple Intelligence‌ features" that Apple has coming, which makes the spring timing sound even more likely.<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: Apple TV (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-tv/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: Apple TV (Don't Buy) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Apple_TV)</div><div class="linkback">Related Forum: Apple TV and Home Theater (https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/apple-tv-and-home-theater.100)</div> This article, "Where's the New Apple TV? (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/where-is-the-new-apple-tv/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/wheres-the-new-apple-tv.2475085/) in our forums Source: Where's the New Apple TV? (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/where-is-the-new-apple-tv/) |