A new report from Bloomberg insider Mark Gurman has dashed hopes of an update for major Apple TVs in the next 12 months.
In his latest Power On newsletter, as seen by iMore, Gorman reports that the upcoming Apple TV won’t be the “big update some were hoping for.”
Gurman reiterated his previous reports that the upcoming Apple TV will be a small internal upgrade with faster memory and an A14 chip that will bring a smoother interface and “higher video quality,” a product previously released later this year. .
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Gorman went on to say that otherwise, “I think it will take at least a year before we get anything very significant out of the Apple TV business.”
Apple hasn’t given love to its TV in a while. Gift The best Apple TV remains the Apple TV 4K 2021which we loved in our review but didn’t represent a huge leap in performance over the previous model.
Gurman’s latest report reiterates that those hoping for a major TV update in the near future will be disappointed. As noted, Gurman expects a very small internal update.
An earlier report by Ming-Chi Kuo previously reported that Apple could launch a reasonably priced Apple TV in the remaining weeks of 2022. Kuo said in May that Apple would “launch a new version of Apple TV that improves its cost structure. by 2H22 “.
If Apple is planning new TVs for 2022, there’s a good chance they’ll be revealed in the coming weeks. Both iOS 16 And tvOS 16 includes references to the AV1 video codec which could lay the foundation for 8K streaming on future Apple TVs and similar devices. The best iPhonesand iPads and Macs. Your current Apple TV has HDMI 2.1 but isn’t using its full bandwidth. In his report this week, Gurman notes that higher video quality is expected on the new Apple TV, leaving the possibility of an 8K upgrade open.
