Operating system for the Apple TV
Operating system
tvOS Developer Apple Written in OS family Working state Current Source model Closed , with open-source componentsInitial release January 9, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-01-09 ) as Apple TV Software; 9 years ago (2015-10-29 ) as tvOS Latest release 18.3[ 1] ; 2 days ago (2025-01-27 ) ) [±] Latest preview 18.3 RC[ 2] ; 8 days ago (2025-01-21 ) ) [±] 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 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 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 (January 27, 2025). "Apple Releases tvOS 18.3" . MacRumors . Retrieved January 27, 2025 . ^ Clover, Juli (January 21, 2025). "Apple Seeds Release Candidate Versions of watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3 and visionOS 2.3" . MacRumors . Retrieved January 21, 2025 . ^ Foresman, Chris (September 16, 2010). "Apple TV definitely running iOS, could be jailbreak target" . Ars Technica . Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. 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 . Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2015 . 
