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Apple today released tvOS 18.5, the latest version of the tvOS operating system. tvOS 18.5 comes a little over a month after the launch of tvOS 18.4, and it is available for the Apple TV 4K and ‌Apple TV‌ HD models.

tvOS 18 Feature
tvOS 18.5 can be downloaded using the Settings app on the ‌‌Apple TV‌‌. Open up Settings and go to System > Software Update to get the new software. ‌‌Apple TV‌‌ owners who have automatic software updates activated will be upgraded to the new version of tvOS automatically.

Apple shares full release notes for tvOS in its tvOS support document, which is updated after each new version of tvOS comes out.

Apple has also released a new version of the HomePod Software 18.5 for the ‌HomePod‌ and HomePod mini. ‌HomePod‌ software is based on tvOS.

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bigandtasty
16 months ago
Do we get PRIDE wallpaper for TVOS?
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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trusso
16 months ago

Browser when ?
Never, thank goodness.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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jwolf6589
16 months ago

Browser when ?
TV browser like the old WebTV of the mid to late 1990’s? Yeah like that device worked well.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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IT Troll
16 months ago

Apple shares full release notes for tvOS in its tvOS support document ('https://support.apple.com/en-us/106336'), which is updated after each new version of tvOS comes out.
Not yet they haven’t.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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AgentOSX
16 months ago

Hopefully they fixed having to turn it off twice because after turning it off the first time it turns everything back on again 30 seconds later.
Something the Amazon Fire Stick never does.
This is usually an issue with your CEC settings on one or more of your devices.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Salt City Ute
16 months ago
Can I delete the Movies and TV Show apps?
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