Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos: With Apple TV 4K and a Dolby Atmos–compatible sound system, you can enjoy three-dimensional audio that sends sound around and above you.
Major OS release · tvOS
tvOS 12
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Aerial screen savers
Aerial screen savers: Enjoy new Aerials shot from space. Get location information for an Aerial with just a tap and switch different locations with a swipe.
Autofill passwords
Autofill passwords: With iOS 12, you can autofill passwords saved on your iOS device to sign in to apps on your Apple TV.
Find My iPhone
Find My iPhone: If you turn on Find My iPhone for your devices, you can ask Siri on Apple TV to play a sound on a device to help you find it.
Apple TV Software / tvOS
Device support
Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.
Supported archive products2 mapped products
Full device coverage2 device names
- Apple TV 4K (1st generation)
- Apple TV HD (4th generation)
Support dropped at this major
No mapped archive product was fully dropped when this major version arrived.
Public releases
Public release history
Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.
2018
- 12.0Initial major release
- 12.0.1Point update
- 12.1Point update
- 12.1.1Point update
2019
- 12.1.2Point update
- 12.2Point update
- 12.2.1Point update
- 12.3Point update
- 12.4Point update
- 12.4.1Point update