Design
Liquid Glass introduces a more expressive experience across tvOS as it refracts and reflects content in real time, and brings even more focus to what you’re watching.
Major OS release · tvOS
tvOS 26
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Apple TV app
Cinematic poster art displays more movies and shows at a glance.
Apple Music
Apple Music Sing adds support for iPhone as a handheld mic, amplifying your voice through TV speakers.
FaceTime
Contact Posters make starting a FaceTime call easier and more personal by displaying customized photos and names onscreen.
Call notifications
Incoming call notifications for phone and FaceTime audio calls help you answer them on connected HomePod speakers, or your iPhone.
Profiles
Profiles can now be displayed when Apple TV wakes from sleep so you can quickly access your movies, shows and music.
Screen savers
Landscapes of India offer breathtaking new screen savers.
AirPlay
Any AirPlay-enabled speaker can now be set as the default output for Apple TV.
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 products4 mapped products
Full device coverage4 device names
- Apple TV 4K (1st generation)
- Apple TV 4K (2nd generation)
- Apple TV 4K (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Ethernet
- 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.
2025
- 26.0Initial major release
- 26.0.1Point update
- 26.1Point update
- 26.2Point update
2026
- 26.3Point update
- 26.4Point update
- 26.5Point update
- 26.6Point update