Major OS release · tvOS

Apple TV Software 5

Version 5Mar 7, 20128 public releases · 7 point updates

Software history

Defining features

Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.

Control your Apple TV from Control Center

Control your Apple TV from Control Center: You can now control your Apple TV (3rd generation) from Control Center on all of your iOS and iPadOS devices.

Apple feature source ↗

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 coverage3 device names
  • Apple TV (2nd generation)
  • Apple TV (3rd generation)
  • Apple TV (3rd generation, Rev A)

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.

2012

  1. 5.0Initial major release
  2. 5.0.1Point update
  3. 5.0.2Point update
  4. 5.1Point update
  5. 5.1.1Point update

2013

  1. 5.2Point update
  2. 5.2.1Point update
  3. 5.3Point update