Apple has taken the wraps off of tvOS 13. Can your Apple TV run it?
tvOS 13 brings a few new features to the Apple TV experience, from multi-user support (that gets a finally from me) to a slightly redesigned Home screen. There's also support for Xbox One and PS4 game controllers, as well as new screensavers and improved lyrics in Apple Music.
Now you might be wondering, "Can my Apple TV run tvOS 13?" The good news is that the answer is, probably, yes. If you have a fourth-generation Apple TV (aka Apple TV HD) or an Apple TV 4K, the only two versions of the Apple TV that run tvOS, you'll be able to download tvOS 13 to your streaming box when it launches this fall.
This is actually an interesting move on Apple's part. The Apple TV HD, first introduced in 2015, is powered by Apple's A8 system-on-a-chip. This is notable because iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, Apple's major 2019 software releases for iPhones and iPads, respectively, won't run on devices powered by the A8. Because of this, you might expect that tvOS 13 runs only on the A10X-powered Apple TV 4K, but according to Apple, you can install the beta on Apple TV HD, too.
The tvOS 13 developer beta is available for download right now, as long as you have a developer account. If Apple follows its previous pattern, it will release a public beta of the system later this summer.
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