Apple on Monday unveiled the latest operating system (OS) update for its equipment in WWDC 2025. While iOS 26 and iPados 26 made all the headlines, the cupertino-based tech veteran also announced the improvement in several quality lives for Apple TV with TVOS 26 updates. Apple has created new liquid glass design standard for a more harmonious appearance in all its new software. With TVOS 26, users can now choose from separate profiles when Apple TV gets up and has more personal facetime experience with contact posters.
Tvos 26 features
According to Apple, new Liquid glass design in tvos 26 Apple is included in TV’s interface. This applies to the icon and UI that reflects and refrats the elements around you using real -time rendering. This allows the video to stay in front and center when adjusting the audio, starting the sleep timer, or to the control center options. This new design language poster also applies to poster Art, with films banners and taking low screen space leads to a show, resulting in more number of them.
Poster Art in TVOS 26 takes advantage of new liquid glass design
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The TVOS 26 also makes it easy to find the recommendations to see personally, the company says. When the Apple TV rises, it will automatically display profiles on the screen, allowing users to jump in their recommendations and look at the list in the Apple TV app, as well as the playlist of Apple Music.
And with the latest updates, your iPhone can turn into a microphone during the Karaoke session. The TVOS 26 improves the singer in the Apple Music App on Apple TV by increasing the user’s voice through an iPhone. In addition, more people can sing or react with on-screen emoji using their related equipment. The company has also updated Sing with song translation and song pronunciation facilities.
Update converts your iPhone into a microphone for Karaoke session
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Apple said that its new update for Apple TV provides a more individual facetime experience that corresponds to the current functionality on the iPhone. Now there are contact posters on the Apple TV that displays adapted names and photos of contact when starting facetime calls. In addition, it expands on-device AI-powered live caption feature to use more languages including French, German, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish.
Meanwhile, Audio calls will be displayed on the screen on the screen for the current active profile on Apple TV and audio calls on phone call notifications. This connected homepod speaker and their iPhone claim to respond to users. Other changes include locations showing new aerial screenseavors across India, including a personal screensever experience based on Goa and Kerala, and CityScape, Earth, landscape and other types.
Tvos 26 availability
Apple says that TVOS 26 will be introduced as a free software update later this year. It is available as the developer beta update starting today. Registered Apple Developers can download updates on their devices. Meanwhile, TVOS 26 Public Beta update will start from next month.