tvOS/iOS Beta Notes

Beta Community Apple Beta
#1250

v2026.03.26.2214

• FIXED: Test Surround Sound crash

Using Test Surround Sound crashes Apple TV app
#1251

v2026.03.27.0005

• FIXED: unusual crashes

#1252

v2026.03.27.0022

• IMPROVED: performance with large collections

1 Like
#1253

v2026.04.03.2300

• FIXED: video stuttering could happen after a corruption in a video stream that would not be properly recovered from

Live TV Playing In Slow Motion on Apple TV 4k
#1254

v2026.04.05.2139

• FIXED: another attempt to fix frame drops with corrupted content

Live TV Playing In Slow Motion on Apple TV 4k
#1255

v2026.04.06.0207

• IMPROVED: logging to track down issue with stuttering in video

Live TV Playing In Slow Motion on Apple TV 4k
#1256

v2026.04.08.2108

• IMPROVED: ATSC3 audio support

#1257

v2026.04.13.0409

• UPDATED: rolled back latest video driver change intended to help with frame drops

#1258

v2026.04.14.0053

• IMPROVED: diagnostic logging to try to track down video driver issues

Live TV Playing In Slow Motion on Apple TV 4k
#1259

v2026.04.14.1914

• IMPROVED: diagnostic logging to track down video issues

Live TV Playing In Slow Motion on Apple TV 4k
#1260

v2026.04.15.0250

-NEW: First build with iOS/tvOS 26 SDK

Beta: iOS/tvOS 26 Build
#1261

v2026.04.16.2037

• NEW: A bit of Liquid Glass appears

3 Likes
Beta: iOS/tvOS 26 Build
#1262

v2026.04.17.0142

• IMPROVED: Internal updates

1 Like
#1263

v2026.04.17.0228

• FIXED: new movie and show views were being presented in a small modal by mistake on iOS 17.

#1264

v2026.04.21.0522

• FIXED: Match Content and Frame Rate was not being kicked off when starting playback

Beta: iOS/tvOS 26 Build
#1265

v2026.04.23.1949

• FIXED: crew members with halo highlight were artifacting when paralaxing
• IMPROVED: Removed red tint on destructive buttons

Beta: iOS/tvOS 26 Build
#1266

v2026.04.26.0750

• IMPROVED: allow for bigger MPEG-TS packets to fix VP9 decode issues

#1267

v2026.05.05.2017

• IMPROVED: diagnostic logging to track down video stuttering when using Hardware Deinterlacer

Live TV Playing In Slow Motion on Apple TV 4k
#1268

v2026.05.11.1650

• IMPROVED: stuttering that could happen when watching some ATSC3 channels
• IMPROVED: reduced the amount of time before audio playback would start on some ATSC3 channels

#1269

v2026.05.12.0940

• FIXED: audio artifacts in ATSC3 audio introduced by the last build