Apple About To Reveal Significantly Upgraded Apple TV 4K, Report Says – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)
The current Apple TV 4K streaming device.
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Apple TV is a great set-top box, but it’s been around for a while without any kind of hardware update. It looks like that’s going to change any day now. It’s about to be upgraded with a much more powerful processor at its heart.
This is according to Jon Prosser, maker of Front Page Tech and, when it comes to leaks, astonishingly accurate in his Apple revelations of late. So a tweet from Prosser bears some examination.
Here’s what he says is happening.
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Prosser says the new machine is ready to ship. More than any other company, Apple has been determined not to let COVID-19 interrupt its release schedule. In the last few weeks we’ve seen a new iPad Pro (read my review here), new iPad Pro Magic Keyboard (review here), MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.
Oh, yes, and the small matter of the iPhone SE (review here).
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So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that more Apple product is coming our way. The Apple TV box was last updated in September 2017 when the current 4K box was revealed. Since then, support for Dolby Atmos has been added, but no hardware changes have been made.
Expect this to be announced in the coming week or two, with shipment straight after, if Prosser is correct.
Apple TV is currently available in HD and 4K versions
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Design
It seems the design will be unchanged from before. Well, it’s a cool look and, frankly, it’ll be hidden under or behind your TV most of the time, so maybe it doesn’t need a refresh to the look.
Prosser is clear about how the design makes the product look:
Like an Apple TV. Well, that’s clear enough.
Processor
Currently, the Apple TV box is powered with an A10X Fusion processor, a chip that was first seen in the10.5in iPad Pro that was released in June 2017. At the time, it was seen as a pretty powerful engine for a box that was mostly about streaming and only secondarily about apps and games.
But, such is the advance of apps and games, a newer processor is needed, it seems. It’s going to be the A12X Bionic, apparently.
Let’s take a moment to think about that. This is an incredibly fast processor. In fact, the super-fast, super-powerful 2020 iPad Pro is powered by the A12Z Bionic which is only a little more advanced (and is the most powerful processor Apple has ever made).
So, isn’t this overkill?
Prosser thinks, and I agree, that it’s all down to the games. As smartphone games have become more sophisticated and demanding, the need for more potent processors has become urgent.
Apple is building in future-proofing with this move.
Oh, and by the way, if Apple didn’t upgrade the chip, people would be complaining.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2020/05/09/apple-about-to-reveal-significantly-upgraded-apple-tv-4k-report-says/
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