Any note on specs? Do we still have ethernet? Which ethernet we get (is it 2.5GBps?)? How much storage? And what about RAM? I couldn’t easily grasp this information after skimming the text.

Also, any change to the output ports, or are we still restricted to one hdmi as the single output?

anyone else been trying the new Siri AI intelligence on their phone and been underwhelmed? It's really slow, no longer gets adding grocery items to the right lists, etc. Did I mention how slow it is to inject an LLM turn on everything? Hopefully they'll fix all that by the time it's out of beta... But it's so rough to me that it's really ruined the experience of the device. Apples voice-to-text still isn't good compared the what I used to have on my Android phone pre-2024, when I switched to Apple ecosystem....

Spec bump and AI stuff that nobody needs or wants. All for a higher price. Total yawn, I'll keep my current ATV 4K as it's everything I need.

What I want to know is how good is it for moonlight streaming? The prev versions had odd latency issues.

EDIT: Brutal! Apparently it doesn’t support VRR or 120 hz at 4K. Surprising miss to not support HDMI 2.1 properly.

Further EDIT: Basically we are entering 2027 with no way to get a tv add on box that can stream 4K apps (Disney+ etc. need Widevine L1), 4K at 120hz (i.e. support HDMI 2.1 properly) and decode AV1. Just a bizarre gap in the market.

I guess I'll be using my shield till it dies. It works for the most part and has 4K/DV/Atmos for Jellyfin. Was just hoping to upgrade into an apple device to line up with phones/tablet etc for convenience but not at $429CDN+tax!

Supporting 4 HomePods surround only in the new model is a classic dick move by Apple.

Also not supporting the original, completely fine and working HomePod for this is another.

Though first place here is dropping raw photo support for the $2k iPhone duo.

—

(All these are software features which hardware supports.)

Man "Even more Siri" is not the headline feature I was hoping for.

I don't see the appeal unless you're already balls deep into the subscription ecosystem. $300 minipc will get you much further than this thing will. There used to be an argument at $130, but now I just don't see a reason on why one would want to be subject to paying so much across so many services that don't even benefit the original creators most of the time. There's some exceptions where netflix, etc bankrolls entire shows, but they've plumetted in quality and I haven't watched one since two years ago.

That remote still sucks. I would've bought it if there was a new remote.

New Apple TV seems to make sense if you're installing a lot of new sound equipment, and love Siri.

If neither of those are true, not sure what's on offer.

I only wanted an Apple TV with a better chip and full HDMI audio passthrough.

Instead we got a ton of useless stuff.