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<span style="color: #555; font-weight: bold;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-muted);">The Apple experience. On the big screen.</span>
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Apple TV is [[Apple]]'s television box — the small black puck that puts [[tvOS]], the [[App Store]], and the company's services on a TV. Introduced in 2007 as a self-described "hobby," it grew into the premium end of the streaming-box market and the living-room anchor of the Apple ecosystem, complete with AirPlay, SharePlay, and smart-home hub duty.

The name is Apple's most overloaded: the hardware shares it with the [[Apple TV app]] and with the streaming service (Apple TV+, renamed simply "Apple TV" in 2025). This page covers the hardware.

= History =

The original Apple TV (2007) was an iTunes syncing box; the 2010 redesign made it a $99 streaming puck. The fourth generation (2015) added [[tvOS]], the App Store, and the Siri Remote — Jobs-era hobby becoming platform — and Apple TV 4K (2017) went ultra-high-definition. The 2021 model fixed the remote; the current third-generation Apple TV 4K (2022) runs the [[Apple A15]] with HDR10+, a USB-C Siri Remote, and a lower $129 entry price.

The 2022 box has had the line's longest run without a successor; a new model with [[Apple Intelligence]]-class silicon and Apple's [[Apple N1|N1]] networking chip is widely expected, reportedly held — like the [[HomePod]] refresh — for Siri's overhaul.

= Current lineup =

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| '''Apple TV 4K (3rd generation)''' || [[Apple A15|A15]] (2022) || 4K HDR streaming, gaming, home hub — Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Ethernet
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= Position =

Apple TV is the ecosystem's living-room outpost: the most polished way to watch the renamed Apple TV service, the thread-border-router backbone of many Apple smart homes, and — through tvOS and controller support — Apple's quiet console. It has never chased the $30 streaming-stick market, holding the premium position instead.

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{| style="width: 100%; border: 2px solid #333; text-align: center;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- | style="padding: 28px 20px 42px;" | <div style="font: bold 2em/1.2 -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'SF Pro Display', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: var(--wiki-color); margin-bottom: 0.8em;">Apple TV</div> <span style="color: #555; font-weight: bold;" darkstyle="color: var(--wiki-muted);">The Apple experience. On the big screen.</span> |- | style="padding: 0;" | ![[hw_tv.png]] |- | style="background-color: #333; padding: 8px;" | [https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-4k/ <span style="color: #fff;">Official Apple TV 4K site — Apple</span>] |} {{Apple Navbox}} Apple TV is [[Apple]]'s television box — the small black puck that puts [[tvOS]], the [[App Store]], and the company's services on a TV. Introduced in 2007 as a self-described "hobby," it grew into the premium end of the streaming-box market and the living-room anchor of the Apple ecosystem, complete with AirPlay, SharePlay, and smart-home hub duty. The name is Apple's most overloaded: the hardware shares it with the [[Apple TV app]] and with the streaming service (Apple TV+, renamed simply "Apple TV" in 2025). This page covers the hardware. = History = The original Apple TV (2007) was an iTunes syncing box; the 2010 redesign made it a $99 streaming puck. The fourth generation (2015) added [[tvOS]], the App Store, and the Siri Remote — Jobs-era hobby becoming platform — and Apple TV 4K (2017) went ultra-high-definition. The 2021 model fixed the remote; the current third-generation Apple TV 4K (2022) runs the [[Apple A15]] with HDR10+, a USB-C Siri Remote, and a lower $129 entry price. The 2022 box has had the line's longest run without a successor; a new model with [[Apple Intelligence]]-class silicon and Apple's [[Apple N1|N1]] networking chip is widely expected, reportedly held — like the [[HomePod]] refresh — for Siri's overhaul. = Current lineup = {| style="width: 100%; border: 2px solid #555; text-align: left;" darkstyle="border-color: #48484a;" |- ! style="background-color: #555; color: #fff; padding: 6px;" | Model ! style="background-color: #555; color: #fff; padding: 6px;" | Chip ! style="background-color: #555; color: #fff; padding: 6px;" | Role |- | '''Apple TV 4K (3rd generation)''' || [[Apple A15|A15]] (2022) || 4K HDR streaming, gaming, home hub — Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Ethernet |} = Position = Apple TV is the ecosystem's living-room outpost: the most polished way to watch the renamed Apple TV service, the thread-border-router backbone of many Apple smart homes, and — through tvOS and controller support — Apple's quiet console. It has never chased the $30 streaming-stick market, holding the premium position instead.