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tvOS 11.2 Public

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About this appearance

tvOS 11.2 reached the public channel on December 4, 2017 with regional TV and sports expansion, Prime Video, display-matching controls, accessibility and maintenance improvements, and security repairs.

Date
Dec 4, 2017
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Public release

Apple released tvOS 11.2 on December 4, 2017 for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV (4th generation). Its consumer section names four feature groups in addition to general performance and stability improvements.[1][2]

Documented scope

The structured entries retain regional and hardware limitations. Security summaries distinguish the fourth-generation Apple TV's multicast KRACK repair from the Apple TV 4K repair already assigned to 11.1.[3][2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of tvOS 11.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-12-04T00:00:00.000Z · Released December 4, 2017

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  2. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 11.2

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  3. About the security content of tvOS 11.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-12-04T00:00:00.000Z · App Store through Wi-Fi

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  4. About the security content of tvOS 11.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-12-04T00:00:00.000Z · App Store; Auto Unlock; CFNetwork Session; CoreAnimation; CoreFoundation; IOKit; IOSurface; Kernel; WebKit

  5. Apple security updates (2016 to 2017)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · tvOS 11.2 — 4 Dec 2017

  6. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 11.2 — Accessibility

  7. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 11.2 — Amazon Prime Video

  8. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 11.2 — Apple TV App

  9. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 11.2 — Video playback

  10. About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 11.2 introduction

  11. About the security content of tvOS 11.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-12-04T00:00:00.000Z · Wi-Fi — CVE-2017-13080

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

security · fixed

App Store, privilege, kernel, and WebKit repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's living advisory records authentication-interface, local-privilege, kernel, information-disclosure, code-execution, and browser presentation risks.

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 11.2 · App Store; Auto Unlock; CFNetwork Session; CoreAnimation; CoreFoundation; IOKit; IOSurface; Kernel; WebKit

feature · introduced

Amazon Prime Video app availability

documentedconfirmed

The release's consumer notes mark Prime Video and its original or catalog programming as newly available on Apple TV.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 11.2 — Amazon Prime Video

enhancement · changed

General performance and stability improvements

documentedconfirmed

The consumer history confirms maintenance work without enumerating individual performance or reliability changes.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 11.2 introduction

security · fixed

Fourth-generation Apple TV multicast KRACK repair

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory explicitly distinguishes the model and prior release associated with the same KRACK class.

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 11.2 · Wi-Fi — CVE-2017-13080

feature · introduced

Original frame-rate and dynamic-range matching

documentedconfirmed

Supported hardware could switch output characteristics to better preserve the source presentation rather than using one fixed format for all content.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 11.2 — Video playback

enhancement · changed

VoiceOver navigation, reading, and dictation improvements

documentedconfirmed

The release expanded screen-reader controls and made spoken navigation and text entry more consistent.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 11.2 — Accessibility

feature · introduced

Apple TV app expansion and US Sports tab

documentedconfirmed

tvOS 11.2 widened regional access and introduced a sports-discovery workflow for live or upcoming games in the United States.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 11.2 — Apple TV App