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tvOS 12.2

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
7
Beta cycle
60d
Average interval
10d
Public release
Mar 25, 2019

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

Release overview

tvOS 12.2 was released on March 25, 2019 with Siri playback requests from iPhone and iPad, Lock Screen access to Apple TV Remote controls on iOS 12.2, maintenance work, and security repairs.[1][2]

Evidence boundary

Siri availability varied by region, and Lock Screen remote access depended on iOS 12.2. Those dependencies are retained instead of presenting the features as universal Apple TV behavior.[3][4]

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 12.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2019-03-25T00:00:00.000Z · Released March 25, 2019

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 12.2

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  3. About the security content of tvOS 12.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2019-03-25T00:00:00.000Z · tvOS 12.2 security content

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 12.2; Siri availability note

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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

enhancement · changed

Apple TV Remote on the iOS Lock Screen

documentedconfirmed

The paired iOS 12.2 experience made common Apple TV Remote actions available from the Lock Screen for quicker playback control.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 12.2 — Apple TV Remote

security · fixed

tvOS 12.2 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

The release repaired vulnerabilities across network authentication, privilege and kernel boundaries, privacy and passcode handling, Siri, fonts, sandboxing, and WebKit.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 12.2 · 802.1X; Kernel; Passcode; Privacy; Sandbox; Siri; TrueTypeScaler; WebKit

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +11 days
  3. +16 days
  4. +12 days
  5. +7 days
  6. +7 days
  7. +7 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    tvOS 12.2 reached the public channel on 2019-03-25. This article records Apple's version-labeled feature or maintenance notes and the accompanying first-party security record.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    7 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .2 releases

50 days, 6.1 milestones

Based on 9 previous tvOS .2 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

60d (avg: 58d)

2 days longer than the tvOS average

Longest gap in this cycle

16 days

Between Beta 2 and Beta 3

Previous .2 releases (tvOS)

Previous comparable tvOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
tvOS 15.2202147d69d
tvOS 14.2202049d610d
tvOS 13.2201926d57d
tvOS 12.1.2201943d414d
tvOS 11.2201735d76d
tvOS 10.2.2201764d711d

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Official release notes