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tvOS 14.0 Public

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About this appearance

tvOS 14.0 reached the public channel on September 16, 2020 with shared audio, Picture in Picture, Home integration, multiuser gaming, controller, aerial, AirPlay, and security changes.

Date
Sep 16, 2020
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 14.0 on September 16, 2020. Its launch notes cover private shared listening, video multitasking, smart-home views, individualized gaming, expanded controllers, aerial controls, and higher-resolution photo streaming.[1][2]

Documented scope

The version-specific advisory adds the security baseline across media, fonts and images, system boundaries, the kernel, databases, WebKit, and Wi-Fi. This article stays within the launch section and does not infer undocumented changes.[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 14.0

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-09-16T00:00:00.000Z · Released September 16, 2020

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14

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  3. About the security content of tvOS 14.0

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-09-16T00:00:00.000Z · Assets; Audio; CoreAudio; FontParser; HomeKit; ImageIO; Kernel; Sandbox; SQLite; WebKit; Wi-Fi

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14 through tvOS 14.3

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  5. About the security content of tvOS 14.0

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-09-16T00:00:00.000Z · Assets; Audio; CoreAudio; CoreText; Disk Images; FontParser; HomeKit; ImageIO; Kernel; Sandbox; SQLite; WebKit; Wi-Fi

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14 — AirPlay

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14 — Game controllers

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14 — Home

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14 — Multiuser for gaming

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14 — Picture in Picture

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14 — Screen savers

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14 — Share audio

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

security · fixed

tvOS 14.0 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory documents fixes across Assets, Audio, CoreAudio, CoreText, Disk Images, FontParser, HomeKit, ImageIO, the kernel, Sandbox, SQLite, WebKit, and Wi-Fi.

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 14.0 · Assets; Audio; CoreAudio; CoreText; Disk Images; FontParser; HomeKit; ImageIO; Kernel; Sandbox; SQLite; WebKit; Wi-Fi