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tvOS 14.2 Public

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About this appearance

tvOS 14.2 reached the public channel on November 5, 2020 with HomePod home-theater audio, Apple One subscription management, and a version-specific security repair set.

Date
Nov 5, 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 14.2 on November 5, 2020. Its two named consumer additions connected HomePod to Apple TV 4K for home-theater audio and exposed Apple One plans through account subscription settings.[1][2]

Documented scope

The security advisory documents additional repairs in audio, fonts, images, crash and file handling, graphics, the kernel, XML, logging, WebKit, and XNU. Fitness+ remains outside this version's occurrence list.[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 14.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z · Released November 5, 2020

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14.2

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  3. About the security content of tvOS 14.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z · Audio; CoreAudio; CoreText; FontParser; ImageIO; IOAcceleratorFamily; Kernel; libxml2; Logging; WebKit; XNU

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14.2; tvOS 14.3

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  5. About the security content of tvOS 14.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z · Audio; CoreAudio; CoreText; Crash Reporter; FontParser; Foundation; ImageIO; IOAcceleratorFamily; Kernel; libxml2; Logging; Model I/O; WebKit; XNU

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14.2 — Apple One

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 14.2 — HomePod home theater

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

security · fixed

tvOS 14.2 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory records fixes across Audio, CoreAudio, CoreText, Crash Reporter, FontParser, Foundation, ImageIO, IOAcceleratorFamily, the kernel, libxml2, Logging, Model I/O, WebKit, and XNU.

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 14.2 · Audio; CoreAudio; CoreText; Crash Reporter; FontParser; Foundation; ImageIO; IOAcceleratorFamily; Kernel; libxml2; Logging; Model I/O; WebKit; XNU