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tvOS 15.3

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
4
Beta cycle
40d
Average interval
13d
Public release
Jan 26, 2022

Release notes

Overview

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

Release overview

tvOS 15.3 was released on January 26, 2022. Apple's consumer update history describes general performance and stability improvements, while the security advisory provides the concrete technical record for the release.[1][2]

Documented security and source gap

Apple lists fixes in ColorSync, Crash Reporter, iCloud, the kernel, Model I/O, WebKit, and WebKit Storage. No named consumer feature or independently verified undocumented change is attributed to 15.3 here.[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 15.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-01-26T00:00:00.000Z · tvOS 15.3 — Released January 26, 2022

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 15.3

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  3. About the security content of tvOS 15.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-01-26T00:00:00.000Z · ColorSync; Crash Reporter; iCloud; Kernel; Model I/O; WebKit; WebKit Storage

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  4. About the security content of tvOS 15.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-01-26T00:00:00.000Z · Released January 26, 2022

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

General performance and stability improvements

documentedconfirmed

The first-party consumer note supports a maintenance classification but does not provide enough detail to divide the work into narrower occurrences.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 15.3

security · fixed

tvOS 15.3 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple documents fixes across ColorSync, Crash Reporter, iCloud, the kernel, Model I/O, WebKit, and WebKit Storage for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 15.3 · ColorSync; Crash Reporter; iCloud; Kernel; Model I/O; WebKit; WebKit Storage

Milestones

Release history

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

  2. +26 days
  3. +8 days
  4. +6 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    tvOS 15.3 reached the public channel on January 26, 2022 as a maintenance release with general performance and stability work plus documented security corrections.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    3 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

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

Historical avg for .3 releases

45 days, 5.8 milestones

Based on 4 previous tvOS .3 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

40d (avg: 58d)

18 days shorter than the tvOS average

Duration ranking

#39 of 50

Middle of the pack tvOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

26 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Previous .3 releases (tvOS)

Previous comparable tvOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
tvOS 14.3202032d66d
tvOS 13.3201935d59d
tvOS 12.3201947d512d
tvOS 11.3201864d711d

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Official release notes