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tvOS 15.4 Public

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About this appearance

tvOS 15.4 reached the public channel on March 14, 2022 with Apple Watch-assisted purchases, HomeKit camera Picture in Picture, captive-portal Wi-Fi support, and security repairs.

Date
Mar 14, 2022
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 15.4 on March 14, 2022. The update expanded authentication, home-camera viewing, and network onboarding in ways aimed at shared televisions and Apple TVs used away from home.[1][2]

Documented scope

The associated advisory records security fixes in document and image parsing, graphics, the kernel, preferences, Sandbox, and WebKit. The archive stays within those version-labeled sources and includes no inferred undocumented behavior.[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 15.4

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-03-14T00:00:00.000Z · Released March 14, 2022

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 15.4

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  3. About the security content of tvOS 15.4

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-03-14T00:00:00.000Z · Accelerate Framework; ImageIO; IOGPUFamily; Kernel; Preferences; Sandbox; WebKit

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  4. About the security content of tvOS 15.4

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-03-14T00:00:00.000Z · Accelerate Framework; ImageIO; IOGPUFamily; Kernel; LLVM; MediaRemote; Preferences; Sandbox; WebKit

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 15.4 — Apple Watch

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 15.4 — Captive portal Wi-Fi networks

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 15.4 — Home cameras

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

compatibility · introduced

Captive-portal Wi-Fi onboarding

documentedconfirmed

tvOS 15.4 added assisted setup for captive networks, expanding where Apple TV could be connected outside a conventional home Wi-Fi environment.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 15.4 — Captive portal Wi-Fi networks

feature · introduced

Home camera Picture in Picture

documentedconfirmed

The release allowed a compatible home-camera feed to stay onscreen in a small window without replacing the program being watched.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 15.4 — Home cameras

security · fixed

tvOS 15.4 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory documents fixes in Accelerate, ImageIO, IOGPUFamily, the kernel, LLVM, MediaRemote, Preferences, Sandbox, and WebKit.

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 15.4 · Accelerate Framework; ImageIO; IOGPUFamily; Kernel; LLVM; MediaRemote; Preferences; Sandbox; WebKit

feature · introduced

Apple Watch-assisted purchase approval

documentedconfirmed

tvOS 15.4 added a purchase flow that uses Apple Watch together with an iPhone or iPad to approve transactions on Apple TV.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 15.4 — Apple Watch