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tvOS 16.1 Public

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tvOS 16.1 reached the public channel on October 24, 2022 with a redesigned Siri experience, AirPods hands-free control, Shared Photo Library, iPhone-based Fitness+, Matter, and security repairs.

Date
Oct 24, 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 16.1 on October 24, 2022. The update expanded Apple TV's voice interface, family photo access, workout entry path, and smart-home interoperability.[1][2]

Documented scope

The associated advisory records protected-file, media, certificate, kernel, Sandbox, and WebKit repairs. All changes below come from Apple's 16.1-labeled material; no later tvOS 16 capability or undocumented report is projected onto this event.[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 16.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-10-24T00:00:00.000Z · Released October 24, 2022

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 16.1

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  3. About the security content of tvOS 16.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-10-24T00:00:00.000Z · AppleMobileFileIntegrity; Audio; CFNetwork; Kernel; Sandbox; WebKit

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 16.1 through tvOS 16.6

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  5. About the security content of tvOS 16.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-10-24T00:00:00.000Z · AppleMobileFileIntegrity; Audio; CFNetwork; Kernel; Model I/O; Sandbox; WebKit

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 16.1 — Apple Fitness+

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 16.1 — Home hub

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 16.1 — Photos

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

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 16.1 — Siri

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

compatibility · introduced

Matter smart-home support

documentedconfirmed

The release added Matter support so a broader range of compatible smart-home products could work across ecosystems through the home hub.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 16.1 — Home hub

feature · introduced

iCloud Shared Photo Library on Apple TV

documentedconfirmed

The update brought shared family photo collections to the television after the library is configured on another supported Apple device.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 16.1 — Photos

enhancement · changed

Redesigned Siri and AirPods hands-free control

documentedconfirmed

tvOS 16.1 redesigned Siri's onscreen presentation for media and app requests and enabled voice-only invocation through connected AirPods.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 16.1 — Siri

compatibility · introduced

Fitness+ workouts using iPhone

documentedconfirmed

tvOS 16.1 opened Fitness+ on Apple TV to iPhone users, showing coaching and timers onscreen while the phone provided estimated activity progress.

  1. [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 16.1 — Apple Fitness+

security · fixed

tvOS 16.1 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple documents fixes across AppleMobileFileIntegrity, audio parsing, CFNetwork certificate validation, the kernel, Model I/O, Sandbox, and WebKit.

  1. [1] About the security content of tvOS 16.1 · AppleMobileFileIntegrity; Audio; CFNetwork; Kernel; Model I/O; Sandbox; WebKit