Release appearance
tvOS 18.0 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
The public tvOS 18 release added contextual information for Apple TV+ content, clearer speech and smarter subtitles, new screen savers, FaceTime captions, and redesigned fitness and music experiences.
- Date
- Sep 16, 2024
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
Chronology evidence
Appearance sources
These sources support the recorded date, channel, or availability. A researched release-notes article has not been added.
- About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 18 — Apple Fitness+ and Apple Music
- About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 18 — Enhance Dialogue
- About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 18 — FaceTime
- About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 18 — InSight
- About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 18 — Screen savers
- About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 18 — Subtitles
- tvOS 18 is now available
Apple Newsroom · 2024-09-16T00:00:00.000Z · tvOS 18 is now available
- About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 18
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
feature · introduced
Portraits screen saver
Supported Apple TV 4K models gained a personal-photo screen-saver style and faster category switching.
- [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 18 — Screen savers
enhancement · changed
FaceTime Live Captions and dedicated Continuity Camera
Eligible Apple TV 4K models gained live call captions and a less repetitive camera-connection workflow.
- [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 18 — FaceTime
feature · introduced
Context-aware automatic subtitles
tvOS began surfacing subtitles automatically in common situations where dialogue may have been missed.
- [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 18 — Subtitles
feature · introduced
InSight for Apple TV+
InSight added a contextual layer to eligible movies and series and provided a path to save identified music.
- [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 18 — InSight
enhancement · changed
Redesigned Fitness+ and broader Music SharePlay
The release refreshed workout navigation and made collaborative living-room music sessions easier to join and control.
- [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 18 — Apple Fitness+ and Apple Music
enhancement · changed
Expanded Enhance Dialogue
Dialogue enhancement expanded beyond its earlier output constraints on supported Apple TV 4K models.
- [1] About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates · tvOS 18 — Enhance Dialogue