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tvOS 26.0 Beta 1

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Developer beta

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About this appearance

The first retained raw Apple DocC state after tvOS 26 Beta 1 and before Beta 2 contains 54 note items; this page structures 8 representative, high-signal entries across the App Store, Background Assets, Metal, AirPlay playback, RealityKit, StoreKit, SwiftUI, and hardware-specific design behavior.

Date
Jun 9, 2025
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Archived Apple note state

Internet Archive preserved an Apple Developer raw DocC payload after Beta 1 and before Beta 2. It identifies itself as tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes and contains 54 structured note items.[1]

Representative Beta 1 inventory

This page structures 8 representative entries across the App Store, Background Assets, Metal, AirPlay playback, RealityKit, StoreKit, SwiftUI, and hardware-specific design behavior. It intentionally preserves a balanced set of new APIs, compatibility changes, fixes, and known issues instead of reproducing Apple's full list.[1]

Attribution boundary

This is initial snapshot-state attribution, not a claim that every item debuted at the exact seed publication time. The raw capture precedes Beta 2, so Beta 1 is the only intervening 26.0 milestone; later cumulative material and administrative identity facts are not copied backward.[1]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Human capture 20250616183649; exact raw payload 20250616183650; tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes

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  2. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · App Store — New Features; issue 138344118

  3. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Background Assets — Known Issues; issues 143281558, 151498902, 151647839, 151942388, and 152131750

  4. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Metal — New Features; issue 113781091

  5. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · Playback — Known Issues; issue 152107026

  6. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · RealityKit — Known Issues; issue 148920446

  7. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · StoreKit — New Features; issues 142501142 and 143395736

  8. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · SwiftUI — New Features; issue 145237287

  9. Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state

    Apple Developer · 2026-07-30 · SwiftUI and UIKit — Known Issues; issue 152111626

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

knownIssue · knownIssue

Background Assets beta reliability limitations

documentedconfirmed

The initial state groups the retained Background Assets limitations while preserving their individual Apple issue identifiers.

  1. [1] Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state · Background Assets — Known Issues; issues 143281558, 151498902, 151647839, 151942388, and 152131750

developerApi · introduced

StoreKit one-time and signed promotional offers

documentedconfirmed

The first beta state expands offer-code payment modes and adds signed promotional-offer APIs, including SwiftUI integration.

  1. [1] Archived tvOS 26 Beta Release Notes — 20250616183650 raw state · StoreKit — New Features; issues 142501142 and 143395736