Release appearance
tvOS 26.5 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
The public tvOS 26.5 release was framed as maintenance for viewers while its detailed developer record focused on StoreKit subscription and testing behavior.
- Date
- May 11, 2026
- Availability
- available
- Revision
- No
- Build
23L471
Chronology evidence
Appearance sources
These sources support the recorded date, channel, or availability. A researched release-notes article has not been added.
- tvOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit — New Features
- tvOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit — Resolved Issues
- tvOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit Testing — Known Issues
- tvOS 26.5 Release Notes
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · StoreKit Testing — Resolved Issues
- tvOS 26.5 (23L471)
Apple Developer · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 26.5; build 23L471
- About Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD software updates
Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · tvOS 26.5
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
knownIssue · knownIssue
Subscription price observation limitation
Some subscription price changes could not yet be observed as expected in StoreKit Testing.
- [1] tvOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit Testing — Known Issues
developerApi · introduced
Annual-commitment subscription model
Developers gained support for annual-commitment subscription products billed in monthly installments.
- [1] tvOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit — New Features
bugFix · fixed
StoreKit Testing configuration fix
StoreKit test sessions could load their configuration correctly in the documented failure case.
- [1] tvOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit Testing — Resolved Issues
bugFix · fixed
Non-Gregorian entitlement correction
StoreKit current-entitlement queries now handle the documented non-Gregorian calendar case correctly.
- [1] tvOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit — Resolved Issues
enhancement · changed
Performance and stability maintenance
The consumer release was presented as a maintenance update rather than a large visible feature release.
bugFix · fixed
StoreKit receipt-version correction
Receipt version decoding was corrected for supported StoreKit flows.
- [1] tvOS 26.5 Release Notes · StoreKit — Resolved Issues