NEW Apple TV, HomePod & Home Features with tvOS 18

[@Dr_Cole]

Great update. As a big Apple Home user, the ability to select my hub is huge. Now the hub is finally set it and forget it.

[@MaZEEZaM]

Subtitles and enhanced dialogue is great changes.

[@williammartinez8381]

Hey Craig, like always a great video. The one thing that I definitely love the most about Apple TV and iOS 18 is that we can actually select what Apple TV can be our home hub. In addition, one thing I would love to see that we don’t have yet is that we can use multiple language with our HomePods like we do and Alexa and Google .

[@Bazools]

Getting my first ever Apple TV this month… can’t wait to connect it to my projector and HomePod mini. So hyped!

[@T3CHGY007]

You will love the experience!

[@gabrielegelfofx]

Multi HomePods for Atmos would be a killer feature. Spatial audio with two speakers is a compromise.

[@IEA_455]

Yes two OGs and two small ones for surround would be great

[@_cb336]

Thanks for the info, and for not being an AI voiceover bot 👍

[@vijaysrinivasan6362]

Did they fix the low audio quality / volume issues the Apple TV continues to have? Just compare any Atmos movie back to back on an Apple TV 4k and an Apple TV App ( say on the PS5), you would realize what I am talking about. The audio would sound muffled and will lack the dynamic range compared to the PS5 App. ( this is mostly true in a Home theater setup)

[@sxsignal]

great update! now would like to see Apple update (or know when) the Apple TV hardware, as I'm wanting to pick up 2 new ones

[@iGageit]

Great Video! I tried to rewind KZbin to see if Subtitles would turn on 😂 it didn’t work with YT yet 😅

[@OldGrowthRedwood]

Does not work for subtitles

[@ulli4521]

Just a quick question: once updated Apple TV4K and HomePods 2nd gen. no Dolby Atmos is shown in Audio during a movie , which was usually listed when language options selected during movie. Also Dolby Atmos isn’t anymore playing. In Apple support there is no such a topic 😢

[@speedracer9132]

Unrelated to this video, but I thought of you yesterday when I saw a VIDEO ADVERTISEMENT on my echo show… i immediately unplugged all of them

[@CraftBattleAxe]

They have VIDEO ADS on them now??? Holy cow, I’m glad I didn’t get one

[@drlessismore]

Any idea when the next Apple TV is rumoured to come out?

[@EdwardsNH]

You do NOT need to go into the Audio Video settings to turn on enhanced audio. You can do it while watching... It's the middle selection, to the upper right of the play bar

[@jrperezphotography]

Thank you, Question is there any use for older Apple TV? For example can you connect to an iMac or MacBook and gain anything?

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Craig.

[@kylesustin1122]

Great review on the updates! Any word on when/if a brand new Apple TV will be coming out? I have the 1st gen 4k Apple TVs and want to upgrade but waiting for new ones to come out first.

[@garethjones5068]

Got a second HomePod arriving tomorrow, looking forward to using them as a stereo pair for my bedroom Apple TV

[@BreakTime10101]

Craig, just and FYI, Enhanced Dialogue is not supported on the 2017 first generation Apple TV 4K. I think everything is, but not 100% sure. Also, some people were having issues being able to pick which device is their main hub, I still can’t pick mine. Great video, thanks.

[@chetanyabeniwal9193]

After updating to TV OS 18, I’m experiencing issues with youtube app as when I pause a video it starts playing back after screensaver appears. Also whenever I play a new video it starts in the middle of timeframe.

[@georgehafner2462]

Hello, I have a Schlage Encode Plus that supports Homekey, how do I set up the ultra wide band to work on my lock, it works by touching the lock now, but I would like to open the lock by just walking up to the lock to open. Thanks, love your videos always great info, have been a longtime 77 year old fan that loves Home Automation

[@Rapturepress]

All I want is to be able to use my homepods as microphones during a FaceTime call. THATS IT!

[@gregcols]

I have the 4K 1st Gen, and don't have the option of Enhanced Audio. Updated to tvOS 18.1.

[@roni7804]

Let me know when HomePod supports Spotify properly. Thanks 🙏

[@ascot4000]

No Enhanced Dialogue on my Apple TV as the option is missing from the list on my tvOS 18.0. Weird.

[@MaZEEZaM]

I'm guessing the phone tv control is limited to phones? I use android

[@joe10117]

any new apps added ?

[@karenorgan6203]

I have Apple Watch Series 4 (GPS), but it doesn’t seem to have the three dots on the remote. Version 10.6.1 (21U580) I tried to install iPadOS 18 earlier in the week, but it said the update wasn’t available and now it’s simply not there. I updated to the highest iPadOS 17 though.

[@garethjones5068]

I have to admit that o was surprised that the crown control of volume was available on Spotify before it was available for TV control

[@joshuakolton9955]

This is why Apple beats Amazon in the smartphone streaming boxes world.

[@naimwilliams3894]

Amazon might have them. They just need a better processor chip

[@pbstrickland]

Apple hub is not functioning yet

[@alibobby33]

how to get 21.9 aspect ratio

[@jqweary]

My Apple TV won’t update 🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@garethjones5068]

I’ve signed up to the Beta update programmes for iOS, iPad OS, Watch OS & TV OS. I like taking an early look at what’s coming

[@SanderLeona-j7h]

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[@claudioagmfilho]

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[@JOESRQFLUSA]

And when is the new APPLE TV coming out 2026?😢😢😢

[@geoedov2964]

The HomePod/Apple TV is one of the WORST products that Apple ever produced . Since the release of tvOS18, I have spent 3 hours with apple support and engineers on bugs that I found in this version of OS. They agreed that there was software bugs that were found and will be hopefully corrected in the next minor version of tvOS. These are the same kind of network bugs that they had in tvOS 16 and they had to correct in 16.1.

[@TheIndestructibleRichardNixon]

I’ve had a couple issues but overall it’s not a bad experience for me, I have a house of them. I’d rather have a home UI that isn’t chalked full of ads like a firestick.

[@geoedov2964]

@@TheIndestructibleRichardNixon True, I agree with you on that.