Apple Announces New tvOS 16 Features Coming Later This Year

​In addition to unveiling a new Apple TV 4K with an A15 Bionic chip and more, Apple today previewed several new Siri-related features coming to the Apple TV in a tvOS 16 update later this year. The features will likely be introduced with tvOS 16.2, given that Apple appears to have wrapped up development of tvOS 16.1.

New features coming in a tvOS 16 update later this year:Siri voice recognition for up to six family members will allow the Apple TV 4K to understand who is talking and reply with custom recommendations tailored just for them based on their user profile.

Users wearing AirPods will be able to say “Hey Siri” instead of using the Siri Remote.

Siri on tvOS will be supported in Denmark, Luxembourg, and Singapore later this year. Support was recently added for Chile, Finland, and South Africa.In addition, Siri has been redesigned on the Apple TV with a more compact interface that allows users to quickly view results at a glance in the bottom-right corner of the screen. This new design has already been implemented in the tvOS 16.1 Release Candidate and should be available to all users when tvOS 16.1 is released next week.

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