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Apple Releases tvOS 27.2.1 With Siri AI for Older Apple TVs

Apple today released tvOS 27.2.1, an update to the tvOS 27 operating system that launched in September. tvOS 27.2.1 comes nearly three weeks after Apple released tvOS 27.2.

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tvOS 27.2.1 brings Siri AI support to the 2nd- and 3rd-generation Apple TV 4K models, but it is available for all ‌Apple TV‌ 4K models that support tvOS 27.

Apple announced ‌Siri‌ AI for the ‌Apple TV‌ when debuting the 4th-generation ‌Apple TV‌ 4K. A separate tvOS 27.2 build activates ‌Siri‌ AI on the newest set-top box, but the older ‌Apple TV‌ 4K models will need the tvOS 27.2.1 update to get access.

‌Siri‌ AI is the smarter, more capable version of ‌Siri‌ that Apple introduced earlier this year. ‌Siri‌ AI can play content, draw on personal context to offer suggestions, answer world knowledge questions, and complete tasks.

Using ‌Siri‌ AI on the ‌Apple TV‌ requires a paired Apple Intelligence-compatible iOS device, which includes the iPhone 15 Pro and later.

‌Apple TV‌ users can download tvOS 27.2.1 by going to Settings > System > Software Update. Apple has also released a new HomePod Software 27.2.1 update for the ‌HomePod‌ and ‌HomePod‌ mini.

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Reason077 Avatar
37 minutes ago at 11:39 am
Interesting how an AppleTV 4K 3rd gen with an A15 Bionic and 4GB RAM can run Siri AI…

But an iPhone 15 with an A16 Bionic and 6GB RAM cannot?
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
27 minutes ago at 11:48 am
I’m paranoid that this will sludge up my current apple tv (which works great and has no reason to be replaced)
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kylo83 Avatar
41 minutes ago at 11:34 am
So what’s the main point of the new Apple TV when older ones get Siri AI, nothing else is really new about from a chip that isn’t needed
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Reason077 Avatar
34 minutes ago at 11:41 am

That and the mics that allow you to yell at Siri from across the room.
There are mics built in to the Apple TV remotes, too, so yelling across the room should not be necessary regardless of model.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
38 minutes ago at 11:37 am

So what’s the main point of the new Apple TV when older ones get Siri AI, nothing else is really new about from a chip that isn’t needed
That and the mics that allow you to yell at Siri from across the room. It does have a hardware AV1 encoder that could be useful for some, and Wi-Fi 7. I agree, this was not a super compelling update.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Skwoodge Avatar
22 minutes ago at 11:53 am

Interesting how an AppleTV 4K 3rd gen with an A15 Bionic and 4GB RAM can run Siri AI…

But an iPhone 15 with an A16 Bionic and 6GB RAM cannot?
It's because Apple's choices are completely and utterly arbitrary. If you've spent any amount of time with the OpenCore Legacy Patcher, you'd see this even more clearly. Apple chooses not to support things for no reason in particular. It's probably the biggest thing that annoys me about Apple.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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