The new, fourth generation Apple TV is still settling into its home next to our television sets, but already Apple is hard at work on its successor, according to a new report.
Apple’s suppliers are said to be putting a limited number of the new Apple TV into limited, small-scale “trial” production, ahead of volume production beginning early in 2016.
Apple is reportedly planning to adopt a new CPU for the fifth generation Apple TV, which will dramatically improve its hardware performance, and — most interestingly — “add new functions to help it no longer serve only as a set-top box.”
Production is being handled by Quanta Computer, and market watchers are reportedly expecting Apple to achieve 20 million unit shipments of the next-gen Apple TV in 2016.
With the eagerly-anticipated latest Apple TV now having been out for long enough for a fair appraisal, what are your hopes for a sequel? Personally, I’m more interested in content deals — and Apple perhaps following Netflix into original programming — as a game changer, but leave your comments below.
Source: Digitimes
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
15 responses to “Apple is already making the next Apple TV in small numbers”
I would like AppleTV to become AppleHub. I’d basically like to see it replace AirPort Express and Extreme, possibly even Time Capsule. It must be a full modem/router solution, and become the center of my home network.
UZ, Thats brilliant thinking! I love this idea!
I agre pal
Great idea, I would definitely buy one.
I just bought the 4th gen Apple TV and I’m gonna be so pissed if they replace it that fast
I really think Tim’s Apple is clueless.
Clueless about what specifically?
Tim serves Wall Street investors. Steve did too… but while serving the users. Tim doesn’t shive a git about the users. Only the profits.
Yep
Where is my HomeKit integration and always on siri?
I completely agree. Not having this built in day one is my biggest disappointment. Im happy Apple is taking their streaming box seriously but I hope that feature is built into at least all 4 gens going forward.
homekit is mostly about having devices that can use it. but I would like to see an app for the Apple TV for setting up scenes etc.
So stupid i just got my apple tv 4 generation and alredy going for the 5 generation give people a break apple geting a bit to greedy let us enjoy what we just got for a while plz.
this isn’t any different than what they do every year with everything else. Folks should be used to it by now
so a tech company is making prototypes for their possible next release. shocking