This fall, Apple is expected to unveil a wide range of new products, including its M6 MacBook Pro, a refreshed iPad mini, the Apple Watch 12, the iPhone 18 Pro, and, finally, its long-awaited foldable iPhone. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to see what Apple has in store for all of them, especially the foldable iPhone. But there's one Apple product I'm even more excited about, which could finally launch soon after years of waiting: a new Apple TV 4K.
It might be hard to believe, but the last time Apple released a new Apple TV 4K was in the fall of 2022, when it launched the third-generation model powered by the A15 Bionic chip. Four years later, a successor still hasn't arrived, and anticipation has only continued to build. Over the past year, rumors and reports about the next Apple TV 4K have really started to heat up, giving us a much clearer picture of what Apple may have planned.
Here's everything you need to know about the next-generation Apple TV 4K, including its potential release date, hardware upgrades, software features, and expected price.
When is the new Apple TV 4K launching?
All signs point to this fall
Rumors about when Apple will finally launch a new Apple TV 4K have been circulating for well over a year. At one point, it was heavily rumored to arrive in late 2025 following the iPhone 17 launch, but that never happened. It was then expected to debut in the…