Sekuyiminyaka emi-3 selokhu kwethulwa i-Apple TV yesizukulwane sesithathu, kube namahlebezi amaningi azungeze i-Apple TV yesizukulwane sesine, amanye awo aqinisekiswa njengokwethulwa kwe-App Store yayo ye-Apple set-top box. Abanye, njengokujwayelekile, futhi lokho kwakuyizithelo zamaphupho abanye, bahlala eceleni kwendlela, yize bengafika nesizukulwane esilandelayo se-Apple TV, esesike sakhuluma ngaso kwesinye isikhathi, kepha okwamanje esingenalo usuku. kuhlelwe ukwethulwa, yize amanye amahemuhemu ephakamisa ukuthi kungaba kulo nyaka Kungekudala ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-Apple TV, I-Apple yethule uhlelo olukude lwe-TV lwe-iPhone, uhlelo lokusebenza esingalawula ngalo ukusebenza kwe-Apple TV.
Lolu hlelo lokusebenza luhle kakhulu lapho sihlala kusofa futhi asazi lapho isihogo esisibeke khona irimothi ye-Apple TV. I-beta yakamuva ye-tvOS 10.2, inguqulo ezobe isizofinyelela kumadivayisi kunguqulo yayo yokugcina, iveza ukuthi abafana baseCupertino bangaqalisa uhlelo olukude lwe-TV lwe-iPad, okungaba ngumqondo omuhle kubo bonke abasebenzisi basebenzisa i-iPad phambi kwethelevishini ngenkathi bebheka okuqukethwe ngethebhulethi ye-Apple.
Asazi noma ngabe i-Apple iwushintshile umqondo wayo, ngoba lolu hlelo belutholakalela i-iPhone kuphela, kepha lapha okubalulekile ukuthi sizokwazi nokuyisebenzisa kusuka kwi-iPad yethu, ilungele labo basebenzisi lapho befika ekhaya banqamula i-iPhone kodwa bafuna ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza nge-iPadngoba nje bayithanda kangcono kunokusebenzisa irimothi.
Uma ungabasebenzisi be-Apple TV ne-iPad, okuwukuphela kwento esingayenza ukulinda ukubona ukuthi ekugcineni I-Apple ikhipha inguqulo yokugcina ye-tvOS 10.2, ukuze sikwazi ukusizakala ngazo zonke izindaba elisinika zona. Okwamanje, i-Apple ikhiphe ama-betas ayisithupha wenguqulo elandelayo ye-tvOS, ngaphezulu kokwanele ukuthi lesi sibuyekezo esisha silungele ukungena emakethe.