I-Apple yethule isevisi yayo yokusakaza ividiyo cishe unyaka owedlule. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, abakhiqizi abakhulu bethelevishini bamemezele ukuthi bazonikeza ngohlelo lwe-Apple TV iningi lamamodeli akhishwe emakethe eminyakeni emibili noma emithathu edlule kuya ngomenzi wayo.
AbakwaSony bamemezele ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule ukwethulwa kohlelo lwe-Apple TV lwamamodeli aphethwe yi-Android TV, ukwethulwa okungenzekanga ekugcineni. Ngenhlanhla, ukugwema ukungaqondi kahle, abakwaSony bamemezele ngokusemthethweni ukutholakala kohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Apple TV iningi lamamodeli alo kusukela namhlanje.
AbakwaSony basanda kukhipha ifayela le- isibuyekezo sesoftware yama-TV wakho we-X900H, uchungechunge olufaka amamodeli kusuka kuma-intshi angama-55 kuye kwayi-85 kufaka phakathi wonke amamodeli we-4K Lawa amamodeli okuqala aseqalile ukuthola uhlelo lwe-Apple TV, kepha ngeke kube yiwo wodwa kusukela ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, amanye amamodeli ka-2019 azophinde anikeze ngohlelo lwe-Apple TV kumamodeli ka-2020 nango-2018.
Ngaphandle kokuba amathelevishini aphethwe yi-Android TV, uhlelo lokusebenza ngeke lutholakale nge-Play Store kunalokho, kuzoza nokuvuselelwa kwesoftware. Okwamanje, kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuthi i-Apple izovula uhlelo lwensizakalo yayo yevidiyo ku-streamimg ye-Android, noma ngabe sibheka ukuthi i-Apple Music inayo, kungenzeka ukuthi ngesikhathi esithile izofika.
Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Apple TV ayinikezi kuphela ukufinyelela kwinsizakalo yokusakaza ividiyo ye-Apple, kodwa futhi kuvumela ukufinyelela kukho konke okuqukethwe okutholakala ku-iTunes ngaphezu kwezinsizakalo ezahlukahlukene zokusakazwa kwethelevishini ezinikezwa yi-Apple, okwamanje, e-United States kuphela, kepha kuyindaba yesikhathi ngaphambi kokuthi i-Apple ifinyelele ezivumelwaneni emazweni amaningi.