I’ve now been “hanging in there” for a new Apple TV for a long time now. Back in 2017, I got the very first Apple TV 4K with the black remote that was and still is really hard to use. Too much touch, too little click 😅 The rumors got really strong throughout 2025 that a new box was imminent, but that never happened. The hold-up seems to be Siri. I might be one of the few people out there who really doesn’t care about the AI integration there. I use my Apple TV as an Apple Home hub and as the device to watch movies and shows through outside of normal television.
So why am I actually waiting for a new Apple TV box? Well, I could get the version that was released in 2022. It would be completely serviceable for what I’m looking for: a better remote that I can actually also find again when it gets lost on my black sofa and better support for more modern smart-home protocols (i.e. Matter). 4GB of memory instead of 3GB, more disk space, faster CPU; all nice things, but being able to find my remote again and replacing some old smart-home integrations with more modern ones since I use the Apple TV as my Apple Home hub.
But 4-year-old hardware is still 4 years old, and so it makes little sense for me to buy that if a new iteration is around the corner… and has been for a year.
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