{"id":514727,"date":"2026-06-23T18:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/514727\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:00:24","slug":"ios-27-lets-you-update-your-apple-tv-using-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/514727\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 27 Lets You Update Your Apple TV Using Your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the idea of digging out your Siri<\/a> Remote to install a tvOS update on your Apple TV<\/a> sounds like too much effort, Apple’s upcoming iOS 27<\/a> software will have a new feature you’ll surely welcome.<\/p>\n

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Based on the latest \u200ciOS 27\u200c beta 2, you can push \u200cApple TV\u200c software updates straight from your iPhone, and you don’t even need to turn the \u200cApple TV\u200c on first.<\/p>\n

Apple’s set-top box now appears in the Updates section of the iOS Home app’s settings, right alongside the HomePod<\/a> and HomePod mini<\/a>, which have long supported the same thing. From there you can just tap the update button, and the newest software installs on its own. The same feature is also available from the Home app on iPad<\/a> with iPadOS 27<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The feature addition suggests that Apple’s upcoming smart home hub device that’s reportedly in the works<\/a> will also be controlled and updated through the Home app.<\/p>\n

Apple is expected to launch a dedicated smart home hub later this year. Like the \u200c\u200cHomePod\u200c\u200c, it is expected to run a version of tvOS and serve as a central control point for smart home devices, video calls, \u200cSiri\u200c interactions, and information such as weather updates. Rumored features include a 7-inch square display and built-in speakers, suggesting a kind of hybrid between a \u200cHomePod\u200c and an \u200ciPad\u200c.<\/p>\n

In a related addition, the virtual \u200cApple TV\u200c remote can now be added to the iPhone’s Home Screen<\/a> in the beta software, so you don’t necessarily have to invoke the Control Center to find it on your device.<\/p>\n

\u200ciOS 27\u200c is only on its second developer beta, but a public beta is due in July, while a wider rollout is expected this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the idea of digging out your Siri Remote to install a tvOS update on your Apple TV…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3288,61,87728,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-514727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple-tv","tag-ie","tag-ios-27","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}