Apple TV 4K (2nd generation)
Still receiving security updates
22
days without a security update
Last update on 14 September 2026
This device got the most recent security round Apple shipped for its product line. Install updates when they appear; nothing else to do right now.
- Family
- Apple TV
- Released
- 21 May 2021
- Security updates
- 33
- First update in our data
- 16 May 2022
What you see here, and what you do not
The status is derived from the patch history: did this device get the most recent round that covered its product line, yes or no.
This device received the most recent round covering its line.
We do not know an end-of-support date for this device. Apple does not publish one. Once the EU product database EPREL provides it, an expected end date will appear here — right now that would be a guess.
Patch history
| Version | Date | Vulnerabilities | Affected components |
|---|---|---|---|
| tvOS 27 | 14 September 2026 | 89 | Accelerate Framework, Accessibility, APFS, AppleAVD and 40 moreAccelerate Framework, Accessibility, APFS, AppleAVD, App Store, Audio, AuthKit, AVEVideoEncoder, BackgroundAssets, Bluetooth, CloudKit, CoreMedia, CoreMotion, CoreText, CoreUI, DeviceCheck, File Bookmark, FontParser, Foundation, Graphics, Heimdal, ImageIO, IOKit, IOMobileFrameBuffer, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, MediaRemote, Model I/O, Music, NetworkExtension, Photos Storage, RealityKit, SceneKit, Security, Shortcuts, Siri, Software Update, Symptom Framework, TCC, WebKit, WebKit History, WebRTC, Wi-Fi Connectivity, XPC |
| tvOS 26.6 | 27 July 2026 | 106 | Accounts Framework, AppleAVD, Apple Neural Engine, App Store and 32 moreAccounts Framework, AppleAVD, Apple Neural Engine, App Store, Audio, AuthKit, AVEVideoEncoder, CloudAttestation, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Video Toolbox, curl, FrontBoard, Game Center, Heimdal, ImageIO, IOGPUFamily, Kernel, Libnotify, libxslt, Managed Configuration, mDNSResponder, MediaRemote, MobileAccessoryUpdater, Model I/O, Pro Res, Sandbox Profiles, SceneKit, Siri, StorageKit, Web Extensions, WebKit, WebKit Canvas, WebKit Storage, WebRTC, Wi-Fi |
| tvOS 26.5 | 11 May 2026 | 48 | Accelerate, APFS, App Intents, AppleJPEG and 17 moreAccelerate, APFS, App Intents, AppleJPEG, Audio, CoreSymbolication, ImageIO, IOHIDFamily, IOKit, IOSkywalkFamily, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, LaunchServices, mDNSResponder, Model I/O, SceneKit, Spotlight, Storage, WebKit, Wi-Fi, zlib |
| tvOS 26.4 | 24 March 2026 | 19 | 802.1X, Audio, CoreMedia, CoreUtils and 11 more802.1X, Audio, CoreMedia, CoreUtils, Crash Reporter, curl, GeoServices, ImageIO, Kernel, libxpc, ppp, Sandbox Profiles, Security, UIFoundation, WebKit |
| tvOS 26.3 | 11 February 2026 | 15 | AppleKeyStore, Bluetooth, CoreAudio, CoreMedia and 9 moreAppleKeyStore, Bluetooth, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreServices, dyld, Game Center, ImageIO, Kernel, libexpat, Sandbox, StoreKit, WebKit |
| tvOS 26.2 | 12 December 2025 | 18 | AppleJPEG, curl, Foundation, Icons and 3 moreAppleJPEG, curl, Foundation, Icons, Kernel, Multi-Touch, WebKit |
| tvOS 26.1 | 3 November 2025 | 31 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Apple Neural Engine, Assets, CloudKit and 10 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, Apple Neural Engine, Assets, CloudKit, CoreServices, CoreText, FontParser, Installer, Kernel, libxpc, MallocStackLogging, Model I/O, WebKit, WebKit Canvas |
| tvOS 26 | 15 September 2025 | 22 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Apple Neural Engine, Audio, Bluetooth and 11 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, Apple Neural Engine, Audio, Bluetooth, CloudKit, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, IOHIDFamily, IOKit, Kernel, MobileStorageMounter, Sandbox, SQLite, System, WebKit |
| tvOS 18.6 | 29 July 2025 | 26 | afclip, CFNetwork, CoreAudio, CoreMedia and 10 moreafclip, CFNetwork, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Playback, ICU, ImageIO, Kernel, libxml2, libxslt, Metal, Model I/O, SQLite, WebKit |
| tvOS 18.5 | 12 May 2025 | 27 | AppleJPEG, CoreAudio, Core Bluetooth, CoreGraphics and 10 moreAppleJPEG, CoreAudio, Core Bluetooth, CoreGraphics, CoreMedia, ImageIO, Kernel, libexpat, mDNSResponder, Pro Res, Security, StoreKit, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| tvOS 18.4.1 | 16 April 2025 | 2 | CoreAudio, RPAC |
| tvOS 18.4 | 31 March 2025 | 47 | AirDrop, AirPlay, Audio, Calendar and 21 moreAirDrop, AirPlay, Audio, Calendar, CoreAudio, CoreGraphics, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Playback, CoreServices, CoreText, CoreUtils, curl, Foundation, ImageIO, Kernel, libarchive, libnetcore, libxml2, libxpc, NetworkExtension, Power Services, Security, Share Sheet, Siri, WebKit |
| tvOS 18.3 | 27 January 2025 | 25 | AirPlay, ARKit, CoreAudio, CoreMedia and 8 moreAirPlay, ARKit, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Playback, Display, ImageIO, Kernel, libxslt, PackageKit, SceneKit, WebKit |
| tvOS 18.2 | 11 December 2024 | 29 | APFS, Apple Account, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Crash Reporter and 12 moreAPFS, Apple Account, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Crash Reporter, FontParser, ICU, ImageIO, IOMobileFrameBuffer, Kernel, libexpat, libxpc, MobileBackup, QuartzCore, SceneKit, Vim, WebKit |
| tvOS 18.1 | 28 October 2024 | 19 | AppleAVD, App Support, CoreMedia Playback, CoreText and 9 moreAppleAVD, App Support, CoreMedia Playback, CoreText, Foundation, ImageIO, IOSurface, Kernel, Managed Configuration, MobileBackup, Pro Res, Security, WebKit |
| tvOS 18 | 16 September 2024 | 15 | Game Center, ImageIO, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel and 7 moreGame Center, ImageIO, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, LaunchServices, libxml2, mDNSResponder, Model I/O, SceneKit, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| tvOS 17.6 | 29 July 2024 | 22 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreGraphics, dyld, Family Sharing and 5 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreGraphics, dyld, Family Sharing, ImageIO, Kernel, libxpc, Sandbox, WebKit |
| tvOS 17.5 | 13 May 2024 | 28 | AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Apple Neural Engine, AVEVideoEncoder and 16 moreAppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Apple Neural Engine, AVEVideoEncoder, Core Data, CoreMedia, Disk Images, Foundation, IOSurface, Kernel, libiconv, Maps, Messages, Metal, RemoteViewServices, Spotlight, Transparency, WebKit, WebKit Canvas, WebKit Web Inspector |
| tvOS 17.4 | 7 March 2024 | 26 | Accessibility, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreBluetooth - LE, file and 12 moreAccessibility, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreBluetooth - LE, file, ImageIO, Image Processing, Kernel, libxpc, MediaRemote, Metal, RTKit, Sandbox, Siri, Spotlight, UIKit, WebKit |
| tvOS 17.3 | 22 January 2024 | 12 | Apple Neural Engine, CoreCrypto, Kernel, libxpc and 5 moreApple Neural Engine, CoreCrypto, Kernel, libxpc, NSSpellChecker, Power Manager, TCC, Time Zone, WebKit |
| tvOS 17.2 | 11 December 2023 | 13 | AVEVideoEncoder, ImageIO, Kernel, Libsystem and 4 moreAVEVideoEncoder, ImageIO, Kernel, Libsystem, Sandbox, TCC, Transparency, WebKit |
| tvOS 17.1 | 25 October 2023 | 11 | Core Recents, Game Center, ImageIO, libxpc and 5 moreCore Recents, Game Center, ImageIO, libxpc, mDNSResponder, Pro Res, Sandbox, Siri, WebKit |
| tvOS 17 | 18 September 2023 | 41 | Airport, Apple Neural Engine, App Store, AuthKit and 22 moreAirport, Apple Neural Engine, App Store, AuthKit, Bluetooth, bootp, CFNetwork, CoreAnimation, Core Data, Dev Tools, Game Center, GPU Drivers, IOUserEthernet, Kernel, libpcap, libxpc, libxslt, Maps, MobileStorageMounter, Photos, Photos Storage, Pro Res, Sandbox, Simulator, StorageKit, WebKit |
| tvOS 16.6 | 24 July 2023 | 23 | Kernel, libxpc, WebKit, WebKit Web Inspector |
| tvOS 16.5 | 18 May 2023 | 37 | Accessibility, Accounts, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Core Location and 24 moreAccessibility, Accounts, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Core Location, CoreServices, GeoServices, ImageIO, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, LaunchServices, MallocStackLogging, Metal, Model I/O, NetworkExtension, NSURLSession, Photos, Sandbox, Share Sheet, Shortcuts, Siri, SQLite, StorageKit, System Settings, Telephony, TV App, Weather, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| tvOS 16.4 | 27 March 2023 | 22 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, ColorSync, Core Bluetooth, CoreCapture and 11 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, ColorSync, Core Bluetooth, CoreCapture, FontParser, Foundation, Identity Services, ImageIO, Kernel, Podcasts, Sandbox, Shortcuts, TCC, WebKit, WebKit Web Inspector |
| tvOS 16.3.2 | 13 February 2023 | 1 | Security |
| tvOS 16.3 | 24 January 2023 | 16 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Crash Reporter, FontParser, ImageIO and 5 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, Crash Reporter, FontParser, ImageIO, Kernel, Maps, Safari, Weather, WebKit |
| tvOS 16.2 | 13 December 2022 | 32 | Accounts, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, AVEVideoEncoder and 11 moreAccounts, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, AVEVideoEncoder, ImageIO, IOHIDFamily, IOMobileFrameBuffer, iTunes Store, Kernel, libxml2, Preferences, Safari, Software Update, Weather, WebKit |
| tvOS 16.1 | 24 October 2022 | 17 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, AVEVideoEncoder, CFNetwork and 4 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, AVEVideoEncoder, CFNetwork, Kernel, Model I/O, Sandbox, WebKit |
| tvOS 16 | 12 September 2022 | 20 | Accelerate Framework, AppleAVD, GPU Drivers, ImageIO and 8 moreAccelerate Framework, AppleAVD, GPU Drivers, ImageIO, Image Processing, Kernel, MediaLibrary, Notifications, Sandbox, SQLite, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| tvOS 15.6 | 20 July 2022 | 30 | APFS, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio and 15 moreAPFS, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, CoreMedia, CoreText, File System Events, GPU Drivers, iCloud Photo Library, ICU, ImageIO, JavaScriptCore, Kernel, Liblouis, libxml2, Multi-Touch, Software Update, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| tvOS 15.5 | 16 May 2022 | 31 | AppleAVD, AuthKit, AVEVideoEncoder, DriverKit and 11 moreAppleAVD, AuthKit, AVEVideoEncoder, DriverKit, ImageIO, IOKit, IOMobileFrameBuffer, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, LaunchServices, libresolv, libxml2, Security, WebKit, Wi-Fi |