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Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K on Tuesday, cutting the cheaper 64GB Wi-Fi-only model and raising the price of the sole remaining 128GB Wi-Fi/Ethernet version to $300. The update adds a faster chip, Find My support for the remote, built-in far-field microphones for Siri, a dedicated AV1 decoder for higher-quality streaming, and the ability to pair HomePod 2 and HomePod Mini 2 speakers into a surround sound setup.
Apple has released a new Apple TV 4K featuring the A19 chip, up from the A15 Bionic used in the 2022 third-generation model. The new box adds a built-in three-microphone array for hands-free 'Siri' voice activation, an updated Siri Remote with Precision Finding support, and the new Siri AI assistant, which Apple says will also reach second- and third-generation Apple TV models.
A study using x264 and FFmpeg on 1080p clips found that tuning encoder settings—switching to the veryslow preset, extending GOP length to ten seconds, using two-pass encoding, adding reference frames, and applying a per-title encoding ladder—raised VMAF quality by 0.66 points while cutting bitrate from 4.9 Mbps to 3.27 Mbps. The tradeoff is that encoding time more than tripled compared to default settings.
Asahi Linux has merged support for M3 series Macs into its installer, meaning most hardware—including webcams, microphones, USB, WiFi, Bluetooth, and hardware-accelerated video decoding with AV1—now works out of the box. GPU acceleration and full display controller (DCP) support remain unfinished, so sleep mode and HDMI output are currently disabled on affected machines.
A publicly shared reference document lists nearly all known YouTube format IDs (itags) covering DASH video and audio streams across codecs like AV1, VP9, and H.264. Originally created by AgentOak in 2019, the gist has been maintained and expanded by Martin Eesmaa since 2022, with updates as recent as August 2026.