

The most visible update is the new Siri Remote, which has a unibody silver aluminum enclosure that is thicker, longer and slightly narrower, as well as more buttons. It is also equipped with an Ethernet port (gigabit) and built-in WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Thread, and Bluetooth 5.0.

Apple refers to it as an HDMI 2.1 port and we will examine it in more detail later.Īlso read: Apple TV 4K (2021) vs.

It enables Apple TV 4K to pull audio from the TV screen including its inputs such as Blu-ray players, game consoles etc. The box is equipped with an HDMI port, which for the first time doubles as HDMI eARC / ARC, or (enhanced) Audio Return Channel. It comes with 32GB or 64GB storage – we have both. The box runs cool and you can easily tuck it away in a closed space without concerns. Inside the small enclosure is the 'A12 Bionic' system chip (up from A10X in the previous one), developed by Apple, and an active fan that is mostly quiet but still triggers a "burp" sound from time to time as it spins up. Subscribe to our Newsletter, Facebook, twitter or RSS to receive notice when new reviews are published First impressionsThe new Apple TV 4K looks identical to the old one down to exact dimensions and weight.
