Apple prolonged FaceTime calls to the Apple TV 4K with the most recent iOS 17 and tvOS 17 releases, as long as you will have the proper specs. For an iPhone, that’s easy: you want no less than an iPhone XS or XR mannequin or later. Nonetheless, it’s tougher to inform when you have the proper Apple TV: you needn’t simply an Apple TV 4K (the HD mannequin isn’t supported), however a second-generation or third-generation Apple TV 4K.
Are you aware which you will have? There are methods to inform, however I found in testing this characteristic that I had bought in 2022 an out-of-date (thus cheaper) Apple TV 4K first-generation mannequin–that means I’m in line for an improve, as is everybody else who needs this new FaceTime choice.
Discover your exact Apple TV 4K mannequin to see if you need to use FaceTime with tvOS 17.
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Yow will discover out which mannequin of Apple TV 4K you will have by inspecting the gadget, which has faintly printed particulars in extraordinarily tiny kind on its physique (use the Magnifier in your iPhone) with the flashlight) or by powering up your Apple TV and going to Settings > Common > About. Within the About display search for the Mannequin area. The numbers used for the Apple TV 4K are discovered at this assist be aware and summarized as follows:
- A1842: Launched in 2017, the Apple TV 4K first technology comes with a black Siri Distant (first technology).
- A2169: Shipped in 2021, the Apple TV 4K second technology comes with a silver Siri Distant (second technology).
- A2737 and A2843: Apple opted for 2 fashions in 2022: one solely helps Wi-Fi for native networking (A2737); the opposite provides gigabit ethernet (A2843). Each include a silver Siri Distant that’s apparently marked third technology however seems an identical to the earlier silver one.
(The Siri Distant known as that in nations that assist Siri; in different nations, it’s known as the Apple TV Distant.)
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