Apple’s tvOS 18 continues its beta testing cycle with the release of beta 7. As the official launch approaches, users can expect to see the highly anticipated new TV and Movies screensavers first announced at WWDC 2024.
Key features available in tvOS 18 beta 7 include:
• InSight: A feature similar to Amazon Prime Video’s X-Ray, providing real-time information about actors, characters, and music in Apple TV+ content.
• Enhanced Dialogue: Improved audio clarity for better understanding of dialogue in movies and shows.
• Automatic Subtitles: Subtitles now appear automatically in appropriate situations, enhancing accessibility.
• 21:9 Support: For those using projectors, tvOS 18 beta 6 introduces support for this aspect ratio, providing a more immersive viewing experience.
Additional features in tvOS 18 include:
• Redesigned Apple Fitness+ Interface: A more user-friendly layout for exploring workout content.
• FaceTime with Continuity Camera Live Captions: For English speakers in the US and Canada, this feature allows users to read captions on their TV during FaceTime calls.
MacDailyNews Take: As the beta testing continues, Apple is likely to refine and add more features to tvOS 18 before its official release.
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I have been asking Apple including Tim Cook for captioning on FaceTime for years and years. I started asking when my father was about 95 and found it difficult to hear me in our daily FaceTime chats. He died 2 years ago at age 104 but stopped having FaceTime chats at 102 because by then he was nearly deaf. We lived 3000 miles apart so I only was able to be with him a few times in the last years of his life. I always suspected that this was FCC regulatory issue because common carriers like AT&T had a lock on captioning telephone service when the technology was trivially simple to add to the existing FaceTime code. It could probably have been done in a few hours or maybe a few days given how much Apple’s productivity seems to have fallen since COVID and the snow-flake culture at Apple took hold.