Report: Updated Apple TV due in September


John Paczkowski:

Expect a refreshed and slimmer chassis and new innards; Apple's A8 system on chip; a new remote that sources say has been "drastically improved" by a touch-pad input; an increase in on-board storage; and an improved operating system that will support Siri voice control. Crucially, the new Apple TV will debut alongside a long-awaited App Store and the software development kit developers need to populate it.

I was hoping to see this at WWDC, but looks like we'll finally see a substantial Apple TV update next to the next iPhone reveal.

Not expected, however, is Apple's rumored plans for a new TV streaming service. That may happen later in the year, but more likely 2016, according to the report.

The App Store component to me seems the most interesting. The remote is annoying, but I don't need something fancy. Nor do I particularly want to talk to my TV, but I guess we'll see how that works. An App Store though holds a lot of promise that seems long overdue.