These are the news that will arrive with tvOS 9.2 [images]

Apple released new betas for all of its operating systems yesterday. Along with the first betas of iOS 9.3, OS X 10.11.4 and watchOS 2.2, the tvOS 9.2 first beta, the system that will bring the most interesting news of the four. This is understandable, since tvOS arrived less than three months ago and still has a lot to improve, we just need to remember that at first we could not use the Remote application to realize this. Then we will show you all the news that will arrive with tvOS 9.2.

Possibility of creating folders

Every time we install an application on any Apple operating system, its icon appears last of all on the home screen (or the Launchpad on OS X). I don't think this is the best way to add the applications, since it would be better if they were added alphabetically or something similar but, as of tvOS 9.2, we will be able to create folders same as in iOS and OS X.

When the icons start to shake, we can perform some actions just like in iOS. Pressing the Play / Pause button for one second will display several options and controls, as you can see in the following image.

App selector as in iOS 9

If they were going to change it, why did they add it the way they did? At this time, the application selector, which is also known as multitask, puts the application cards next to each other, something similar to how they were shown to us in iOS 8. From tvOS 9.2 we will see these cards as in iOS 9. It is much more visually attractive, but it is less productive. Ideally, you can see the more cards the better.

Podcasts app

There are incomprehensible Apple movements. How do you launch a product without a Podcasts app available? You are right. It turns out that they add and you can not uninstall the application on iOS and tvOS nor can we download it. Well this will change in tvOS 9.2. We will no longer need to do AirPlay from the iPhone or iPad to listen to or watch our Podcasts.

Ability to use Bluetooth keyboards

When the fourth-generation Apple TV went on sale, writing was a nightmare. Using the Siri Remote to control the system is fine, no one denies that, but having to search for the letters one by one by sliding on a line with the alphabet is not productive at all. Shortly after we were able to enter the text with the Remote application and as of tvOS 9.2 we will be able to use Bluetooth keyboards. Will they create games where we can use a keyboard?

MapKit support

Or what is the same, for applications that make use of native Apple maps. Like everything that ends in -Kit, this is not something that users can access, but rather tools for the ones developers they can add in their applications, in this case, information from Maps.

Siri learns new languages

When Apple TV 4 went on sale, Siri was only available in 8 languages. In the first list there were only languages ​​with a specific pronunciation, as was the case and this has not changed, the Spanish that is most spoken in Spain (no Andalusian accent, for example). On tvOS 9.2, Siri learns the accents of Spanish spoken in the United States and French spoken in Canada.

It is not ruled out that more news will arrive in the final version of tvOS 9.2 but, so far, these are all that have been added.

TvOS 9.1 beta 1: 9to5mac images