Njengoko usazi kakuhle, iApple inepolisi yokuhlaziya isixhobo kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wokulinganisa. Nangona kunjalo, sijamelene nenye yenkampani evelisa iimveliso ze-elektroniki zabathengi kunye nelona xesha lide lokuphila esinokuthi silifumane kwintengiso. Nangona kunjalo, namhlanje sinayo "Iindaba ezimbi" zabasebenzisi besizukulwane sesibini se-Apple TV, kukuba iApple iye yathathela ingqalelo esi sixhobo njengesiphelelwe lixesha, ke akunakwenzeka ukwenza naluphi na uhlobo lolungiso kwinkonzo yezobuchwephesha kwinkampani yeCupertino.
Okokuqala, oku kuthetha ukuba siza kuyeka ukufumana naluphi na uhlobo lohlaziyo lwesoftware kwisizukulwana sesibini se-Apple TV. Esi sixhobo saphehlelelwa ngoSeptemba 2010 kwaye sathengiswa kanye de kwaba ngu-2012, unyaka ohambelana nokusungulwa kwesizukulwane sesithathu se-Apple TV, isixhobo esasikwinqanaba lomxholo owawusasazwa ngelo xesha (nakwi yangoku), ukusukela yanikezela ngezigqibo ze-1080p, zikhatshwa yinkqubo ye-A5 yenkampani.
Kuyinyani ukuba isizukulwane sesine i-Apple TV ikwabonelela ngesiqulatho kwisisombululo se-FullHD, kodwa sijamelene nezixhobo ezahluke ngokupheleleyo, isizukulwane sesine i-Apple TV yeyona nto ikufutshane kwisixhobo se-iOS esinokusifumana kwimakethi yemultimedia.
Ngamafutshane, sekuyiminyaka emihlanu okoko kuthengisiwe esi sixhobo, kunye neminyaka esixhenxe ukusungulwa kwayo, ke uApple uthathe isigqibo sokuyongeza kuluhlu olukhulu lwezixhobo ezingasasebenziyo. Mhlawumbi oku kunjalo Ukutyhala kwabanye abasebenzisi kungafuneka bafumane isizukulwana sesine se-Apple TV, Nangona zizixhobo ezahlukeneyo, kunzima ukukholelwa ukuba nabani na onenjongo encinci yokuyihlaziya, akayenzanga njalo.