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Apple tvOS 26 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 26.6. 1 of 11 tracked cycles remain supported.

Latest version

26.6

Jul 27, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

1

of 11 tracked

Total cycles tracked

11

since Oct 29, 2015

Support pattern

How Apple tvOS has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

12 months

median of 10 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

12 months

median gap between releases

Compared with os

−23 mo

shorter than the os median

Support windows have stayed consistent across the tracked history, so past cycles are a reasonable guide to what a new one will get.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Apple tvOS. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life
Today
26Latest
26.6 · Jul 27, 2026
18
EOL Sep 15, 2025
17
EOL Sep 16, 2024
16
EOL Sep 18, 2023
15
EOL Sep 12, 2022
14
EOL Sep 20, 2021
13
EOL Sep 16, 2020
12
EOL Sep 24, 2019
11
EOL Sep 17, 2018
10
EOL Sep 19, 2017
9
EOL Sep 13, 2016
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