Passthrough audio is finally on the way to Apple TV, iPhone, and more

We've confirmed at WWDC that tvOS 26 is getting passthrough audio, which could allow a higher quality listening experience by disabling audio preprocessing on the Apple TV hardware, before hand-off to a sound system.Apple TV 4KThe Apple TV family is a very capable processing device for a set-top box, but one bone of contention has been audio processing. Apple has so far avoided adding passthrough audio features to the Apple TV, but that is seemingly changing.A reference on the Apple Developer documentation for AVFAudio has an enumeration case for AVAudioContentSource for "passthrough." Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Jun 11, 2025 - 00:00
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Passthrough audio is finally on the way to Apple TV, iPhone, and more
We've confirmed at WWDC that tvOS 26 is getting passthrough audio, which could allow a higher quality listening experience by disabling audio preprocessing on the Apple TV hardware, before hand-off to a sound system.

Apple TV device and remote on a wooden surface, with cables connected and a small light glowing on the device.
Apple TV 4K

The Apple TV family is a very capable processing device for a set-top box, but one bone of contention has been audio processing. Apple has so far avoided adding passthrough audio features to the Apple TV, but that is seemingly changing.

A reference on the Apple Developer documentation for AVFAudio has an enumeration case for AVAudioContentSource for "passthrough."


Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums