Apple launched the tvOS 16.4 replace to the general public yesterday, bringing numerous enhancements to the system, together with a brand new “Dim Flashing Gentle” characteristic. The brand new accessibility choice can detect flashes of sunshine or strobe results after which routinely dim the show of a video.

The “Dim Flashing Gentle” characteristic is notable as it would doubtless profit Apple TV customers with gentle sensitivity or, probably, customers with epileptic seizures. Based on the Epilepsy Basis, 2.7 million People have epilepsy, and roughly 3-5% of them are photosensitive. Photosensitive epilepsy is when seizures are triggered by flashing lights, patterns or colour modifications. Flashing lights also can trigger complications and migraines.

The tvOS replace is accessible for the Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD. It may be put in manually by going to “Settings,” “System” after which “Software program Replace.” In case your Apple TV is about to replace routinely, then it ought to be downloaded already.

The opposite updates weren’t as vital however included some efficiency and stability enhancements.

Apple rolled out the tvOS 16.4 replace shortly after tvOS 16.3.3, which mounted a bug that triggered some Siri remotes to randomly disconnect from the Apple TV. When Apple launched a brand new model of the Apple TV 4K in November 2022, there have been clients that reported connectivity points with the Siri distant. Based on a Reddit person, the distant would disconnect from the Apple TV with out clarification and would solely work once more in the event that they did a full restart of their TV.