Apple TV+ is getting a feature similar to Amazon Prime Video’s X-Ray! The new “InSight” functionality is now live in the Apple TV app for users running the latest iOS 18 beta 3 and tvOS 18 beta 3 updates.
Like X-Ray, InSight delivers real-time information about actors, characters, and music playing on screen in your Apple TV+ shows and movies.
Confirmed by both Mahmoud Itani and 9to5Mac, InSight provides instant information about actors, characters, and even music playing in your favorite Apple TV+ shows and movies. It’s available on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV.
Even cooler, you can access InSight using the virtual remote on your iPhone while watching something on your Apple TV.
TvOS 18: What We Know So Far
Here’s a rundown of what we know so far about tvOS 18:
New Features:
- InSight: This is a new feature for Apple TV+ content that lets you see information about actors, music playing during a scene, and other details by tapping the back button on your remote.
- Smart Subtitles: Subtitles now appear automatically when you mute the TV or rewind. Additionally, subtitles will automatically display if the content you’re watching is in a language different from your system’s default.
- Enhanced Dialogue Audio: This feature, previously exclusive to HomePods, is now available with HDMI-connected speakers, AirPods, or any Bluetooth speaker. It improves vocal clarity by separating dialogue from background noise and music.
- Extended Voice Isolation (Accessibility): This new option provides additional audio focus for dialogue during playback.
- 21:9 Aspect Ratio Support: This allows you to watch movies and shows on compatible projectors in their original 21:9 widescreen format.
- New Screen Savers: New screen savers are available, including one featuring the Peanuts character Snoopy.
Other Improvements:
- Potential future integration with Gmail Q&A and Contextual Smart Reply (based on leaks).
Availability:
- tvOS 18 is currently in beta testing for developers.
- A public beta is expected later this month (July 2024).
- The official release is expected this fall (around September/October 2024).
About AppleTV+
Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on more than 1 billion screens. This includes iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL, and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $9.99 per month with a seven-day trial. For a limited time, customers who buy and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, or iPod touch can enjoy three months of Apple TV+ for free.
Apple TV+ offers top-quality drama, comedy series, feature films, documentaries, and kids’ entertainment. Available on all your favorite screens, Apple TV+ launched on November 1, 2019, as the first all-original streaming service worldwide. It has premiered more hits and received more awards faster than any other streaming service in its debut. Apple Originals have won 499 awards and received 2,262 nominations, including the Emmy-winning “Ted Lasso” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”
