Apple launches new Apple TV beta with updated interface

By Max Langridge
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Apple has launched a new beta version of its Apple TV platform, which comes complete with a refreshed, iOS 7-style interface.

While Apple has recently released updates to iOS and OS X betas for developers to start playing around with, the Cupertino tech giant has also launched an update to its Apple TV platform - bringing with it a new look interface.

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The familiar grid layout of icons remains in place, but they now have a 'flatter' look similar to iOS 7. Icons for Movies, Music, TV Shows and Computers have been refreshed, along with the font - now the same Helvetica Neue font adopted in iOS 7.

If you want to catch a glimpse of the latest Apple TV beta, it can be downloaded by registered developers from the iOS Dev Center. The refresh is expected to receive a general release later this year, at the same time as iOS 8 arrives on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches.

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[via 9to5Mac.com]

Max Langridge

Max was a staff writer on What Hi-Fi? and subsequently spent a good few years writing news and features for various technology and hi-fi publications, before jumping on a plane in search of a more fruitful life in Australia. Now based in Byron Bay, he writes about tech, health, fitness and style.