Apple TV with A12X ready to go at any time, claims leaker
A prolific leaker has declared that Apple has a new Apple TV 4K ready to go, and it could launch the product at any time.

Apple has been rumored for about a year to have a new Apple TV 4K model in the works. However, a new rumor about the product came to light on Thursday morning.
Leaker Jon Prosser made the declaration about the new Apple TV with specifics.
The present Apple TV 4K uses the A10X processor. Apple's A12X processor was first found in the first-generation 11-inch iPad Pro and the third generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro from 2018.
The A10X processor is sufficient to play back 4K HDR content as it stands. The logical assumption for inclusion of the newer processor is economies of scale for Apple, and more processing power for demanding Apple Arcade games.
While Prosser is new to the Apple leaks scene, he has a long-standing one for other manufacturers. He has an excellent track record as it pertains to Apple products, and has accurately reported codenames, and expected release dates of products sometimes weeks in advance.

Apple has been rumored for about a year to have a new Apple TV 4K model in the works. However, a new rumor about the product came to light on Thursday morning.
Leaker Jon Prosser made the declaration about the new Apple TV with specifics.
New Apple TV 4K with A12X - 64GB/128GB ready to ship.
Codename: Neptune T1125
Another one of those things that could drop any time. Apple got no chill right now
I'll let you know if/when I hear a date. Who knows, maybe Apple can keep it a secret from me-- Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser)
The present Apple TV 4K uses the A10X processor. Apple's A12X processor was first found in the first-generation 11-inch iPad Pro and the third generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro from 2018.
The A10X processor is sufficient to play back 4K HDR content as it stands. The logical assumption for inclusion of the newer processor is economies of scale for Apple, and more processing power for demanding Apple Arcade games.
While Prosser is new to the Apple leaks scene, he has a long-standing one for other manufacturers. He has an excellent track record as it pertains to Apple products, and has accurately reported codenames, and expected release dates of products sometimes weeks in advance.
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And you don't get any recompense or any notification whatsoever from Apple prior to the title being withdrawn. It makes buying movies from them a massive risk (even worse with other digital stores such as Amazon or Google Play as you don't get to download them as a file as you do with iTunes - assuming one has a computer, of course). Subscriptions to Apple TV+, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, etc. are fine - you know what you're getting and you're willing to accept that you'd lose access to them if you stopped subscribing or if their licensing no longer permits them to stream the title.
So for me, the Apple TV has lost its appeal somewhat.
People do bitch about the remote — I have no particular complaint about mine, though — so I suppose they could do something with that.
Overall a new ATV 4K sounds like the solution to a non-existent problem. Or a rumor about a non-existent product?
A long menu button press should take you to the top level in that app, and a single press should take you up a level. When you're at the top level and you press menu, either the top menu should show (ideally that would have a different button) or nothing should happen. As it is now you have to gingerly press the menu button until you get back to the top level. Too many times and you're kicked back to the home screen. There're plenty of other areas that are terrible too, the keyboard for example and the fact that you can't remap buttons on third party remotes. The "home" button on the playstation remote has to be held to get to the home screen, because a short press and the control centre appears. Which is essentially never used anyway, it's really dumb.
This isn't a media server, it's a media streamer... If you want all your movies saved locally, do it on your computer and use it as a media server. My iMac has long been used as my "iTunes" server with some 2 terabytes of movies, tv shows, music, podcasts, and photos all stored on an external hard drive.
I don't play games on my Apple TV - and I venture to say that most people that have one don't either. So a processor upgrade is probably not going to sway anyone to upgrade. All in all, my Apple TV 4K and my HomePods are the two most boring Apple devices I own. They do what they do, but I can't imagine either of them improving much until Siri becomes a whole lot better than she is right now (and has been for, what, 10 years?)
I actually doubt I'll get another Apple TV. Our Samsung TV is 10+ years old and I'm waiting for LG's 2020 OLED lineup to become available - those TVs supposedly have Apple TV built in. Since that TV will be hanging on a wall, I welcome not having to put an extra box somewhere.
This is why I still buy 4K Blu-ray disks, I get the iTunes code for convenience and physical media should it ever get pulled. And for some reason, the sound with Dolby TrueHD sounds better too.
There are apps that allow you to download your own content to the Apple TV too.
My grandson interacts and plays with his friends through much of the day these "socially distanced" days sitting in front of his TV via his X-Box (Group messages and Group Facetime and other similar vehicles are also popular).