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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.
This allows for hardware after the Apple TV to process the audio, which could give a higher quality result to the listener. As a device frequently used for streaming services, this makes it a feature that is mostly focused on improving the Apple TV experience. A check of the first developer beta of tvOS 26 doesn't include the option in the Settings app's audio section.
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