The new Apple TV 4K has built-in microphones so you can talk to Siri AI

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="Apple TV 4K (4th gen) has the same look as the previous model but with some under-the-hood improvements. | Image: Apple" data-portal-copyright="Image: Apple" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Apple-TV-4K.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> Apple TV 4K (4th gen) has the same look as the previous model but with some under-the-hood improvements. | Image: Apple </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple is introducing a refreshed Apple TV 4K today with a pair of interesting new hardware features: far-field microphones to talk to Siri hands-free and Find My built into the remote. The fourth-gen Apple TV 4K, announced at Apple's Welcome Home event in New York City, is the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/942416/apple-siri-ai-update-wwdc">first model to support the Siri AI</a> voice assistant and has a new home theatre feature that lets you pair up to four second-gen HomePods or HomePod Mini 2s for surround sound. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The new Apple TV 4K costs $299, more than twice the price the prior-generation Apple TV 4K <a href="https://www.theverge.com/23435393/apple-tv-4k-2022-third-gen-review-price-details" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.theverge.com/23435393/apple-tv-4k-2022-third-gen-review-price-details">debuted at</a> and $50 more than <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/956903/apple-price-increase-2026-macbook-ipad-mac-home-vision-pro">the current top-of-the-line model</a> (which is being discontinued). The fourt …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009663/apple-tv-4k-siri-ai-microphones-4th-gen-announced">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>