# Apple Player Update Beta Testing

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-player-update-beta-testing/872121>\
**Category:** Player Betas\
**Tags:** apple-tv, apple-tv-beta, ios-beta, ios\
**Created:** [March 14, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-player-update-beta-testing/872121 "2024-03-14T18:30:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tong\_si\_nan\_pei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tong_si_nan_pei/32/340603_2.png) [@tong\_si\_nan\_pei](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tong_si_nan_pei)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/apple-player-update-beta-testing/872121/1485 "2025-09-14T10:55:10Z")

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Hello in Sep 2025. I am interested to know if hardware/Metal rendering was ever rolled out to the public build on Apple TV? If not, can someone add me to the TestFlight list? I have resorted to pasting 2 heat sinks on either side of my Apple TV just to get through movies.

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