tvOS 17 was launched final month with a handful of recent options and adjustments, together with FaceTime help, a redesigned Management Middle, and VPN help. Improve Dialogue is a brand new characteristic that’s flown considerably below the radar in tvOS 17, and it now seems to be increasing to older HomePod fashions with the tvOS 17.1 beta.

Apple explains that Improve Dialogue makes it simpler to listen to the dialogue in TV reveals and flicks by separating the dialogue from the background noise and bringing it ahead to the middle channel. Which means that “customers can extra clearly hear what’s being stated over the consequences, motion, and music in a film or TV present,” Apple says.

Within the preliminary launch of tvOS 17, the Improve Dialogue characteristic was out there solely with a second-generation HomePod paired with an Apple TV 4K. In tvOS 17.1 and HomePod Software program 17.1, nevertheless, Apple seems to have expanded the Improve Dialogue characteristic to HomePod mini and first-generation HomePod customers.

This variation was first noticed by our buddy Sigmund Decide on Mastodon. Which means that folks utilizing a HomePod from 2018 or a HomePod mini can now make the most of Improve Dialogue on Apple TV 4K. The characteristic is accessible within the native tvOS 17 video participant, below the “Audio Enhancements” menu.

I’ve discovered this to be a very nice addition with tvOS 17, so I’m glad to see it broaden to HomePod mini and HomePod (2018) as properly. I simply hope this transformation isn’t a bug that Apple reverses with the following tvOS 17.1 beta.

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