In terms of graphics, these should be among the most intense games on the Arcade platform, which still seems to be mostly filled with mobile-first games. To test the box's gaming prowess, I fired up 2K's NBA 2K23 Apple Arcade Edition and Gameloft's Asphalt 8: Airborne Plus. Apple has had a complicated history with gaming on televisions, and that saga continues here. One of the most telling ways to test a new processor is with gaming. Apple TV 4K is still no gaming powerhouse Testing the device on other televisions in CNET's office worked without issue, as did a different HDMI input on my television, so this may have been a temporary quirk of the connection to my TCL TV. It occurred frequently and across multiple apps, however, which was odd and disconcerting for a streaming player. Sometimes simply backing out and restarting the video would fix the issue, and other times it would resolve itself after a few seconds. I noticed this when playing Deadpool on Disney Plus, Severance on Apple TV Plus and House of the Dragon on HBO Max, for example. Speaking of audio, early on in my testing I ran into a really weird bug where the picture appeared but no audio played when the new box was connected to my 2019 TCL TV. Audio transfer to the earbuds and later back to my TV (when I put the buds back in their case) was seamless. Pairing with AirPods Pro was a snap, and the box recognized them immediately once I took them out of their case. The streaming box also integrates with HomePod Mini and AirPods, should you want to listen to content on those speakers or headphones. The Apple TV 4K can control smart home products that work with Apple's HomeKit, and turning off Philips Hue lights worked without issue (I don't have Thread set up and therefore couldn't test that).
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