Thanks to the iPhone Dev Team, consumers will soon be able to jailbreak and install apps on their new AppleTVs.
Using a tool dubbed Shatter, users can unlock the Apple TV firmware.
Shatter has already been used to jailbreak the iPod Touch 4 and AppleTV uses the same operating system.
Wired says "the hack was carried out on the firmware restore download that has just been posted by Apple. This file, which contains the entire OS of the Apple TV, is an IPSW file, the file-extension for iPhone and iPad OS files."
Existing AppleTV hacks may work on the updated devices, and new apps like Hulu on the iPad may be able to work, as well.
Apparently, all the binaries of the new AppleTV are marked iPad-compatible.
Shatter has already been used to jailbreak the iPod Touch 4 and AppleTV uses the same operating system.
Wired says "the hack was carried out on the firmware restore download that has just been posted by Apple. This file, which contains the entire OS of the Apple TV, is an IPSW file, the file-extension for iPhone and iPad OS files."
Existing AppleTV hacks may work on the updated devices, and new apps like Hulu on the iPad may be able to work, as well.
Apparently, all the binaries of the new AppleTV are marked iPad-compatible.
