Apple has seeded the first beta of tvOS 17.6 to developers for testing. The build number is 21M5045c. This follows the public release of tvOS 17.5.1 for Apple TV last month.
Changes to tvOS are not typically detailed until final release, but this beta likely contains bug fixes and performance improvements.
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