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Here's the Upcoming Apple TV 'Remote' App
At its recent Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled an all new "Remote" app for iOS devices, which has been entirely overhauled to make it easier than ever to control a fourth-generation Apple TV with an iPhone.
In the video below, we took a look at the Remote app to give MacRumors readers an early glimpse at what's in store. The new Remote app, which connects to an Apple TV via Bluetooth, mimics the exact layout of the Siri Remote for a navigation experience that's streamlined across different input methods.
When content like movies or music is playing, the Remote app includes a full "Now Playing" view for control purposes, along with a dedicated Menu button and a Siri button. As with the physical Apple TV Remote, navigation through the iOS app is done via touch gestures.
Entering text, like passwords and usernames, is much easier with the iOS Remote app because any text field automatically brings up a keyboard. Full Siri voice commands are supported, as is dictation. Because it includes the same gyroscope and accelerometer in the Siri Remote, an iPhone can be used as a dedicated game controller for playing games on the Apple TV.
The Apple TV Remote app is currently available to developers and can be downloaded through the Apple Developer website. It's not clear when the Apple TV Remote app will be released, but it may be released alongside tvOS 10 and iOS 10 this fall. The developer beta of the app only requires iOS 9.3.2 and tvOS 9.2.1, so there's a possibility it may launch ahead of the new operating systems.
For details on new Apple TV features coming in tvOS 10, make sure to check out our tvOS 10 roundup. Don't miss out on our previous videos, which have covered iOS 10, watchOS 3, and macOS Sierra:
- WWDC 2016 Overview in Seven Minutes
- iOS 10's Overhauled Lockscreen
- The New iOS 10 Photos App
- The New iOS 10 Messages App
- macOS Sierra - Siri
- iOS 10 Hidden Features
- watchOS 3 Overview
- iOS 10's Redesigned Apple Music Experience
- 3D Touch in iOS 10
- The New Home App for Controlling HomeKit Devices
- Everything New in tvOS 10
We've also got roundups for all of the upcoming operating systems, including watchOS 3, macOS Sierra, and iOS 10.
In the video below, we took a look at the Remote app to give MacRumors readers an early glimpse at what's in store. The new Remote app, which connects to an Apple TV via Bluetooth, mimics the exact layout of the Siri Remote for a navigation experience that's streamlined across different input methods.
When content like movies or music is playing, the Remote app includes a full "Now Playing" view for control purposes, along with a dedicated Menu button and a Siri button. As with the physical Apple TV Remote, navigation through the iOS app is done via touch gestures.
Entering text, like passwords and usernames, is much easier with the iOS Remote app because any text field automatically brings up a keyboard. Full Siri voice commands are supported, as is dictation. Because it includes the same gyroscope and accelerometer in the Siri Remote, an iPhone can be used as a dedicated game controller for playing games on the Apple TV.
The Apple TV Remote app is currently available to developers and can be downloaded through the Apple Developer website. It's not clear when the Apple TV Remote app will be released, but it may be released alongside tvOS 10 and iOS 10 this fall. The developer beta of the app only requires iOS 9.3.2 and tvOS 9.2.1, so there's a possibility it may launch ahead of the new operating systems.
For details on new Apple TV features coming in tvOS 10, make sure to check out our tvOS 10 roundup. Don't miss out on our previous videos, which have covered iOS 10, watchOS 3, and macOS Sierra:
- WWDC 2016 Overview in Seven Minutes
- iOS 10's Overhauled Lockscreen
- The New iOS 10 Photos App
- The New iOS 10 Messages App
- macOS Sierra - Siri
- iOS 10 Hidden Features
- watchOS 3 Overview
- iOS 10's Redesigned Apple Music Experience
- 3D Touch in iOS 10
- The New Home App for Controlling HomeKit Devices
- Everything New in tvOS 10
We've also got roundups for all of the upcoming operating systems, including watchOS 3, macOS Sierra, and iOS 10.
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30 months ago
I know this article is principally about the app, but the Apple Remote is too symmetrical.
How do you find the right end in the dark?
Perhaps I could have phrased that better...
I press on the wrong end of the Apple Remote approximately 100 percent of the time when I'm trying to pause a show or fast forward or something. It's hard to tell, especially when you just reach over and grab the remote without really looking. Probably one of my biggest annoyances with the remote.
30 months ago
I know this article is principally about the app, but the Apple Remote is too symmetrical.
How do you find the right end in the dark?
Perhaps I could have phrased that better...
How do you find the right end in the dark?
Perhaps I could have phrased that better...
30 months ago
How do you find the right end in the dark?
The concave Siri button goes on the left, the connected volume button goes on the right.
30 months ago
No volume button. So you need 2 remotes.
Steve wouldn't like that. And thats no joke.
Steve wouldn't like that. And thats no joke.
30 months ago
I guess you could attempt to locate the lightning-port with one of your fingers and thus figure out which way you're holding the remote? But yeah, I agree, it's hard to find the right end sometimes.
I hate how they made the IR port have the exact same shape shape as the Lightning, so in the dark both ends look exactly the same.
Another reason why it's so confusing is that I feel like I'm using an iPhone when holding it, not a trackpad, and on an iPhone the glass part of course is what you touch.
30 months ago
Great new FREE app to help control the amazing new Apple TV.
And all we hear are the negative nanny's.
This has become a depressing place to visit.
hint: apple owes you NOTHING. If you don't like their products, move on, there is too much value to life to be so miserable over so little.
And all we hear are the negative nanny's.
This has become a depressing place to visit.
hint: apple owes you NOTHING. If you don't like their products, move on, there is too much value to life to be so miserable over so little.
30 months ago
oh good. the "now playing" mode looks like the old apple music app layout before apple totally redesigned it from the ground up with
EXTRA LARGE FONTS
EXTRA LARGE FONTS
30 months ago
What about the functionality in the current remote app for controlling iTunes--will that be preserved? I'm actually really glad Remote hasn't received any updates, because I much prefer the way search works over the Music app. I don't use Apple TV.
It was my understanding that the Apple TV was quoted as the future, "center of the household". I too use my current Apple Remote App as my interface between my iTunes music library and 4 AirPlay zones. The original remote app allowed for control of the older version of iTunes with the first generation Apple Radio, etc. With the new version of Apple Remote and Apple Music, I no longer can adjust and distribute Apple Music, via iTunes, throughout my house without having to go to my iMac and change it from there. Its frustrating to say the least. Apple was ALL Music before it was TV, music made Apple into the multi billion dollar company it is today. I find it hard to believe that they don't understand the value of AirPlay and the limited control they have bestowed on us now.
30 months ago
I know this article is principally about the app, but the Apple Remote is too symmetrical.
How do you find the right end in the dark?
Perhaps I could have phrased that better...
I'm happy with Apple 's decision to bring a back the remote app.
30 months ago
No volume button. So you need 2 remotes.
Steve wouldn't like that. And thats no joke.
Remember how the original and second gen AppleTV had a remote that could turn on the TV And adjust the volume? Steve obviously thought that function was so important that he insisted it was included.
Oh wait. None of the previous AppleTV revs were able to do this and you had to have at least one other remote to turn on the TV and adjust the volume.
I, and I'm guessing most other people, are tired of the "Steve wouldn't like that"/"Steve wouldn't have approved this" rhetoric. He made mistakes too. He's dead now. Let it go.
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