Apple TV 4K may ship with a redesigned Siri Remote featuring haptic feedback
Apple’s next-generation “Apple TV 4K” should come bundled with a refreshed Siri Remote sporting a haptic feedback feature. Tuesday can’t come soon enough!
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Apple TV Siri Remote is on a serious backorder
Which might mean a new Apple TV model incoming.
How to stop the Apple TV remote keyboard from popping up on your iPhone or iPad
If like me you want to gain more control over what devices this feature is used with, I will show you how to stop the Apple TV remote keyboard from popping up on your iPhone or iPad.
Smart light bulbs you can control with your iPhone
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Accessories that turn your iPhone into a universal remote control
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Apple TV Remote app gains support for iPad, lyrics, playlists, chapters & more
Apple’s free app for controlling Apple TVs from anywhere in your home via your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch was just updated on App Store following a barrage of software updates that the company released for iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS earlier this morning. Bumped to version 1.1, the official Apple TV Remote app finally supports iPad natively and now lets you see music lyrics, browse playlists, navigate chapters and more.
How to change the behavior of the Home button on your Apple TV remote
Starting with the release of tvOS 10.1 and the launch of the new TV app for Apple TV, the behavior of the Home button (the one looking like a TV icon) has changed. Prior to this update, pressing the Home button would take you back to the main Home screen. But after the tvOS 10.1 update, pressing the Home button takes you to the new TV app.
This can bring some confusion or downright frustration, especially if you’re not planning on using the new TV app. Fortunately, as someone pointed out to me, there is an easy way to remap the Home button so it takes you to the main screen again instead of launching the TV app.
tvOS 10 preview: all-new Remote app with Siri voice control, tilt gaming & more
A software replacement for the physical remote that came in the box with your fourth-generation Apple TV, Apple’s entirely overhauled Remote application provides you with the full range of Siri Remote features complete with touch navigation, tilt-based control in games and voice input via Siri.
And in making tedious text entry on tvOS even easier than before, the new app lets you summon the keyboard right from the Lock screen of your iPhone by pressing a notification that automatically gets pushed every time you select a text field on the Apple TV.
How to use your iPhone as a remote for the Keynote app on your Mac
One of the features that Apple includes with Keynote is the ability to use the mobile app as a remote for giving presentations from Keynote on your Mac.
Apple TV games are no longer required to support Siri Remote
Apple has dropped the requirement for tvOS games to use the Siri Remote, according to a refreshed version of the official Game Controller Programming Guide. With this change in place, games for the fourth-generation Apple TV are now permitted to require a ‘Made for iOS’ (MFi) controller without needing to also support the Siri Remote.
Apple announces new Remote app with Siri, game controller and more
You wanted a new Remote app for iOS? You got it. At its WWDC keynote today, Apple introduced a completely rebuilt app for controlling your Apple TV. It has essentially the same features as the physical Siri remote that comes with the fourth generation ATV.
How to control Apple TV from your iPhone’s Lock screen with CiderTV widget
CiderTV, a software-based alternative for your Apple TV Remote, includes a built-in keyboard and has the ability to control linked Smart TV volume. As of recently, the app comes with a handy widget that makes it possible to control most of the functions of your Apple TV right from the Notification Center. It will save you a lot of time, here’s how to get started with CiderTV and set up the widget.
