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Apple Exec: New Apple TV Remote Doesn't Need Find My Because It's Thicker and Harder to Lose
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Size is not the only consideration. It's about where it goes. Remotes are nearly always going to be just near the TV. That's much different than a bag or other item that leaves the house regularly.
“Thicker and harder to lose.”
It’s okay folks. They literally introduced AirTags with a video about a guy ‘diving into’ his sofa to find a device, lol
It’s okay folks. They literally introduced AirTags with a video about a guy ‘diving into’ his sofa to find a device, lol
The countless requests from users, and the countless articles from writers, determined that that was a lie.
That's lazy reasoning, they just didn't want to add cost and/or make a smaller margin on it.
They specifically demoed the U1 features inside the home. Their ad even took place inside a couch. So …
But okay, playing a sound instead of the U1 would have been enough. And clearly, it doesn't need support for the Find My network.
Because kids are horrible yet huggable little monsters!
I never lost any of my remote, I am a happy owner of the coffee table. However, for those that have kids or pets things look more complicated and I understand it. A bad excuse anyway.
Input switcher button and some favourite buttons and a beeper in the remote would have made the remote better. Seeing as the remote is for the living room it could have been made it from a more useable material like a rubberised material that can be dropped on the floor without denting or something if thrown to another person didn’t become a ninja star. And no, it’s not just that people grew up using a five-way control and are more familiar with it, it’s that a five-way control is the better design by an order of magnitude. I hate the touch pad for remote control so much I hope for design sake it can be turned off. Making a laptop from aluminium with a trackpad makes sense, making a TV remote from aluminium with a touch pad does not make sense, for the reasons I mentioned.
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it's not jsut how far it travels but how much time you can waste looking for something.
Twerdahl must not have my three children, whose abilities of disappearance make David Copperfield jealous.
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Applying that same logic no one needs the U1 chip in anything. It is a convenience and nothing more.
It does seem absolutely asinine when Apple has expanded Find My to third party devices and released AirTags yet they somehow overlooked the usefulness of having the remote be findable. Apple is all about the ecosystem and this would have been another way to reinforce their ecosystem to the customer.
I can’t tell you the number of times my kid loses things in the house. We were without the remote for 1 TV for the better part of a month before we found it.
I’m not sure what Tim Twerdahl is smoking at Apple HQ, but this quote stood out as odd.
They don’t make “great audio products for the home” they make ONE audio product for the home. (at this time) Not only that, but this eARC feature doesn’t currently support the latest selling “great audio product for the home”
You can’t even go to an Apple Store and buy a HomePod to take advantage of eARC because they stopped making them.**
**you might be able to purchase two white HomePods at an Apple Store today, but that doesn’t help if in 4 months you purchase a new Apple TV.
They don’t make “great audio products for the home” they make ONE audio product for the home. (at this time) Not only that, but this eARC feature doesn’t currently support the latest selling “great audio product for the home”
You can’t even go to an Apple Store and buy a HomePod to take advantage of eARC because they stopped making them.**
**you might be able to purchase two white HomePods at an Apple Store today, but that doesn’t help if in 4 months you purchase a new Apple TV.
get a decent sofa, and that thing will not slip trough the cushions... 🤣
Seriously: If I were Tim, I would - sorry - spank the butt of that Exec for giving such a stupid answer. It does not have it, because it does not have it. End of story.
I probably would even have integrated it after having done some research at customers. It would not have ruined Apple and would have been an interesting gimmick. But ok. 10c less cost per remote...
Seriously: If I were Tim, I would - sorry - spank the butt of that Exec for giving such a stupid answer. It does not have it, because it does not have it. End of story.
I probably would even have integrated it after having done some research at customers. It would not have ruined Apple and would have been an interesting gimmick. But ok. 10c less cost per remote...
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I have had the new remote for about 30 minutes and its so much better than the old remote. It's funny because Apple doesnt do much that is a bust but that ATV4K original remote IMO, was a bust
Twitch sucks. I use my homepods and minis (different house) using netflix, prime Apple TV+. I even use them with my Mac ( although there is whiny from some on a such issue, but I’ve never experienced it could be their crappy wifi or a crappy app). I have no problems. There is an audio synch feature on Apple TV, did you try that? But I think that is more for syncing tv speakers with remote speakers, but again works great for me
Then put them away when you are done. Works superbly for me
okay thanks. instead of selling air tags apple should just send out a friendly reminder to not lose s**t too.
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Yeah I don't lose the remote. And I have kids. They know where to put it. It's always going to be on one of the end tables or on the island.
To be fair.. the youtube app for Apple TV is truly abysmal.