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Apple Plans to Debut New Apple TV in September With Touch-Based Remote, Full App Store
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Finally some exciting news around these parts that's not about the Apple Watch or what developer/beta software release we're on.
This is perfect and will make it even more difficult for Wall Street clowns to gleen Watch sales. 
That is why I use my iDevice!
Seriously though, I have a dedicated iPad mini setup using iRule that handles all of my remotes. But I understand completely. The little thing gets lost between the cushions and cat playing with it.....
Id prefer it if they just made it support HDMI-CEC so I can use my TVs remote with it (Even if i hide it away)
What about a remote with taptic engine that provides haptic feedback?
I'm hoping for full 4K support though I'm not holding my breath for it. Is it possible for Apple to release 4K support as a software update later on or is it something that need to addressed right from the start?
Here is Paczkowski's article from March predicting a June release: http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnpaczkowski/apple-postpones-debut-of-new-apple-tv#.oqK7ZL4E2K
Second time is the charm.
Second time is the charm.
Hope that this is the year that Apple releases an AppleTV with a App Store... but not sure i'll put my money on it.
Apple could make billions if they released the AppleTV with an app store and gamecontrollers.. instead apple choose to go all in on the apple watch... go figure.
Apple could make billions if they released the AppleTV with an app store and gamecontrollers.. instead apple choose to go all in on the apple watch... go figure.
It wouldn't be able to handle the input requirements of third-party apps.
Since games on the iPhone basically looks as good as they do on the "real" gaming consoles this will be a sweet little machine for casual gaming.. Just give me an emulator app as well, please?
Typing with it is the most horrible experience. Thank god for the Remote app!
I hope that if this rumor comes to pass, the new Apple TV will take advantage of iOS 9's ability to deep search within apps. The new picture-in-picture feature should come in handy as well. I could even see some use cases for slide over.
Pretty much an insta-buy for me. Especially if it has Siri voice control for video playback. It would be nice if I could use it to play games like Minecraft on the TV with my wife or my kid when she is a little older. The Apple TV might be one of the most used devices in our house. We don't even watch a lot of TV, but use it for AirPlay music, photo slideshows and stuff like that.
I hope someday when the hardware is a little more advanced that they sell a higher-end model with console-like graphics capabilities. Would be a great all-in-one in the living room. I could approve game purchases for the kids and keep tabs on what they're playing, and set limits for play as well. But they would need to fix the race-to-the-bottom problem on the App Store first. If we want quality games, we're gonna have to pay!
I hope someday when the hardware is a little more advanced that they sell a higher-end model with console-like graphics capabilities. Would be a great all-in-one in the living room. I could approve game purchases for the kids and keep tabs on what they're playing, and set limits for play as well. But they would need to fix the race-to-the-bottom problem on the App Store first. If we want quality games, we're gonna have to pay!
There are things they will need to include for full 4K support, such as H.265 decoding, HDMI 2.0 connectivity, HDCP 2.2 copy protection, and hopefully HDR for the vivid images that probably have more value than the resolution upgrade.
I hope Apple do it, there are plenty of apps that could use the resolution.
And then when the Apple TV 4K(pun intended) comes out next year you'll have to wait months and months before developers update their apps to support the new resolution.
Mmehh! Works fine for me as is. Just use airplay, and home share from my Macbook. Be interesting to see what gets released though.
the one bad thing about this super cool Touch Remote people want...batteries or plugging it in.
We have the Tiny Silver remote (I actually like it) and we have the Remote App...not what I expected, i wish it was better.
My little silver remote stays on top of the other remotes or on top of the AppleTV when not being used.
We have the Tiny Silver remote (I actually like it) and we have the Remote App...not what I expected, i wish it was better.
My little silver remote stays on top of the other remotes or on top of the AppleTV when not being used.
I wish the current one would work with the Apple trackpad, then the current interface would be pretty usable.
A full app store? With what? They haven't put out an SDK for it yet. That has to come first. They aren't just going to launch an empty app store.