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Apple TV: How to Scrub Through Video Using the New Siri Remote (2nd Gen)
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It's Bluetooth, and similar to a phone could pair with only one device in range. Ideally, you could pair it with multiple ATVs, and have no issues unless they were all within the BT range; or put on a popup much like the iPhone App does to select what device to control. If it's only paired with one device it could skip the popup.
Oh please no, Mr "Form over Function" Ive is how we would up with the last iteration. He, no doubt "got an award for it."
Apple: we worth a trillion yo
also Apple: please do forgive us humble customer we couldn’t be bothered to spend that trillion on QC.
also Apple: please do forgive us humble customer we couldn’t be bothered to spend that trillion on QC.
Manual for Siri Remote (2nd generation) 2021 model.
The print was so small that it was hard to read, so I scanned it to make it more readable.
PDF download from AVSforum.
The print was so small that it was hard to read, so I scanned it to make it more readable.
PDF download from AVSforum.
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Strange that you need to rest you finger first. I have coded something similar a while ago, and it is fairly easy to track if someone is doing a circular motion. Especially since the gesture can be only used for scrubbing in videos.
Also, they should have found out during user testing that people are not able to understand this gesture without a mini tutorial. UX team was too confident on this one.
Also, they should have found out during user testing that people are not able to understand this gesture without a mini tutorial. UX team was too confident on this one.
It seems apple’s software quality has taken a downward spiral I recent years honestly
Location awareness would solve it. The current remote certainly is big enough to add a little location aware features to it - so when you’re near one TV it controls that unit and when near another it controls the other.
Hated the old remote. I love the look and feel of the new remote. I absolutely cannot understand why you think it's ugly.
And the last thing we need to have Ive back.
Then you are doing something wrong. It works in Netflix, HBOMax, Apple TV+, etc. Once you realize you need to pause the program first, the scrubbing is easy to use and quite excellent.
Actually. It does! You can click the center button and use the left/right click to rewind/advance or….
Click to pause then use the circular outer ring to swipe clockwise to advance or counter clockwise to rewind…
The key to getting the outer swipe to work right is….Swiping clockwise, you can’t go past 90 degrees at the bottom or you will start rewinding…So swiping from 0 to 90 advances or swiping counter clockwise from 0 to -90 rewinds….If you do a fully circular motion it will advance then rewind….
Damn, this is quite the interesting take and something I was fearing but hadn’t put into words until your comment, buttons driven is the key phrase here for me.
For all it touch quirks and extreme vertical symmetry, the second gen remote did behave just like iOS, I would suddenly find myself double pressing home button to see the open apps, swipe up to close them, long press home for sleeping/outputs, so on and so forth without ever checking a manual. So I think it did work and just needed further tweaking and enhancement of the what was there half working?
I guess the new gen has its benefits, wouldn’t know yet, but I would expect it to behave just like an iPod classic but according to this article it isn’t so?
Seriously what are these comments. This is Apples best remote by FAR. The touch controls are even better to use than the 2016 remote just for the fact alone that its design prevents accidental inputs. The buttons are there for people who prefer that input, but they also make it easier to use the 10-second skips during play. It’s also harder to lose because of its bright aluminum finish and added bulk (2016’s remote was a flat and fragile thing that was begging to slip under a cushion, and camouflaged with everything making it harder to spot). I agree the extra second to rest your finger for jog controls isn’t 100% intuitive but you get used to it quickly, and it works great when it does. Third party apps need to update to utilize it properly. They made this remote for the TV App first and is another reason why it’s better to use than another streaming box.
Agree. The new remote is far superior. Intuitive and easy to use within a minute of using it.
Heh, I remember all the whines from so many about the previous remote confusing people which end was up when picking it up. Apparently that's not an issue any more with many feeling the new remote is terrible.
The new power and mute buttons are welcome additions on the latest remote. Though now it seems that has now helped create a new problem making the remote "button-driven," an awful situation. Cracks me up!
and everyone knows how to use the iPod click wheel. Jesus, how did they **** this up? I have 75,000 photos going back to 1998. any ideas how I quickly get to 2004? given there's not slide gesture down the right hand side now?
Yeah don’t listen to that poster. I’ve been using the new remote since Friday and this thing is an absolute JOY compared to the previous version. You can still treat the wheel like a touch pad, navigating the same as the previous, but the new form factor makes motions so much more precise. You can still scrub the old way by clicking the center to pause and then swiping left or right to rewind or fast forward respectively, but now you can also rotate your thumb over the wheel counter clockwise and clockwise to get the same result. The thicker body makes the entire remote so much easier to hold and the button placement feels natural other than I keep pressing mute when I mean to press play because of the way they shuffled the order around. I’m sure I’ll get used to it in another couple of days.
The thing even looks better, with the aluminum body and elegant black buttons. Other than the weird omission of a Find My feature, this thing is perfect.
To prevent accidental scrubbing I assume, since unlike those remotes this one is touch based, not mechanical. Seriously it’s not an issue.
Apple invented the scroll wheel on the iPod. Why can't this remote work like it?
The inconsistent apps issue should mostly disappear once developers update their apps. That said, I’m disappointed that this doesn’t work like an iPod click wheel, which was the best invention ever for continuous scrolling. I thought the new remote would provide clickwheel scrolling throughout the Apple TV interface. I’m surprised and disappointed that it doesn’t.