Awkward buttons on Siri remote

[soberbrain]

I don't understand why the top 2 buttons are menu and TV input. Since they are the closest to the touch area, it should be buttons most frequently used. It would be better if play/pause was next to menu, like in the previous Apple TV remote. It seems awkward to have the touch area and play/pause on opposite ends.

 

[Rigby]

The top right button is actually the Home button, not TV Input.

 

[waw74]

play/pause, is a tap the touch portion, so it's already as close to the touch section as you can get.

menu is used quite frequently.
this isn't a menu button like on your TV that brings up a settings menu, its the back button.

and the home button takes you all the way back, quite useful when you're 20 layers deep in netflix trying to find something to watch

 

[waw74]

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[d21mike]

With the current remote you can just hold down the Menu Button to take you back to the Home screen. So not sure why the extra button. Of course I did not know that for a long time. Maybe simpler to have two buttons.

 

[soberbrain]

The top right button is actually the Home button, not TV Input.

You're right. I read the remote could also change TV input and thought that was the button.

play/pause, is a tap the touch portion, so it's already as close to the touch section as you can get.

menu is used quite frequently.
this isn't a menu button like on your TV that brings up a settings menu, its the back button.

and the home button takes you all the way back, quite useful when you're 20 layers deep in netflix trying to find something to watch

Surprised there's 2 buttons for those functions. On the current Apple TV, clicking menu brings you back and holding it down brings you to Home screen.

 

[soberbrain]

With the current remote you can just hold down the Menu Button to take you back to the Home screen. So not sure why the extra button. Of course I did not know that for a long time. Maybe simpler to have two buttons.

You can even set up a menu to pop up when holding down. I used this to bring up closed captions when I couldn't understand dialogue. Actually a neat feature on the new Apple TV that you could ask Siri what they said during a show and it will rewind and turn on closed captions temporarily.

 

[Rigby]

With the current remote you can just hold down the Menu Button to take you back to the Home screen. So not sure why the extra button. Of course I did not know that for a long time. Maybe simpler to have two buttons.

Perhaps they think the Home function will be used more often now that the device has real apps and not just a nested menu system of "channels".

 

[tonyr6]

How do you roll back for a replay?

 

[tomtad]

Does anyone know why the don't just call it a back button?

 

[TrueBlou]

How do you roll back for a replay?

Do you mean like fast forward and rewind?
If so those are just swiping left and right on the touch pad.