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New remote seems laggy
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Nothing to report on mine. It's either interference, a cable, or low fps on the tv that's causing the problems.
hmmm... I don't know about that.
My Siri remote lags constantly. Worked great the first day and that was it.
My Steelseries controller has never had a lag issue.
So how is this a cable issue?... or frame rate?
Would appear to be software.
I really hope Apple fixes this issue. It is probably the most annoying thing i have come across. Especially when now i rely on my AppleTV to watch TV using DirectTVNow service. Its rather frustrating as this occurs multiple times a day on many occasions watching tv. I think i need to file a bug report on this.
no lag on my remote, but I did just have mine exchanged because the battery was dying on a weekly basis
ouch - yeah definitely give Apple support a call to get a replacement sent to you, or visit an Apple store if there's one near you. This is definitely an issue that is affecting some of the remotes. I have friends with the new AppleTV4K and their remotes are fine, so this isn't affecting everyone. I was told that Apple's engineering already had a good sample of affected remotes and are studying them.
There were probably just batches with faulty little batteries in them
The charge on these should be lasting months....
good luck!
Got the empty box from Apple yesterday, sending it back today. We will see, but it sucks not having a controller, even a laggy one.
Could be up to 2 weeks for diagnosis and repair/replacement, this is not what I expected from Apple.
Owned Apple products for over 10yrs, first time I have ever needed service....
Could be up to 2 weeks for diagnosis and repair/replacement, this is not what I expected from Apple.
Owned Apple products for over 10yrs, first time I have ever needed service....
From my experience, I still see 3 options to get a workaround:
- Use the TV remote (needs to have a CEC connection and activated on both TV and aTV)
- Teach aTV the commands of any other IR remote
- Use the iPhone/iPad/apple Watch - that solution even gives you Siri (talk to your device)
well it looks like I'll be exchanging my remote again - I got the replacement a couple weeks ago and this new one is losing charge on a weekly basis as well.
This isn't the norm with everyone correct? The remote on my 4th gen could go 4 or 5 months easily.
This isn't the norm with everyone correct? The remote on my 4th gen could go 4 or 5 months easily.
Well... that's not good news.
Got my replacement yesterday with a 75% charge. So far it's not laggy but to soon
to tell how the battery is going to work.