And it's still $180 or $200 (!!)
I mean it's nice... very powerful with some unique features... but they're in a market with $50 Rokus and Fire Sticks.
And the built-in apps on people's TVs.
The Apple TV box went from a hobby to a luxury hobby.
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New Siri Remote Doesn't Have U1 Chip and Won't Work With Find My
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And it's still $180 or $200 (!!)
I mean it's nice... very powerful with some unique features... but they're in a market with $50 Rokus and Fire Sticks.
And the built-in apps on people's TVs.
The Apple TV box went from a hobby to a luxury hobby.
Apple doesn’t know the meaning of exciting updates anymore it’s all small minor ones just look at the design of the iMac it’s shocking, but hey ho at least they talk about climate change 24/7 and make Siri genderless, if it wasn’t for the eco system I would give up with apple now, like I always say the hype is better than any eventAnd it's still $180 or $200 (!!)
I mean it's nice... very powerful with some unique features... but they're competing with $50 Rokus and Fire Sticks.
And the built-in apps on people's TVs.
The Apple TV box went from a hobby to a luxury hobby.
Honestly, how many people would lose the remote to justify that extra battery-sucking tech?
Remote is bigger now, too.
Non-issue.
Does it seem odd to you that maybe people have kids? Kids move and lose things.
I honestly can't remember the last time I've ever lost a remote in the past 15 years. It's really a non-issue but only because it's Apple will people here bash them about it. The people here that can't get past this horribly terrible life-changing news about the Apple remote....can decide to buy a Roku. That's what I have and love it. It has 4K, Airplay, has AppleTV Plus and has the built-in remote finder feature, all for $99.00 USD.
Typical of Tim Cook’s Apple. Faced with the choice to make something amazing and magical that costs them $1 or make something typical but get you to pay $29 they choose the option to make a few more bucks.
In a home of children we lost our Apple TV remote for 4 months. Its tiny and thin and can slip anywhere.
Missed opportunity. Didn't even need a U1 chip. A speaker to play a tone from find my would have been sufficient.
Eh... not a biggie. I've yet to lose any remote, ever, over a few decades. With respect to the Apple remote, where else would it be, if not within a dozen or so feet of the Apple TV it is paired with (and very likely around the couch/chairs)?
Oh they sure did. They want you to buy air tags. It makes a lot of sense to them, not so much to us though..
I agree. Just having a simple beep feature for the Pencil and Remote would be a tremendous improvement.
How come Apple can't see it in them to round off the bevels at the bottom of the remote.. At least this one seems thicker but I can imagine the struggle getting this off the table.
It's not like I'm retarded, but I think the struggle is real with these remotes. And the mouse-soap-bar thing
It's not like I'm retarded, but I think the struggle is real with these remotes. And the mouse-soap-bar thing
They literally introduced the new AppleTV remote right after announcing AirTags by having someone find their keys in a couch. Absurd. I’m absolutely dumbfounded.
And they showed missing remotes at the bottom of the couch!
My Logitech Harmony remote's have cost as much as $350. Of course, the thing lasted four thirteen YEARS.
I've only recently replaced it with the Harmony Elite (still $300). Works amazing.
Obviously, I don't have to use the Apple Remote very often, so won't be getting it, unless I get a new Apple TV.
You wouldn’t need to launch an app - you’d just say “Hey Siri, where’s the remote”, your HomePods would pick it up and the remote would start making a noise.
Come to think of it, if it has a speaker in it then it could do that even without a U1 chip. Does anybody know if it does?