![]() But a built-in Find My solution would all but make the Siri remote perfect. There are some novel solutions for adding an AirTag to the Siri remote, such as this $40 Nomad Goods leather cover that includes a compartment for an AirTag. Over the last week or so I haven’t lost this Siri remote, but it’s a common occurrence around my home, and I’d assume it’s something everyone else deals with on a regular basis. What I would like to see is Apple add the Apple U1 ultra-wideband chip to the remote that allows you to use the Find My app to precisely - I’m talking within inches - locate an object. ![]() I don’t even want or need a speaker in the remote that you can trigger to help find it when it inevitably gets lost (although that would be a nice touch). But that’s nowhere to be found in the new Siri Remote. The switch to USB-C on the Siri remote is a welcome move, but there’s one feature I think every Apple TV user wants to see Apple implement - a Find My remote solution. The Siri remote still doesn’t have Find My support But once the transition to USB-C happens for all Apple devices, that means I won’t have to dig out a Lightning cable every few months just to charge the remote. I think I’ve had to charge my Siri Remote once every three or four months, if that. What this really means in your day-to-day experience is very little. And with Apple admitting it’ll have to comply with a recent European Union ruling, forcing the iPhone maker to switch from a Lightning port to USB-C, the change on the Siri remote just means we’re one step closer to ditching Lightning altogether. That’s the same kind of port that Apple is now using across all of its current iPad models - including the just-released tenth-generation iPad. The remote has the same design, buttons and overall functionality, but instead of using a Lightning port on the bottom of the remote to charge it up, you’ll now find a USB-C port for charging. The Siri remote, which got a much-needed refresh in 2021, wasn’t left out of receiving an update of its own this year. The Siri remote received a small, but important update ![]() That said, I found myself reaching for the Xbox controller instead of the Siri remote once I sat down on the couch to waste a few hours of time. Other times, mainly when navigating menus and settings, it was apparent that I was playing a mobile game on a TV with a controller designed for a game console. The overall experience was fun and at times it felt like I was using a gaming console and not a set-top box. I love Lego games, and I have a small but growing appreciation for Star Wars, so I ended up downloading Lego Star Wars: Castaways. So, I paired an Xbox controller to the Apple TV 4K, launched Apple Arcade and searched for a game that’s included with my monthly Apple One Premier subscription. However, Apple has done a lot to improve the gaming experience on all of its devices over the last few years, including adding Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch controller compatibility. I spent quite a few hours over the weekend playing video games on the Apple TV, something I haven’t done in probably five years when my youngest son and I would play Beach Buggy on a daily basis. Granted, part of the reason Siri loads faster is due to the new Siri interface that looks more like Siri on the iPad, taking up only a corner of the screen instead of taking over the entire TV.Īnother area where the performance just felt faster was how quickly the Apple TV app would open and populate with suggestions of what to watch next. Siri not only loaded faster, but the responses were almost instantaneous. One area where the speed boost was apparent was when I used Siri to request information, search the App Store or start a binge-watching session. Across the board, there was a noticeable difference. I’ve been using the 2021 version of the Apple TV 4K as my main streaming device since it was released, and after going through the initial setup process on the new Apple TV 4K, I immediately noticed a difference in how fast the apps loaded and navigation felt. ![]() For those keeping track at home, the Apple TV 4K released in 2021 used Apple’s A12 Bionic processor, so those performance claims aren’t all surprising. That’s the same processor that’s found in the iPhone 13 lineup and the sixth-generation iPad Mini, and one that we’ve found to deliver super-fast performance on devices that arguably demand more than an Apple TV box that’s primarily designed to stream video.Īpple touts that the new Apple TV delivers up to 50% faster processing performance, and graphics performance should be up to 30% quicker thanks to the processor upgrade. Inside the new Apple TV 4K is Apple’s A15 Bionic processor. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account ![]()
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