With support for Microsoft and Sony controllers available since tvOS 13 and the addition of support for current-generation console controllers in tvOS 14.5, Apple has clearly made the decision that a purpose-built controller provides a better gaming experience. The new Siri Remote is a little bigger than the former version, but I don’t expect it would work any better as a controller. The button layout and diminutive size made it a poor substitute for a traditional game controller. Still, the original Siri Remote was never a good game controller. On one level, the omission of the sensors in the new Siri Remote is surprising because it comes hard on the heels of an expansion of Apple Arcade’s offerings on all platforms, including the Apple TV.
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According to code in tvOS 14.5 seen by MacRumors, trying to play an incompatible game will lead to the following error message: “To play this game on your Apple TV, you need to connect the Apple TV Remote (1st generation) or a compatible PlayStation, Xbox or MFi controller.” The change means that the new Siri Remote won’t work with certain Apple TV games that rely on motion controls. First reported by Digital Trends, the new Siri Remote lacks an accelerometer and gyroscope. Jon Porter of The Verge rounds up recent discoveries about the new Apple TV 4K’s Siri Remote. I haven’t tried the new Apple TV 4K myself, but I did replace my old Siri Remote with the new model, and despite taking a bit to get used to, that one change has been a substantial upgrade. As someone who consumes video exclusively through an Apple TV, many of these criticisms rang true.
There’s a lot more to Joe’s review of the latest Apple TV, so be sure to check it out. It’s four directions mapped to a ring that doesn’t actually turn. In some apps, the wheel moves the position on the timeline forward … and then backward, even though you’ve completed “a rotation” around the wheel because this isn’t really a wheel. YouTube, Hulu, and Disney+ don’t support it, for example. You need to be in an app that supports the feature. What about using it as a jog wheel? Well … it doesn’t work in all circumstances you will expect it to work in. The new jog wheel ring around the Siri Remote’s clickpad can be confusing to interact with too, especially because it doesn’t work with all third-party apps:
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At the very least, aggregate all of the services I need to log into in one spot for me to do it with Face ID, or Touch ID, opening up the saved password data for each of the entries I need to make.
My login state for these other services should really be stored in iCloud across all Apple devices I own, or with a token authorization system that uses the iPhone in my hand. I know someone might insist that this is for security, but it absolutely isn’t because all this data exists, in iCloud, accessible to anyone who has my unlocked iPhone and Apple TV - which is what is required to just populate empty apps on the screen. There is still this logical disconnect in this process where I have authorized the Apple TV to log into my Apple ID and access my iCloud data, including data from my existing devices, and iCloud Ke圜hain, but it can’t set up an Apple TV with all my apps and services logged in.
It’s a frustrating experience that’s all too common on more than just the Apple TV. One of my favorite critiques is of the setup process, which does a good job transferring your Apple TV apps to a new device, but leaves users to log into them one by one. He concludes that although there have been substantial improvements in some areas, notably with the Siri Remote, there is a lot of room for improvement, especially for a device that is considerably more expensive than its competition. Joe covers every step of the setup process, the new Siri Remote, and the new Apple TV 4K hardware. Joe Rosensteel has an in-depth look at the new Apple TV 4K on his website, Unauthoritative Pronouncements.
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