You can press and hold the Siri button on the side of the remote for voice control, including playback control, unified search across all your streaming apps, or to ask questions as if you would on an iPhone. SpecificationsĬonnectivity: wifi 6, gigabit ethernet, Bluetooth 5, HDMI 2.1įormat support: up to HLG, Dolby Vision, HDR10 (high frame rate) Dolby Atmos, Digital and Digital Plus It supports AirPlay 2, which allows you to send music and video from an iPhone or other Apple devices to the TV, but it does not support Google Cast. Then there are Apple’s iTunes, TV+, Arcade, Music, Fitness+ and Photos services, games and various utilities. If you want one box for all the apps, the Apple TV is it. Essentially every streaming service is available on it, including big brands such as Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube (with Google Play Movies), plus all the usual UK TV services such as BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, My5, STV Player, UK TV Play, Now, BT Sport, BritBox, Acorn and others. Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The GuardianĪpple’s ace-in-the-hole is comprehensive app developer support that outstretches competitors from Amazon, Google and Roku. The software on the Apple TV is a derivative of Apple’s iOS called tvOS that is generally easy to use and has multi-user account support for different members of your household. Note Disney+, YouTube, BritBox and a few others do not yet support the new gesture. In apps that support it, users can press the pause button and then hold their finger on the outside ring for 0.5 seconds before moving it clockwise or anti-clockwise to scrub forward or backwards through videos, in a similar way to using old iPods. The whole thing is touch sensitive so you can also swipe across it to navigate the interface and scrub through video. The new “clickpad” at the top of the remote comprises a pad with up, down, left, right and a centre button for select. It is a significant improvement over the old model. The remote has been completely overhauled, introducing more traditional navigation buttons and a new touch-sensitive ring for scrolling reminiscent of the “ click wheel” on the old iPods. The second-generation Siri remote has back and home buttons for navigation plus power, volume and mute buttons to control your TV or sound system.

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