![]() One let down is the lack of Find My integration, or even a simple beeper so you can make it ping if you misplace it. ![]() A new innovation: if you move your finger in a circular motion around the outer edge, it scrubs through the playing video just like an iPod clickwheel. The circular D-Pad doubles as a capacitive touch surface (the “clickpad” as named by Apple marketing) so you can still do the same gestures on it. And yet, at the same time, Apple didn’t lose the best bit of the trackpad: the ability to swipe the trackpad to zoom through a list of items. There is a physical D-Pad arrangement with labelled indicators, so you can do traditional up-right-left-down navigation like every other TV remote on the planet. There’s asymmetry that you can feel with your fingers, so your brain can know which way is up just by touch. There’s no glass surface anymore, so it should be more durable and not prone to breaking upon being dropped or knocked off the coffee table. It’s a robust combination of the Apple Infrared Remote and the trackpad Siri Remote, squarely addressing the failings of the latter. The new Siri Remote is not retracing the past. Had they really learned nothing in that four year span of misery? It was a crowd pleaser but also a little boring. The Magic Keyboard in the 2019 MacBook Pro was near-identical to what they shipped before - prior to the butterfly fiasco that is. When Apple responded to the butterfly keyboard backlash, they simply reverted back to a tried-and-trusted design. It feels a little silly to be commending something as primitive as a TV remote, but the new Siri Remote deserves it. And with its one-piece aluminum design, the new Siri Remote fits more comfortably in a user’s hand. The outer ring of the clickpad supports an intuitive circular gesture that turns it into a jog control - perfect for finding a scene in a movie or show. The all-new Siri Remote features an innovative clickpad control that offers five-way navigation for better accuracy, and is also touch-enabled for the fast directional swipes Apple TV users love. ![]()
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