Remote for iOS will be updated in early 2016 with Siri Remote features

After updating the operating system of the XNUMXth generation Apple TV As of tvOS 9.1, users who also have an iPhone can control the Cupertino set-top box from our smartphone. And what is even better, we can use the iPhone or iPad to write text, something that until now was only possible with the Siri Remote. An app update was not required Remote, if not add changes to the firmware of the Apple TV.

An update for Remote for iOS will be released early next year, as Eddy Cue has recognized. With this new version of Remote, in addition to being able to type with the iOS keyboard as well we can use Siri to control the fourth generation Apple TV, something that must be admitted is fine, but it was not a priority. Of course, it comes in handy for those of us who are subscribed to a service, such as Apple Music or Netflix, or who welcome renting / buying movies on iTunes.

On the other hand, Cue also talked about the moment the tvOS App Store is going through, acknowledging what is an open secret by stating that it is a bit stopped after a few days in which many and very good applications were uploaded. Currently, the Apple TV App Store has more than 2.000 applications, which is not bad at all to have so little time, but I also know that it could be even much better.

More than half of the users who have purchased the fourth-generation Apple TV had already owned an older model. These users could value the available applications that are in the new App Store, such as games. Cue says that they did not make the new set-top box thinking about this type of content, but that it is happening a bit like it happened with the first iPhone, a device that they did not think about the video games but that is used a lot to play. The reason is that games are not only liked by Gamers more gamers, if not that we all like them to a greater or lesser extent.

Finally, Cue also says that most people are not thinking of buying an Xbox or a PlayStation and believe that the Apple TV is the device ideal for that type of market. In my opinion, Cue is right, but I think the future of Apple TV in games is more promising than he wants to admit.