While it is true that iOS 12 and macOS Mojave They occupied a large part of the WWDC keynote, two other operating systems were also presented: tvOS 12 and watchOS 5. The news was very interesting, but currently iOS and macOS are the great pillars of Apple. However, the novelties of both systems were interesting and talked about.
One of the novelties that has been discovered from TvOS 12 is the possibility of enter passwords on Apple TV from the keyboard of your iPhone. It's a good way to finally forget about the virtual keyboard that made it difficult to enter passwords on tvOS.
Forget the virtual keyboard of Apple TV with tvOS 12 and your iPhone
Until now when we had to write a password or anything else we depended on the tvOS virtual keyboard. A method that took a long time and was a bit uncomfortable. Those of Cupertino knew it and have devised a tool with which be able to use the keyboard of your iPhone as a keyboard for your Apple TV. This novelty is in TvOS 12 and it works as follows:
- When you access a place where it is necessary to enter a text, Siri Remote searches all nearby iPhones and sends them a request.
- On your iPhone you will select the notification and you will enter the PIN showing the Apple TV to confirm the link
- You will unlock your iPhone with Face ID or Touch ID to confirm your identity
- iOS will show you a series of logins stored in iCloud to make the process faster if you had previously entered the place where you want to enter your Apple TV (and stored the credentials)
Is a form of get out of the way a virtual keyboard complex and not very useful. In this way, we can use our iPhone as if it were a external keyboard. Apple has been right in this regard since depending on the control of the Apple TV and its virtual keyboard was, for many, a nuisance.
That when the AppleTV needs to enter text, you automatically get the option on the iphone to be able to write, it has been around for a long time. If anything, the novelty will be to enter a password saved on the iPhone automatically, but using the iPhone as a keyboard to type the AppleTV is not a novelty of iOS 12
A really useful option. Although I still think that the improvements that Apple has been introducing on Apple TV are ridiculous dede TvOs10 this kind of thing is appreciated.