We still have a bit of a hangover from Apple's latest Keynote. They presented us with great products, and probably one of the “least” interesting was the new Apple TV 4K, although this also releases a new Siri Remote, the remote control of the Apple TV. Now we have just learned new details, which they did not talk about, about this new Siri Remote, and it is not good news ... The new Siri Remote comes without an accelerometer and gyroscope. Keep reading that we give you all the details of the features of this new Siri Remote.
To put you in context a bit, the new Apple TV 4K is the previous Apple TV vitaminized, since it improves in performance but basically still allows the same thing that the previous version of Apple's multimedia hub allows. The renewed is undoubtedly the Siri Remote, a remote control that in its previous version had disappointed and that now tries to recover what many demanded. The touch panel is now a panel with navigation buttons that is still touch, we have new power and mute buttons for our television, and a Siri button that moves to the side of the Siri Remote.
But yeah, something they didn't talk about in Keynote is that this new Siri Remote has lost the accelerometer and gyroscope that they sold us so much in its previous version for us to use when playing games on Apple TV. And it is that in the end with the previous renewal of Apple TV from Cupertino they sold us that it was the best place to play video games, and they took advantage of the accelerometer and gyroscope of the Nintendo Wii.
Now it seems that Apple is more interested in buying a video game controller, or using the one we already have. tvOS 14.4 will allow us to use controllers for PlayStation, Xbox, or any video game controller compatible with the iPhone. Change of strategy? well we have always said whate Apple TV is not a game console so this change to the Siri Remote I don't think is a thing to be concerned about.
