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Why even focus on the remote ? I understand its to make it accessible to people outside of the apple ecosystem, but it would have been nice to see better integ
by angryasian 11y ago
Why even focus on the remote ? I understand its to make it accessible to people outside of the apple ecosystem, but it would have been nice to see better integration with an iphone app.
- sanderjd 11y agoYeah I might consider this if it turns out they have both, eventually. I get that you massively limit your market if you don't have a remote at all (like chromecast), but for me, it's so much more convenient to have everything on the phone.
- daxelrod 11y agoThey already have a Remote app http://www.apple.com/apps/remote/ http://www.apple.com/apps/remote/ that has all of the functionality of the last-gen Apple TV remote (plus things like a keyboard). I would be extremely surprised if this weren't updated.
- sanderjd 11y agoNeat, thanks for the link.
- xienze 11y agoThey've had an Apple Remote app for quite some time. Works just like they showed in the demo with the added bonus that you can use the iPhone's keyboard for text input.
- interpol_p 11y agoI'm a pretty heavy Apple TV user, and the reason I love using it is because of the beautiful, slim aluminium remote. Aside from when I lose it, which is always. I'm not sure about others but I hate using my phone as a remote: grabbing it, unlocking it, launching the remote app. And then having to think about its battery level (especially if using AirPlay). It's nice when you're in a tight spot (have to enter a sensitive password in front of friends, need to AirPlay a quick video), but a phone is horrible as a general purpose remote.