I have the remote for the 3rd generation of ATV, and I would also describe it as slippery. Usually what happens is you're typing something in (instead of using

I have the remote for the 3rd generation of ATV, and I would also describe it as slippery. Usually what happens is you're typing something in (instead of using Siri, which actually works quite well usually) like your password when you have someone over that shouldn't know it, you are swiping left and right across a 26-letter row and always swipe just a little bit too far and have to go back to the letter you wanted. If you have an iPhone nearby it works perfectly to just use that keyboard though as well. I'm not sure if it's the input device itself or the software for the keyboard input that's worse, but it does need a rework. TVOS is alright - I found it better for navigation and visual aesthetics than the Roku that I had switched from - though Roku might have improved in that realm since that was three years ago. Symmetrical did bother me too. Far too often I would pick up the remote and start moving my thumb over the "wrong" side of the remote, having to switch it around. I finally fixed that by buying some nice rubber cases from Amazon which made it bigger and easier to hold (also prevented it from slipping out of my hand, as it is a little slippery as well) and also let me quickly identify which side was the correct one for your thumb, since the rubber encasing covers the "wrong" side. I didn't have much problem with the side buttons, but one thing did stand out about that button that your comment reminded me of: The hilariousness of figuring out that it existed when I first bought the thing. I had plugged in the ATV and could not for the life of me figure out how to get past the welcome screen. After five minutes of head scratching I do a quick Google and figure out you actually have to press down on the square on the remote. Ohhhhhh. There was a whole thread of people on the Apple forums who had the same problem of not monkey pressing the right button to figure out how the thing worked.