Hello Mary, The new Apple TV remote is a large improvement from the previous model. I would compare it to the 3rd generation Apple TV, with some of the features of the Apple TV HD and up.
1. It has physical buttons arranged in a circle at the top of the remote and these are used for navigation, think of it like a directional pad with the up, down, left and right buttons with a select button in the middle. Just above that to the top right is the power button, this is a nice addition in my eyes. Below the directional pad is the back button on the left and the home button on the right. Under the back button is the play/pause button and directly under that is the new mute button. Under the Home button on the right is the volume up and down rocker button. 2. One thing to remember is the circle directional pad is also touch sensitive and you can perform the same gestures as on the touch capable Siri remote from the prior models. Luckily these gestures can be turned off as they can make navigation difficult with Voiceover. All in all the new Siri remote is a welcome upgrade and worth it in my opinion. One more note is that it is backwards compatible with the older models of the Apple TV, going all the way back to the Apple TV HD/4th generation. I hope this helps, Ed Worrell > On May 24, 2021, at 12:18 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wasn’t sure where to post this, since it’s really a question about this new > Siri remote that comes with the new Apple TV 4K. I ordered one of those, > because I understand that I should be able to use my HomePods stereo pair for > all sorts of TV output with the new Apple TV plus a properly equipped > television with a RC or EARC. I wonder if anybody has this new remote and if > there’s anything particularly noteworthy about using it with voiceover. I > know the remote controls have changed, and I’ve seen some descriptions that > are of course related to how cited folks would use it. I’ve googled, and I > haven’t seen anything about voiceover in conjunction with the new remote. Not > even on Apple support pages. Hence my question. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/D5C504AB-E498-4171-B69A-BA1433EC99D2%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/5184473A-C0B7-4064-91F3-05F601FD30CF%40gmail.com.
