Alongside the new 6th generation Apple TV declared during Apple’s unique event on Tuesday, the organization presented another version of the Siri Remote. Notwithstanding the new plan, the new Siri Remote comes up short on certain sensors that might be missed by certain clients: the accelerometer and gyroscope.
The new Siri Remote appears to be very unique from its archetype, with an aluminum body and a clickpad that replaces the glass trackpad for signals in tvOS. Apple has likewise added a Power button and a mute button, as well as moving the Siri button to the correct side of the remote.
We definitely realized that the second-generation Siri Remote, as Apple calls it, has no U1 chip or any help for the Find My application — in spite of what a few reports anticipated — yet a few technologies have additionally been removed when contrasted with the past Siri Remote.
As noted by Digital Trends, the Siri Remote that accompanies the new Apple TV does not have an accelerometer and gyroscope. These sensors were added to the first Siri Remote to empower new gaming experiences, which let clients slant the remote to perform explicit activities similarly as is conceivable with an iPhone or iPad.
Since tvOS currently supports Xbox and PlayStation controllers, it appears to be that Apple needs to urge clients who like to mess around on the Apple TV to have a superior gaming experience with a joystick as opposed to utilizing the Siri Remote. The original Siri Remote actually works with the new Apple TV for the individuals who favor it, however Apple presently don’t authoritatively sells this version.
Past bits of hearsay have effectively recommended that Apple is dealing with its own game controller, so this might be another motivation behind why the organization is done advancing the Siri Remote as a possibility for gamers.