We’ve been listening to rumors about the next generation Apple TV for some time now, however we don’t know when the firm plans to formally announce it. Now 9to5Mac has discovered that Apple is developing a new Remote for Apple TV, which corroborates some earlier rumors about Apple updating the Siri Remote.
Details about this new Apple TV Remote are nonetheless unknown, however 9to5Mac’s sources have advised us that this mannequin is being developed below the codename “B519,” which is sort of totally different from the codename of the present Siri Remote — internally recognized as “B439.”
When Apple launched the Apple TV 4K in 2017, the Siri Remote had a small change with a white ring round the Menu button, which made or not it’s recognized as a new mannequin. However, as the new Remote has an inner mannequin quantity manner above the present model, we imagine the adjustments shall be extra important.
Siri Remote has at all times been a controversial accent amongst Apple TV customers. While some individuals like it, there are a major variety of customers who hate it for not having bodily navigation buttons or for having a glass floor, which makes it extraordinarily fragile. With a new Apple TV mannequin on the manner, this may very well be the good alternative for Apple to create an improved Remote.
Last week, MacRumors found that Apple has eliminated mentions of the identify “Siri Remote” from the tvOS 14.5 beta, which is now referred to as “Apple TV Remote.” This identify was already utilized in some areas, however is now a normal for all customers — which additionally suggests an upcoming change to the accent.
Back in August 2020, Bloomberg reported that Apple is working on a new Apple TV with a faster chip and an “updated remote control” that can work with the Find My app. Bloomberg reiterated this rumor with new sources final December, saying that the new Apple TV with the updated Remote will arrive in 2021.
Prior to that, 9to5Mac discovered references to a new Apple TV model in the code of tvOS 13. The codes we had entry to additionally reveal that the next generation Apple TV will function a extra highly effective processor based mostly on the arm64e structure, which may very well be the A12 chip or newer.
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