{"id":30534,"date":"2020-10-23T15:40:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=30534"},"modified":"2020-11-07T20:25:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T01:25:42","slug":"apple-tv-remote-app-replaced-by-control-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/23\/apple-tv-remote-app-replaced-by-control-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV Remote App Replaced by Control Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filipe Espósito<\/a> (also: MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Apple today silently removed its “Apple TV Remote” app from the App Store, which lets users control the Apple TV from an iPhone or iPad simulating a real Remote. The app is no longer available for download from the App Store and Apple has likely discontinued it, which means that it will no longer get any updates.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t come as a surprise since Apple has added the Remote feature built into the Control Center in iOS 12, so Apple TV users can have access to all the controls on Siri Remote without having to download any app.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Alan Cannistraro<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I created this app on nights and weekends. I demoed it to Steve in Jan ’08. He said, “We’re going to open an App Store; let’s make this our app”. Sad to see it go. I always referred to it as “my baby”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

This is the first version of the Control Center remote that works with my Apple TV 3, and it seems to fix the keyboard and focus problems that have plagued the standalone Remote app lately. Unfortunately, the connection with the Apple TV sometimes gets dropped when the phone’s screen turns off, and—unlike with the physical remote—holding down the Menu button doesn’t bring you all the way up to the top menu.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n