Apple explains why new Apple TV remote lacks AirTag — and it’s not great

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Apple explains why new Apple TV remote lacks AirTag — and it's not slap-up

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The Apple tree TV 4K 2021 comes with an all-new Siri Remote with a much better pattern, but it has one notable weakness: at that place'southward no room for the U1 fleck, which gives Apple tree devices's super-accurate tracking functionality.

Anyone who has ever owned any kind of remote control will know that losing it behind sofa cushions is simply an occupational hazard, and congenital-in AirTag functionality would have been extremely welcome.

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But according to Apple Vice President of Product Marketing for Home and Audio Tim Twerdahl, there's a very practiced reason for the lack of U1 chip: the new Siri remote is bigger, and thus less easy to lose.

"That [Find My functionality] is the most powerful out of the home," Twerdahl told Mobile Syrup when asked why AirTag-similar technology wasn't in the remote. "With the changes we've made to the Siri Remote – including making it a fleck thicker and then it won't fall in your couch cushions equally much – that demand to have all these other network devices discover it seems a little bit lower."

While the Siri Remote is slightly bigger than the previous model, with dimensions of 5.4 x i.4 x 0.36-inches, that still sounds very piece of cake to lose behind cushions to u.s.a.. And while Twerdahl did simply say this shouldn't happen "every bit much," it's off-white to say we look users will spend at least some time fishing for their missing Siri remotes. For us, a more probable caption for the U1 chip'south omission is a big hit to battery life or the additional toll involved.

Fortunately, Apple TV 4K owners with a habit of losing things can take the initiative and add an AirTag to the remote themselves thanks to a clever 3D-printed case available on Etsy. The addition costs $12.99. While that's a temptingly low price, yous take to add it to the expense of an AirTag itself ($29).

Alternatively, the Tile Sticker can be stuck to any surface as the name suggests, and can be bought in a $58 four pack. Information technology's not as authentic as the UWB sensor deployed in AirTags, but given the lack of places for a remote command to hibernate, it should work simply fine.

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Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, roofing phones, drones and everything in betwixt. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are constitute all over the web and in the occasional magazine too. When not weighing upwards the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, y'all'll probably find him tackling his e'er-growing games backlog. Or, more likely, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.

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