Is it Apple's plan to release an update to the Remote app to support the 4th gen ATV or are they ditching the app?
FYI, they have released the 9.1 update and I confirmed that my remote app is now working on the ATV4 (including text entry)...
brilliant! Thanks for the heads up.
I Stated similar feelings and had my posts removed over and over and over Seemara.
He he. Yes, thanks for saying so. I'm well aware of such tactics which is why I invoked the Gestapo metaphor. I believe it's all an attempt to curate the level of criticism that's visible on the intertubes.
Thank you Protodd. The Remote app now works for me as well on the gen 4 Apple TV with the latest tvOS 9.1.
I'd like to think Apple was encouraged to update Remote app functionality on the new ATV given all of the feedback they got from frustrated users. If so, thank you to everyone who wrote in to Apple with their comments.
So, TVOS got an upgrade? iOS 9.1 is the latest on phones and iPads. So, ATV4 with TVOS 9.1 now works with the Remote app in iOS? If so, I'll go buy one.
9.2 is the latest for iOS and 9.1 is the latest for tvOS. Both have updates waiting (at least here in US mountain time). The remote app works on the ATV4 via iPhone or iPad. I have also heard the watch app works too though I don't have one to confirm myself...
Yes, I upgraded to tvOS 9.1 today which was required to get the Remote app to work with the gen 4 ATV. I also updated my iPhone to iOS 9.2 so I'm not sure that was also required to get the Remote app to work. There were no recent updates to the Remote app.
Yes it works fine now with tvOS 9.1 update
Thank you for sharing. This, and the fact that even the current Remote app works now, after the tvOS update to 9.1, are awesome news!
I am experiencing a recurring error whenever I attempt to access my iTunes library through the Remote App utilizing the keyboard/text search. I can use my iPad Pro as a "trackpad" to access and play content.
Error reads - "An unknown error occurred, please check your library and try again."
This error also occurs on an iPad2 as well as iPadAir using Remote App.
I have reported this to Apple Support but wanted to share incase others are having the same issue.
Did you actually get your Apple TV and IOS device to connect? I have been trying sine I got an update for Remote and no matter what I try it ill not see my Apple TV. I have tried Home Sharing and Manually adding it and nothing. I would be interested in hearing how it worked for you.
I am using IOS 9.2
EDIT: I didn't notice I had tvOS 9.0.1. I am now updating to 9.1 I have my Apple TV set to automatically update but I guess they haven't pushed it to everyone yet.
thanks,
Tyson
Have you updated your ATV software (tvOS 9.1)? I don't believe that iOS 9.2 has any impact. But as soon as I updated the ATV my remote app worked. I already had it setup because of ATV2&3 but I didn't have to do anything once I updated the ATV software...
Try turning Home Sharing off and on again on both the Apple TV and your iOS device. You may need to re-enter your Apple ID credentials. Be sure that you use the same Apple ID for both ATV and iOS Home Sharing accounts (if you have multiple Home Sharing accounts in your household.) I initially had trouble getting the Remote app to see the ATV4 until I did this.
Why is the Remote App not compatible with 4th gen Apple TV?
