Both my wife and I want to be able to have control of the apple tv 4th generation with our own remote. If I buy an extra apple tv remote 4th generation, will they both work simultaneously to control the apple tv?
Apple TV (4th generation)
According to : Use Bluetooth accessories with your Apple TV (4th generation) - Apple Support You can use one Siri Remote OR Apple TV remote.
However I'm using both a Siri Remote AND an Apple TV (IR) remote - so even if you can't pair two Siri remotes to one box, you can use an IR remote additionally.
I can't say for certain that you can't use two Siri Remotes at the same time - but Apple's support docs certainly suggest you can't.
The Apple IR remote (or any IR remote for that matter - as you can learn keys for other remotes in the Apple TV Remote Settings) will allow you to do most things, but you don't get volume control (that I've yet found) and you don't get Siri control (though that is pretty limited at the moment)
well they did on all other appletv's so I would assume so
This sounds like a recipe for martial strife 😉
So I am guessing I should not spend $100 to buy and extra Siri remote then. Instead, use the older IR remote which would not be able to operate sound and other features of the Siri remote.
morrispe wrote:
This sounds like a recipe for martial strife 😉
Well I hope it doesn't go that far. 🙂
😁 I doubt that. LOL Heights of laziness I guess if we just can't hand over the Siri remote to each other. But then again it is so much more convenient for us to both have one.
Can I operate an extra remote on apple tv 4th generation. Example my wife and I have our own separate remote
