The Apple Watch is now a better TV remote

Previous versions of watchOS allowed the Apple Watch to beryllium utilized arsenic a distant power for the Apple TV with constricted functionality. With watchOS 11, the smartwatch tin perchance wholly regenerate the Siri Remote that present ships with Apple’s streaming box, with caller capabilities spotted by 9to5Mac.

Before watchOS 11, the Apple Watch’s Remote app could lone beryllium utilized to play and intermission videos, oregon navigate tvOS utilizing swipe gestures to determination done menus and surface taps to marque selections. It was utile if you couldn’t scope the Apple TV’s remote, but couldn’t regenerate its features entirely.

The institution has updated the Apple Watch User Guide connected its website to see the caller Remote app functionality introduced with watchOS 11. Turning the smartwatch’s integer crown present adjusts the volume, portion pressing and holding the crown volition activate Siri done the Apple TV. A fastener with 3 dots tin besides beryllium tapped to mute and unmute audio, activate captions, and powerfulness the Apple TV connected and off.

The latest Apple Watch update besides expands the wearable’s wellness features with the quality to detect signs of slumber apnea, which tin summation the hazard of much superior conditions similar Type 2 diabetes if near untreated. So portion utilizing the Apple Watch to regenerate a mislaid distant oregon to find your misplaced iPhone are useful, determination are much compelling reasons to bargain one.