Apple has released tvOS 9.1, the first major update to the company’s new fourth-generation set-top box.
While no release notes are yet available, the new update adds support for using Siri voice control with Apple Music, as promised earlier this fall, and the ability to use Apple’s Remote app with the new box, albeit it in a more limited fashion — the Remote app will pair through Home Sharing as with prior-generation Apple TVs, but it is limited to providing touchpad control of the Apple TV user interface and keyboard input into text fields; the ability to browse or navigate content found on prior-generation Apple TVs is not supported in the new model.
Even with the tvOS 9.1 update, the new set-top box also still lacks support for external Bluetooth keyboards, although the ability to at least now enter text from an iPhone or iPad keyboard with the Remote app should mitigate this limitation somewhat.
