No more Apple TV Remote app
The Remote app was intended to control the Apple TV, if you use the normal remote (Siri Remote) to hand. If you have downloaded the app before, you can continue to use it. If not, you will find the functions of the Remote app in a different place from now on: there are also Apple TV features in Control Center.
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Apple still keeps the iTunes Remote app available to play music from Apple Music, iTunes and the TV app on your Mac of Windows-pc.
You can also operate the Apple TV with the Remote app on your Apple TV.
Apple’s support page now only mentions using the Remote functions in the Control Center. Apple TV Remote automatically appears in Control Center in current versions of iOS. The functions correspond to the buttons on the remote and it also works with multiple Apple TVs in different rooms. Since iOS 12 is it possible to get you Apple TV to operate in this way. A search function is also available.
What’s the difference with the Apple TV Remote app?
The Apple TV remote in Control Center is a kind of light version of the separate Apple TV Remote app. The difference between the Apple TV Remote app and the remote control in the Control Panel is that you can also see details of, for example, music that is being played in the separate app. In addition, the Apple TV Remote app has a separate game mode that you can use to play games. To use the Apple TV remote in the Control Center, you don’t need to have the separate Apple TV Remote app on your device. You can use the Apple TV operate with you iPhone. Read more about how the Apple TV Remote app works in our guide.