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There are also buttons for TV, microphone, play/pause and up/down. Otherwise its the same layout, with a touchpad at the top which you swipe your finger across to go left, right, up or down and press to enter. The remote measures 124 x 38 x 6.3mm and weighs 45g, so some might find it a bit small and it's certainly easy to misplace – in fact finding a black remote on a black sofa in a blacked out cinema room is very tricky, even with the white ring. The remote is certainly stylish with a glossy and matte black two tone finish that matches the unit itself and it looks almost identical to the previous version but now has a white ring around the Menu button, which makes it easier to identify that button in a darkened room. You can check the remote's battery level in the Remotes and Devices sub-menu.
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You recharge the built-in battery using a provided lighting connector and, according to Apple, one full charge should last months based on typical daily usage. The remote has a built-in microphone for interacting with Siri and an accelerometer and three-axis gyro for using with games.
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The Apple TV 4K comes with the latest Siri Remote included which uses both Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology and an IR transmitter.
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Note: Apple released a major firmware update after this review was published that have addressed a number of the issues we raised. So does the Apple 4K TV set a new standard for media boxes and has Apple once again changed the game when it comes to streaming and watching content from a separate device? Let's find out.
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Since then the market has been flooded with cheap Chinese media boxes that use Android as an operating system, as well as more mass-market products from Nvidia, Amazon, Roku and Google. That shouldn't really come as a surprise, the arrival of the original Apple TV helped pave the way for the app-based approach to watching TV that has now become the norm for many consumers.
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That news had Amazon immediately adjusting their pricing policy, which suggests the launch of the Apple TV 4K has already been game changing to a degree. It wasn't just the Apple TV 4K's hardware that impressed, the company also made waves with their 4K pricing on iTunes and free upgrades of films you've already bought on iTunes to 4K and HDR as and when new transfers become available. At the time of writing (September 2017) the 64GB Apple TV 4K can also be picked up for £199 but stocks of both versions are currently very limited. In fact the arrival of Apple's new box was enough to spook Nvidia into launching a remote-only version of the Shield at the same £179 asking price as the 32GB Apple TV 4K.
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The Apple TV also uses the same A10X Fusion chip found in the iPad Pro, making it one of the most powerful media boxes available – along with Nvidia's Shield. So the Apple TV doesn't just support 4K but also High Dynamic Range (HDR10) and Dolby Vision, making it the only media box to currently support the latter. Apple have been surprisingly slow to the 4K party but, now that they've finally arrived, the world's most valuable company has done so in style. The Apple TV 4K is the latest generation of the company's handy little media player and, as the name might suggest, it now supports 4K.