When your Apple TV upgrades to tvOS 17.2 this month, the perform of the Siri button in your distant will change just a little. As a substitute of at all times invoking Siri, it’ll now have two capabilities: simply faucet it to carry up a search field, communicate what you need to seek for, and also you’ll get a web page of outcomes that reveals outcomes all through the TV app and Apple Music. If you wish to use Siri, press and maintain the Siri button.
It’s awkward at first, however it is a good factor. It simply takes a day to get used to it.
The change was first found in tvOS 17.2 beta 4, so in the event you’re working the beta it might already be in impact for you. If not, it’s in all probability going to finish up in your Apple TV field when tvOS 17.2 goes out to everybody (in all probability in mid-December). As with all options in beta variations, there’s an opportunity it is going to be pulled earlier than launch.
The search function is helpful. Any app/service you utilize that helps the TV app has its content material listed, so you’ll find reveals from Paramount+, Disney+, or Hulu simply wonderful. (Actually, Netflix is the one main holdout today.) It additionally reveals outcomes from Apple Music, and there are faucets to filter outcomes in the event you solely need one or the opposite.
In case you’re used to easily tapping the mic for Siri instructions like “What did he say?” or “Return 5 minutes” then you definitely’ll have to regulate to holding the button down for a second. Likewise, in case you are used to holding the button down when dictating textual content right into a search or password subject, you’ll must get used to tapping the button, as holding it down now solely performs Siri instructions.
This can be a good change, general. It’s clear and constant: Holding the button at all times performs Siri actions, which mimics the facet button on an iPhone. Tapping shortly is like “typing” and fills in dictation areas or, once you’re not in a single, opens a search that works like Highlight (CMD-Area on a Mac).