The new Apple TV could have a built-in mic and a remote with a speaker

The latest rumors are that the caller Apple TV volition person a built-in microphone, portion the upgraded distant volition get a speaker. The mic would fto users power the set-top container utilizing Siri without having to talk into the distant oregon a connected HomePod device. That could besides fto the Apple TV service arsenic a elemental astute location hub - controlling thermostats and locking doors - without the request to hunt for the remote.

If you hap to misplace the remote, the caller integrated talker should marque it easier to way down. It could play an audio alert to usher you to its location, whether it got carelessly kicked nether the sofa oregon a kid mischievously hid it …

Read the afloat communicative astatine The Verge.