Me: hey Siri, where is my remote?
Siri: the nearest resort is 496 miles away, this is what I found on the web.
Siri: the nearest resort is 496 miles away, this is what I found on the web.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
You Can Now Use Your iPhone to Find a Lost Siri Remote in tvOS 17 and iOS 17
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
This is a more meaningful development than anything that was announced at the Wonderlust event yesterday.
Here is how to update the firmware:
Update the Apple TV Siri Remote
Update the Apple TV Siri Remote
- Connect the Siri Remote to a Lightning cable to charge.
- On the Apple TV navigate to Settings -> System -> Restart.
- Wait for the Apple TV to restart.
- When done, leave the Siri Remote plugged in and click a button on the remote.
- The firmware update will be installed.
I think Siri's trying to tell you that you need to get out moreMe: hey Siri, where is my remote?
Siri: the nearest resort is 496 miles away, this is what I found on the web.
i think the latest remote might have been updated at least once before. It had appalling connectivity issues for a month or so and an update fixed it after a reset.
It's very frustrating to me that MacRumors (and other sites) keeps using headlines like, "You can now use..." when in fact you can't. iOS 17 has NOT been released. We can't do that yet. Please make an effort to be professional and clear in your reporting.
Never mind. I see the option in the remote app. I have the 0x83 firmware, but I don’t see the remote in Find My.
Last edited:
I've got a 2nd generation remote with an Airtag in the case... Find My remote works better for me than it will work on this one.
So apparently one of my remotes is updated and it did, indeed, help me find the remote when I genuinely didn’t know where it was. The UI is very close to the AirTag one. Pretty neat update I wasn’t expecting to get.
My firmware updated without me doing anything!
I've not charged the remote for months now, but the new 'find' feature works fine. (both iPhone and ATV are on iOS17 beta)
What isn’t clear in this article is whether you need to have the 4K Apple TV model or if this new feature simply relies on the Siri 2nd or 3rd gen remotes. If the latter, it should work with the HD Apple TV model if using it with a 2nd or 3rd gen remote like I’m doing. After all, it appears this feature only involves iPhone and remote so what’s the Apple TV model got to do with it?
I have no idea where my remote is, we suspect somewhere in our couch but we've taken it apart and can't find it anywhere. So unfortunately this will only help me when Apple invents a time machine.
Does the device you use to locate the remote need to be on iOS17 or iPad OS17 for the feature to work?