Apple today released Remote 2.0 which lets users control iTunes and Apple TV using your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad over your Wi-Fi network. Choose playlists, songs, and albums as if you were right in front of your computer or Apple TV. From anywhere in your home change a song, pick a playlist or browse through your entire library. With a flick of your finger, you can even control every aspect of the Apple TV user interface. Use your device’s QWERTY keyboard to quickly tap out the title instead of clicking letters on the Apple TV screen. Then keep tapping to play, fast forward, rewind, and pause to your finger’s content. Remote has been fully optimized to take advantage of the large screen real estate of the iPad as well as the spectacular Retina display in the iPhone 4, and new iPod touch.
Features
• Control iTunes and Apple TV, from anywhere in your home
• Pause, rewind, fast forward, shuffle, and adjust the volume from your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
• View album, movie, and TV show artwork
• Create and update Genius playlists
• Create and edit playlists in iTunes
• Search your entire iTunes library
• Control iTunes to send music to AirPlay speakers
• Control the volume on each speaker independently
• Control Apple TV with simple finger gestures
• Enter text with the keyboard
• Even control Shared Libraries on iTunes and the new Apple TV
What’s New In Version 2.0
• Designed for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
• Optimized for Retina displays and large screen real estate on iPad
• Support for Shared Libraries on iTunes and new Apple TV
• Bug fixes and compatibility with iTunes 10 and the new Apple TV
More info and download link for Apple’s Remote 2.0 (free) via Apple’s iTunes App Store here.
Awesome!… Maybe now they’ll update the Gallery app to be iPad-friendly? Seems like a natural.
Awesome!… Maybe now they’ll update the Gallery app to be iPad-friendly? Seems like a natural.
After playing around with it for a few mins, it seems slow and buggy. This sluggishness on 3G phones running iOS4 is a real drag. And with Apple apps, it’s kind of embarrassing.
After playing around with it for a few mins, it seems slow and buggy. This sluggishness on 3G phones running iOS4 is a real drag. And with Apple apps, it’s kind of embarrassing.
hoorah they fixed playlist creation!!! 😀
now I can remotely execute applescripts and instantaneously send files between my mac and iphone!!! 😀
I love apple (and applescript)!! 😀
hoorah they fixed playlist creation!!! 😀
now I can remotely execute applescripts and instantaneously send files between my mac and iphone!!! 😀
I love apple (and applescript)!! 😀
Surprised they still haven’t added lyrics. Would be killer for <gasp> karaoke…
Surprised they still haven’t added lyrics. Would be killer for <gasp> karaoke…
The blue background of the icon looks almost exactly like the new iTunes icon’s background.
The blue background of the icon looks almost exactly like the new iTunes icon’s background.
@iPhone 3G User
Have you installed the iOS 4.1 update? All the 3G users I know say it’s fixed the slowdown issues with their phones.
@iPhone 3G User
Have you installed the iOS 4.1 update? All the 3G users I know say it’s fixed the slowdown issues with their phones.
That one lone developer working on this app did a great job! Someone should give that man a raise.
That one lone developer working on this app did a great job! Someone should give that man a raise.
@iPhone 3G User
It’s less embarrassing than someone continuing to use an iPhone 3G with iOS 4. The issues with speed have been documented since before the software update. Your conflation of your OS woes and your app review make the latter worthless.
@iPhone 3G User
It’s less embarrassing than someone continuing to use an iPhone 3G with iOS 4. The issues with speed have been documented since before the software update. Your conflation of your OS woes and your app review make the latter worthless.
And it has a new blue button!
And it has a new blue button!
Wish the update had included a way to control the system volume, too, not just iTunes.
Wish the update had included a way to control the system volume, too, not just iTunes.
Good Bye Sonos !!!!
(and I’m a Sonos early adopter…………. )
Good Bye Sonos !!!!
(and I’m a Sonos early adopter…………. )
@AAPLguy: Yes, I have updated, and it has helped a little, but I wouldn’t say it completely solved the problem. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
@MacAdvocate
Not sure what is embarrassing about using an iOS update on a phone that is only 2 years old. There was no mention from Apple that the iOS4 update would affect the performance of 3G models, only that some features would not be available. I would love a new iPhone every year, but my current phone is in working order, and its feature set is fine with me. I don’t buy any product every couple of years, simply because they have new models.
I love the new functionality of the updated Remote app, but it doesn’t seem to find my computer as quickly, it loses connection occasionally, and doesn’t update content as quickly as the old Remote app did.
@AAPLguy: Yes, I have updated, and it has helped a little, but I wouldn’t say it completely solved the problem. Thanks for the suggestion, though.
@MacAdvocate
Not sure what is embarrassing about using an iOS update on a phone that is only 2 years old. There was no mention from Apple that the iOS4 update would affect the performance of 3G models, only that some features would not be available. I would love a new iPhone every year, but my current phone is in working order, and its feature set is fine with me. I don’t buy any product every couple of years, simply because they have new models.
I love the new functionality of the updated Remote app, but it doesn’t seem to find my computer as quickly, it loses connection occasionally, and doesn’t update content as quickly as the old Remote app did.
Just not working for me. I’ve enabled home sharing but never see anything show up in my iTunes device list. I’m definitely on the same wifi LAN as my iMac. Trying this from a ipad 3G using latest version of iTunes.