Apple TV 4K gets big update with a new remote and A12 Bionic chip

Our long national nightmare is over: There's a new Apple TV remote.

At its spring event on Tuesday, Apple revealed a new version of its Apple TV streaming hardware, which somehow hadn't been updated since 2017. The new Apple TV is still a 4K-ready streaming box like its predecessor, but it comes with a new, more traditionally button-centric remote instead of the touch-sensitive catastrophe that was the previous version. It has a traditional directional pad for buttoning through menus, but it's also touch-sensitive for those who preferred the old way. You can also dial the ring around the directional pad in a circular fashion for old school, iPod-style fast forwarding and rewinding.  Read more...