14 DAY TRIAL // Remote 2.0.1, an update to Apple’s iOS app that lets users control iTunes and Apple TV using their iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad over their Wi-Fi network, is now available from the iTunes App Store.
Remote for iOS assists users in easily choosing playlists, songs, and albums as if they were right in front of their computer or Apple TV.
“From anywhere in your home change a song, pick a playlist or browse through your entire library,” Apple explains. “With a flick of your finger, you can even control every aspect of the Apple TV user interface.”
The description continues: “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.”
Here are the key features of the app:
• 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
By the looks of the changelog, version 2.0.1 of Remote is a maintenance release that focuses strictly on addressing issues.
According to Apple, the release includes stability and performance improvements, improves performance using Remote on an iPhone when Bluetooth is enabled, addresses a problem browsing artists with a large number of albums, as well as some issues waking up computers when using Home Sharing.
Issues with connecting to an iTunes library or Apple TV when using Home Sharing or a Passcode are also resolved in Remote 2.0.1, Apple says. Issues with connecting to a Wi-Fi network are resolved as well.