Apple's new Siri Remote can guide you to it step by step if lost, but only on certain newer iPhones. Everyone else gets a beep.
The new Apple TV 4K arrives this Friday with a redesigned Siri Remote, the 4th generation. Its best new trick is easy to lose out on. Guided, step-by-step finding works only with a newer iPhone. Older phones can still make the remote play a sound.
The remote now has a built-in speaker. You can trigger it from the Find My app on your phone. The old way of finding the remote mostly told you it was somewhere in your house.
The bigger upgrade is Precision Finding. If you have used Find My to track down an AirTag, it works the same way. It gives guided directions that lead you right to the remote.
Precision Finding needs the second-generation Ultra Wideband chip. That chip is in these phones:
The iPhone 17e is left out, even though it has the 17 name.
The new Siri Remote costs $59. It works with any earlier Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD, so you do not need the new box to get it. The speaker works with any iPhone. If your phone is not on the list, you will only get the sound. The material does not say whether older phones will ever get Precision Finding.
Before paying $59 for the new Siri Remote, check whether your iPhone is on the list, or you will only get a sound to find it.
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