FRIDAY Technology SEPTEMBER, 2015 11 Hands-on with the new Apple TV: Fast and fun, but with limits An Apple TV set-top box is seen in the demo area after a Apple special event. — AFP/AP photos By Janko Roettgers comes with a microphone button that initiates voice control, and two integrated microphones-one to actually fter announcing the new Apple TV at a press take voice commands, and one to monitor for and filter event in San Francisco Wednesday, Apple gave out background noise, like actors speaking on TV. Ajournalists some hands-on time. I had just a few Using voice to control Apple TV worked fairly well dur- minutes to actually try the device myself, and Apple ing my brief hands-on test, which says something: My deliberately didn’t show off some features, but I still got German accent tends to throw off voice recognition sys- some first impressions about Apple TV’s strengths, and tems, but Siri had no problems searching for foreign its potential weaknesses. comedies when asked to do so. Siri on Apple TV is also capable of handling multiple Here’s what using the new Apple TV is like: connected search queries, making it possible to search It’s all about Siri. Apple clearly has turned Siri into the for Adam Sandler movies, and then follow up with a sec- centerpiece of the new Apple TV. The remote control ond query for “just the good ones”-something Siri deter- Apple CEO Tim Cook discusses the Apple TV product advancements during the Apple Eddy Cue, senior vice president of Internet Software, discusses the Apple TV. event..