Apple Remote App has been updated to version 2.1 to support Apple’s latest Airplay feature along with some other improvements. The new update brings • AirPlay video support to control iTunes on your computer to stream videos to an Apple TV • Internet radio control to play thousands of internet radio streams in iTunes on your computer • And you can now control iTunes to play movies and TV shows you rented from the iTunes Store. Apple also says its fixed the issues with connecting to an iTunes library or an Apple TV, plus the usual stability and performance improvements.
If you were wondering, Airplay itself came in only a month back with iOS 4.2 and the 4.1 software update for the new Apple TV, both on November 22nd. So this is Apple getting the Remote app caught up with it. What you get now is your phone telling iTunes on the Mac or PC to push a video across to the Apple TV, which sounds like a long way around for one video, but we want to try it before complaining.
The app is free and its a universal one, so the same download works on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. You need iOS 3.1.2 or later. This is the second update in three months for Remote, version 2.0 landed on September 28th with iPad and Retina support. Grab it from the App Store and stay tuned.
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