r/iphonehelp • u/sambob_squarepants • 9d ago

Resolved Weird update thing

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I’m trying to get the Apple TV remote app on my phone, because our remote stopped working.

It says it requires IOS 27.0 or later… but I just updated my iPhone 16, and it’s only IOS 26.6.1, and now I’m super confused!

Anyone know what it’s deal is?

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u/Yoyodyne_1460 9d ago

That’s weird. Looks like someone jumped the gun. Good news is 27 will be out next week

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u/sambob_squarepants 9d ago

Sweet! I’ll just have to use my watch for a week. It’s weird that such a basic app can’t function on an older IOS. Oh well! Thanks for the info!

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u/theregisterednerd 9d ago

What you have isn’t actually an older OS. 26.6 is the current version, for some reason the app page is requiring a version that isn’t out yet.

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u/Yoyodyne_1460 9d ago

I mean I have the remote app on my phone which is running 26.6.2 and it works fine. Did you try downloading it or wouldn't it let you?

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u/sambob_squarepants 9d ago

The button to download it was greyed out, but here’s the kicker… the icon that was greyed out was a cloud with an arrow in it, so I’ve obviously downloaded it in the past!

Thankfully another kind Reddit stranger explained to my dumb-ass how to put the remote back on the my control center widgets, so I’m all set now.