How to Charge an Apple TV Remote
You’ll start seeing notifications on your TV once your Siri Remote’s battery falls to 20%. To start it charging, connect one end of a Thunderbolt cable (you should have received one with your Apple TV) to the port on the bottom of the remote, and then plug the other into the USB port of a computer or a wall adapter.
How Do I Know if my Apple TV Remote Is Charging?
The Siri Remote doesn’t have a physical indicator to show it’s charging, but you’ll receive another notification on your TV that it’s connected to power. To check the status and current battery level, look in the menus on the Apple TV.
Open the System app on your Apple TV’s home screen. Select Remote and Devices. Click Remote. If your Siri Remote is charging, the icon to the right of Remote will have a lightning bolt in it. If not, a bar inside the battery symbol will show its relative charge level. The Battery Level item on this screen shows the exact charge percentage of your Apple TV remote.
How Often Do I Charge My Apple TV Remote?
You shouldn’t need to recharge the Siri Remote often; with typical usage, a full charge should last several months before you start getting warnings the battery is low. The charging process itself only takes an hour or two.
How Do I Change the Battery in My Apple TV Remote?
Apple didn’t design the batteries inside the first- and second-generation Siri Remotes with replacement in mind. Once you reach a point where the device no longer holds a charge, the easiest option is to buy a replacement.
However, earlier iterations of the Apple TV Remote (for example, the ones that work with the second-and third-generation Apple TV) use a replaceable CR 2032 button-cell battery you can swap out when it dies. However, the remote itself is not rechargeable.
