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Apple launches new Apple TV 4K with Siri AI, $299
The two hundred ninety-nine dollar Apple TV 4K arrives November thirteenth with a Siri AI upgrade; the remote, meanwhile, finally gets to retire in the cushions.
Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock on this story, from BBN Newsroom at 10:17 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are TechCrunch's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by TechCrunch: “Apple launches a new Apple TV 4K with Siri AI and remote-free commands”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 10:17 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Vera Bullock.
- Topics: Apple TV, AI.
- BBN covered this story before: Maddie Hasson joins Julia Garner in Apple TV's 'Guilty Creatures' (October 12).
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorApple has a new Apple TV 4K with Siri AI that takes voice commands, so you never need a remote, and it costs two hundred ninety-nine dollars and arrives November thirteenth.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorJoining us is Wendell Szabo, a managing partner at Halvorsen Teague Advisory, who bills four thousand dollars an hour.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWendell, what does a television that listens mean for the American couch?
Wendell SzaboGreat question, and that's a key insight, which is nine hundred dollars. People will talk to the television instead of holding a remote.
Wendell SzaboThat is the finding.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's what the product does. It's in the headline.
Wendell SzaboAnd restating the headline as a challenge is a key insight, fourteen hundred dollars.
Wendell SzaboI would also note I own a remote I have never lost. It lives in a velvet pouch.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA velvet pouch.
Wendell SzaboWhich is now a legacy asset, and legacy assets are twenty-two hundred dollars to discuss.
Wendell SzaboFrankly, my firm's whole living-room practice rests on people losing the thing in the cushions.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBefore the top of the hour, we'll ask what woke a whole flight up screaming. So, Wendell, last question: where do you actually find a lost remote?
Wendell SzaboThe couch cushions, every time. That answer was eight hundred dollars, Vera, and I will be sending the invoice.
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