New Siri Remote touch behavior inconsistent, cause unknown

The new Siri Remote for the Apple TV 4K is causing problems for some users, with reports the new circular gesture intermittently doesn't scrub through media properly.

The update to the Apple TV introduced a new design of Siri Remote that uses a circular trackpad, as well as a new gesture that turns the trackpad into a large scroll wheel. By using a circular motion around the edge of the trackpad, users can scrub forward and back through content.However, posts to Twitter and Reddit show users trying out the gesture but getting unexpected results. One complete circuit of the trackpad scrubs through a video timeline in one direction, then returns it back to where it was previously.

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