I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be
(www.xda-developers.com)
You must also be thinking of the older one which was crap. This is the current one which has clicky physical buttons that also can act as a gesture pad, and a mute button.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mw5g3am/a/siri-remote
This was the garbage one before that:
