Bluetooth may seem the obvious next step in the remote's evolution, but there are reasons that infrared hasn't died out.

Sony offers a media remote for the PlayStation 5, but you don't need it if you own an LG TV. Their remotes are compatible. We ...

There’s nothing quite as annoying as losing your TV remote. Decades ago, when remote controls were cutting edge, you would at least be able to use manual controls instead. But these have been ...

Overview A universal remote lets you control multiple devices with a single remote instead of keeping several on your ...

If you have an LG TV, the accompanying Magic Remote can be used with your smartphone. However, there's a catch depending on ...

Universal remotes are a convenient way to control multiple devices without separate remote controls. If you own a Toshiba TV and want to program a universal remote to control it, this post will guide ...

When a remote that ships with a TV is just horribly designed, you can always turn to your phone to make your entertainment ...

Eugene Polley should be ther most popular man on the planet. He left a legacy of leisure that billions of people lean upon each and every day, often for hours on end. Polley, a self-taught mechanical ...

The Amazon Fire TV Stick is basically a streaming device. It comes with a remote, some cables and batteries, and an HDMI-CEC, which is technically the Fire Stick part. From it, you can use apps like ...

Welcome to Product Support, a column devoted to helping you get the most out of the gadgets and software you already use. In October 2020, Apple rolled out an iOS update that discontinued and removed ...

There have always been apps that let you control your TV from an iPhone or iPad, but in my experience, these apps don’t work very well or have limited features — even the official apps from TV ...

One of the more simple — if important — new features of the Google TV Streamer is the addition of a tiny speaker in the new microphone that enables it to chirp if it becomes lost. Google is hardly the ...