The old phone remote was caveman-simple, and I mean that as a compliment.

Wouldn’t it be so magical if you could control all your home appliances with one single remote? This out of the ordinary creation is none other than the universal IR blaster remote control, which can ...

Polycab has launched the Hohm Mirai Smart IR Blaster, a small and simple IoT device that promises to add smart capabilities to IR-based home appliances. How does this Rs. 1,200 device work? Find out ...

First-person view of someone aiming a TV remote at a smart TV - Proxima Studio/Shutterstock In recent years, IR blasters have become a standard part of smart TV systems, but it's not always clear just ...

Samsung has removed many features from its popular Android smartphones over the years. Long gone are the headphone jack, SD card slot, and removable batteries, all of which made Galaxy phones more ...

The idea of using an iPhone or iPod touch as a universal remote has been tossed around for years, but it's always required either a finicky external dongle or an extravagantly expensive home ...

For those of you that bought the Galaxy Gear, you might be happy to know that the Smart Remote app is available for the smartwatch, and allows you to control your TV. Earlier this year when Samsung ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You're trying to find the remote control, but it's nowhere to be seen. It could be down in the cushions, or maybe one of the kids made off ...

Buy one of these 10 best smartphones with infrared blaster and remote control functionality and you will never have to look for your remote controller again. If you didn’t own a mobile phone 10 years ...

Remember when you couldn’t buy a high-end phone without an infrared (IR) port? If your exposure to smartphones only starts with the iPhone’s appearance in 2007, you might not. But if you’ve been using ...

Sometimes you need a little utility device to do a very simple job, and do it well.This one-shot IR helper from [Gregory Sanders] is just that. [Gregory] had a TV that didn’t support automatically ...