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

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 ...

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 ...

ZemiSmart Matter IR blaster and AC controller launch July 3, 2026, bringing legacy infrared appliances into Apple Home, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Developed by Xiaomi, the Mi Remote app allows smartphones equipped with an infrared (IR) blaster to function as universal ...

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 ...

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 ...