Michael is a born Texan and a former graphic designer. He's been covering technology in general and Android in particular since 2011. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and ...

In this guide we’ll explain how to use your Android phone or tablet as a remote control. Instead of buying an expensive universal remote, control your Android TV, NVIDIA Shield and more with Android.

Having left its Android TV Remote Control app languishing in the Play Store with no updates since 2017 and a 3.5 star rating, it looks like Google is preparing to replace it outright with a new remote ...

Over the course of our Android TV coverage, there is often reference made to using the Android TV Remote Control app on your smartphone. However, we have not particular covered what the remote control ...

Sanuj Bhatia, the managing editor at Pocketnow, is responsible for supervising and contributing to all the content published on the website, including news, reviews, features, and how-tos. He began ...

You don't necessarily need a TV remote to control your television. If you lost the remote (again) or just like having a ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Google TV app, previously known as Play Movies and TV, is now getting a major upgrade that would add a new feature from the company to control Android TV via Bluetooth and WiFi and act as a Universal ...

The IR blaster is officially a niche feature these days. It’s becoming rarer and rarer as a feature since phones are trying to remove as many ports as possible. However, phones with an IR blaster are ...