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 ...

An Apple TV remote or an iPhone could be used to control multiple devices in a room, with the user selecting what hardware to control by gesturing their hand-held controller in the general direction ...

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 ...

In iOS 11 and later, it's possible to add an Apple TV Remote interface to the Control Center that will allow you to quickly navigate and control playback on your 4K Apple TV or fourth-generation Apple ...

If you're someone who always loses their remote control or just want one less thing to keep track of, this third-party app ...

The modern Apple TV features a very controversial remote. The Apple TV and Apple TV 4K use a trackpad-centric input method that inspires joy and causes frustration alike. Whether you like it or hate ...

Is the TV remote control soon to become extinct? Can it become forever lost down the back of the couch and no one will care? The remotes for the stereo and climate control could potentially go and ...

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 ...

Norigin Media, a provider of broadcast and streaming app technology, released a React Native library that adds remote-control directional navigation for Apple TV and Android TV. The open-source ...

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 ...

The Apple TV remote is easy to lose, but it’s harder to lose your phone — much less the Apple Watch strapped to your arm. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can use your iPhone (or even your ...