Compared to the olden days of television, where you could use just about any $5 remote control from Circuit City with your set, the remotes that come with smart devices like an Amazon Fire TV are a ...

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All hail the mighty Siri Remote. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can set up your Apple TV to control volume on a separate sound system, like a sound bar. It may not work out of the box, but ...

If you hate keeping dozens of remotes for all your devices at home, a universal remote may be the answer. There are lots of options these days, including turning your Android phone into a universal ...

What is an IR Blaster and How Does it Work? An IR blaster is a hardware component in some smartphones that allows the device to emulate an infrared remote control, enabling it to control various ...

The new Apple TV remote is a wondrous touch- and motion-enabled trackpad with a few simple buttons that lets you do everything on your new black hockey puck of joy, including playing games, swiping ...

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 ...

Your 3-button garage remote is built to do far more than raise and lower a single garage door. With a little setup, those ...

Learn how to enable and use iOS 26's Camera Remote feature to take iPhone photos and videos by pressing your AirPods instead ...

Is your Samsung Smart TV remote control slow to respond? There are several factors that can cause this problem such as a weak battery power, remote needs to be paired, button on the remote is stuck, ...