Why limit yourself to your small screen on the phone? Run Remotie – Samsung TV Remote, an app by Kraftwerk 9 Inc., best experienced on your PC or Mac with BlueStacks, the world’s #1 Android emulator.
Remotie turns a Samsung Smart TV into something that feels easy to control from a phone or a PC. On BlueStacks it behaves like a desktop remote, so the big on-screen touchpad works a lot like a laptop trackpad. Swiping through menus is smooth, scrubbing a timeline is simple, and it even does the job for light game controls if that is the mood. The regular remote buttons are all there, and the layout is clean enough that nothing feels buried. There is a software keyboard too, with optional voice input, which makes searches and logins less of a pain than poking letters on the TV. Some of the fancier bits like the large touchpad and voice keyboard are paid add-ons, so that is worth knowing.
Connection is solid and it auto-reconnects if the device gets interrupted or the app loses focus, which is helpful when switching between apps on a PC. It works with most Samsung Smart TVs from around 2013 and newer, including Smart Blu-ray and Home Theater gear, so it covers a lot of living rooms. Text input is not universal though. It only works inside Smart Hub apps that accept the Samsung keyboard, so services with their own keyboard, like Netflix or YouTube, will not take typing from Remotie. If a simple, reliable remote is the goal, with a touchpad that actually feels usable on a big screen, this fits. Just note it is not an official Samsung app.
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