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About this app

Demote: The High-Performance Universal Remote

Demote is a universal remote control designed to solve the biggest problems with smart home remotes: dropped connections, frustrating interfaces, and a lack of accessibility. Built from the ground up to be inclusive, Demote provides a fast, tactile, and screen-reader-optimized experience across different TV ecosystems.

Built for Reliability
Instead of disconnecting the moment your screen turns off, Demote uses a foreground service and a keepalive pulse to maintain a persistent connection to your TV. When you pick up your phone, the remote is instantly ready to use—no waiting for it to reconnect.

Tactile & Responsive Design
Demote replaces generic overlays with a bold, high-contrast interface. The trackpad offers material deformation for organic visual feedback, and the media scrubber features a "sticky" playhead mechanism that remains responsive even on high-latency networks.

Accessibility as a Core Feature
Unlike most remote apps, Demote treats accessibility as a fundamental requirement, not an afterthought. Every single button and interactive element is semantically labeled and fully optimized for screen readers like TalkBack. Distinct haptic "thuds" and "ticks" provide clear, non-visual confirmation, allowing you to confidently navigate your remote and your TV blindly.

Experimental Hands-Free Voice Proxy
Use your phone as a hands-free bridge for your TV. When this mode is enabled, simply saying the hotword "Television" proxies your voice command directly to your TV's native voice search.

Broad Compatibility
Demote acts as a multi-protocol bridge, unifying control for the most popular operating systems:
• Android TV & Google TV: Full support (Remote, Keyboard, Voice) via the secure Remote v2 protocol.
• Chromecast with Google TV: Full control.
• Roku (TVs & Players): Full remote and app launching.
• Samsung Tizen (2016+): Full remote and app launching via secure WebSocket.
• LG webOS: Full remote and app launching via SSAP.
• Vizio SmartCast: Full remote and app launching.
• Additional Support: Panasonic Viera (pre-2018), Sharp Aquos, and Cast receivers.
• Smart Wake-on-LAN: Power on supported TVs directly from standby.

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