Universal TV Remote

WaveSpark

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About this app

UPDATE 09/18/2021 - WE HAVE FIXED IR UNIVERSAL REMOTE!! The remote app you know and love is back! We are sorry it was not working for so long. Please excuse the rating the app was absolutely broken for a long time.

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• IR Universal Remote •
IR Universal Remote will replace your physical TV remote for good! Plus you can control other devices like Air Conditioners, Fans, Lights, and more. This application will turn phones and tablets with a built in remote IR blaster into a fully functioning universal remote.

• Easy to Configure and Use •
You can easily browse through all of the different categories and code sets to find the best remote that works for you. All saved remotes can be quickly and easily accessed from the sliding menu panel.

• How IR Universal Remote Works •
Many phones today have hardware built in for controlling TVs. This hardware is called an IR Blaster. Manufactures such as Samsung, LG, HTC, Xiaomi, and Huawei are using the IR Blaster in their phones. It emits an infrared signal which can be picked up and interpreted by the TV. IR Universal Remote has a very large database containing the proper codes for many different devices. It can emit these codes through the IR Blaster just like a physical universal remote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_devices_with_IR_blaster

• Free (Ad Supported) •
IR Universal TV Remote does not require any purchases to work. The application is supported by in app advertising. Ads allow users to use any remote in the app for free.

• Loaded with Features •
Create completely custom remotes. You can edit almost every aspect of your remote. Change the toolbar color. Edit the background color or upload a background image. Edit button IR codes, colors, positions, roundness, transparency, and texts. Use the two widgets to quickly and easily control devices from your home screen. Use the notification remote to control devices while using other apps. Control multiple devices from 1 remote. Setup macros to send multiple commands to multiple devices with a single button click.

• Instructional Video •
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDCNaDrL-Q&feature=youtu.be

Ratings and reviews

Shows "There were no results. Please check your spelling and try again." for all categories when trying to make a new remote. It used to work fine, and was my favorite IR Remote app until this happened. Also the IR Remote widget doesn't do anything when I press the buttons. I can still use the remotes I have, which is good, but I can't make any new ones until this is fixed.

Edit to add: Found another video that gave slightly better information & now have a workable, if limited, remote for my 10 year old tv. However, the ads! Who thought it was a good idea to have video ads play when using the app as a TV remote? Another issue is that to access digits to select a tv channel, my phone has to be turned side on which is awkward. Installed ok. Opened ok. Easy to choose an appliance and a brand. At that point the information offered in the help window is inadequate. I'm offered a code set of 19 in total but it's not really clear how I'm supposed to choose. I've watched the YouTube video and it similarly skims right over this important piece of information and there is no other link to provide further information. In the absence of anyway of knowing which code set to select, I simply chose the 1st one. The default layout is fine & looks functional but is the incorrect one for my TV. An improved method for correctly determining the correct choice of code set plus an expanded help function would make this actually useful.

Works and isn't a big rush of ads - that fact shocks me, especially in light of the other reviews. Still, it didn't have an LG service remote option, which is what I needed to disable that freaking ABSL static image dimming that's making me want to pull what's left of my hair out, but at least it actually worked as a regular remote...

What's new

Compatibility with SDK 33