Let's not tell ourselves lies, although the remote control is a gadget that made us lazier, it could be one of the most precious gadgets in many homes today. I have noticed this from one of the videos on our YouTube channel that explains how to control the TV from the Smartphone, which has had several comments from the audience asking for different ways to control the TV without having to have it turned on or connected to the network Wifi.
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| How to control the TV from the Smartphone? Use Smart Remote! |
The remote control may be one of those gadgets that go unnoticed when it is close at hand, but it is a must when you don't have it! Thus, and taking advantage of the fact that during the quarantine I have a Huawei Mate 30 Pro with an IR port on hand, I set out to find a relatively simple way to pair the TV, beyond the application offered by the manufacturer (LG in this case).
Although the infrared sensor is not a novelty (it was fashionable around the year 2013 in several Android smartphones of the mid and high range), it is quite useful for cases like this, where the "damned remote control" has been recast or, He went on to a better life (he was completely lost).
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| Smart Remote App Preview |
How to use the Smart Remote App to control the TV?
The first thing to do is locate this Smart Remote App on the Huawei Smartphone (it is inside the tools) and make sure that it is updated to its latest official and stable version.
Then, click on the "+" sign to add remote control and select the device with its corresponding brand. Then you should point the Huawei device at the screen and test if the TV responds to the virtual buttons that appear on the smartphone screen.
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| Step 1 of setting up Smart Remote |
After the process of pairing the TV with the Mate 30 Pro is complete, you can customize the control by adding extra icons by cloning the buttons on the physical remote to enhance the experience of using the virtual remote. In this way, the Smartphone and the TV don't need to be connected to the same Wifi network.
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| Step 2 of setting up Smart Remote |
What other Huawei smartphones come with the infrared port and work with the Smart Remote app?
Smart Remote comes pre-installed on the latest models of Huawei Smartphones (without displaying any advertising, working offline via the infrared port):
- P30 Pro
- Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro
- Mate 20 Pro
Does the Smart Remote app work on smartphones of other brands?
Given that the application is available on Google Play and there are smartphones from other brands (such as Xiaomi) on the market with an Infrared port, the App may work on such devices, but the main complaints that exist from users are related to the ads displayed by the version found in the Google store.
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