Your Phone Is Getting New Remote-Control Features For Android TV

Android TV is getting some make-new remote-control features by way of your Android smartphone. Google announced the news today at its annual Google I/O developer conference.

Run across, Google knows the pains of wanting to change the channel or adjust the book on your TV when y'all can't. Considering, yous lost the remote and now y'all have to go upwards every time you want to exercise anything with the Television receiver. Merely who wants to do that? No one. Peculiarly when you're an hour or two into a new bear witness yous've been binging on your solar day off.

With these new Android Goggle box remote-command features for your telephone, you have a solution. At least, if you have an Android TV or Google TV device.

Android Television receiver remote-control features will permit yous adjust volume, type, and more

Though not available today, the new remote-control features volition make using Android Goggle box quite a scrap easier if you lot're someone who e'er has their phone on paw. Even when the actual remote isn't.

Google says that soon, yous'll exist able to power on your Telly using your phone, among other things. This includes adjusting the volume up and down, or even muting the volume altogether. You can fifty-fifty access Google Assistant correct from the same screen on your phone when these features are being accessed. Every bit there's a dedicated button for it.

There'due south a home button, too, just in case you need to apace get dorsum to the homescreen. In addition Google is adding a large track pad surface for UI navigation. Simply similar the rail pad on a remote (for the ones that take them), you can utilise this to scroll up and down and side to side when looking for stuff to watch. Call back of it like a d-pad.

You volition also at present be able to blazon anything you need straight from your phone. Using your telephone's keyboard input, you can search for shows or any other content and have that relayed to the Android TV device.

The new features volition roll out later on this twelvemonth

Google doesn't give specific times, but it does say the new remote-command features will roll out to users later this year. At some point. If you lot have an Android TV device, expect to continue an middle out for updates to the app and the TV itself to enable these features. Google is likely to announce when things are going alive, merely you may notice the updates commencement.