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I'm curious if people actually use the IR in place of their TV remote as in the promo. For me personally, I think the friction of having to fire up an app first
by lotophage 2y ago
I'm curious if people actually use the IR in place of their TV remote as in the promo. For me personally, I think the friction of having to fire up an app first would preclude me from ever using it in earnest.
- magneticnorth 2y agoOne of my dogs thinks tv remotes are the most delicious chew toy. I've switched to using my phone as a TV remote, exclusively, but I realize I'm a bit of an edge case.
- beart 2y agoIt's a great option when the kids lose the remote somewhere
- MBCook 2y agoIt’s pretty easy to launch the remote function on my iPhone to control my Apple TV. I still almost never do it. The loss of the tactile ability to find the buttons, especially without looking, kills it unless you’re in a real bind.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoThe only time I ever use mine, is when the dreaded linear type entry comes up.
- alphager 2y agoOn their own TV at home: probably not. In airports, bars, waiting rooms: absolutely.
- noAnswer 2y agoI used that feature once. Long day on a construction site. Last job was to hook up a PC to a Smart-TV. No remote to be seen. Costumer no longer on site. Jelly 2 to the rescue :-) Felt Swiss Army knifey.
- jcul 2y agoI have the jelly star and I do use this feature. It's useful if the remote is missing and you need to adjust the volume or something. I aslo used it when I was working away from home and was trying to plug my laptop into a TV HDMI port. I had no remote and couldn't switch the input manually but was able to do it with the phone.