I switch phones quite frequently. My current favorite is the OnePlus 13 because in addition to packing exceptional hardware, it also offers a decades-old feature: an IR blaster. I find this ...

First-person view of someone aiming a TV remote at a smart TV - Proxima Studio/Shutterstock In recent years, IR blasters have become a standard part of smart TV systems, but it's not always clear just ...

While conventional televisions are controlled using a physical remote, a feature on smartphones known as IR blaster has made this hardware somewhat obsolete, thanks to the best universal tv remote app ...

Samsung has removed many features from its popular Android smartphones over the years. Long gone are the headphone jack, SD card slot, and removable batteries, all of which made Galaxy phones more ...

Amazon’s latest hardware product is the Fire TV Blaster. Priced at $34.99, the Amazon Fire TV Blaster improves IR control for an existing setup. Unlike other Amazon Fire TV devices, the Amazon IR ...

The TV-B-Gone is a well known piece of kit in hacker circles: just point it at a noisy TV in a public space, hit the button, and one of the hundreds of IR remote codes for “Power Off” that it blinks ...

Realme is ready to introduce the Realme GT Neo5 smartphone in China. The smartphone will be officially released in China on February 9th, 2023. The smartphone will include ground-breaking 240W ...

Xiaomi has launched a new Google Assistant-powered smart speaker. Called the Xiaomi Smart Speaker IR Control, this device does everything it has in the name. That is, apart from serving as a smart ...

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Amazon has announced a new Fire TV accessory called the Fire TV Blaster. It’s a $34.99 IR blaster that’s designed to let you control hardware like your TV set or cable box using Alexa in concert with ...