The SofaBaton X2 is a new-generation universal remote that turns both hardware craftsmanship and IR performance up to eleven.

Wouldn’t it be so magical if you could control all your home appliances with one single remote? This out of the ordinary creation is none other than the universal IR blaster remote control, which can ...

The idea of using an iPhone or iPod touch as a universal remote has been tossed around for years, but it's always required either a finicky external dongle or an extravagantly expensive home ...

With so many new iOS-centric AV remotes coming out, we're tackling them for review one by one. Each has a different approach to delivering on the "true universal remote" promise, and each has its own ...

Many years ago, in a moment of candid honesty, Nilay Patel described how his childhood was somehow defined and irrevocably ruined by an attempt to set up and use an IR blaster. It might also have had ...

An infrared blaster (IR blaster) is a device that relays commands from a remote control to one or more devices that require infra-red remote control. It’s been a long, hard day and finally, it’s time ...

Fire TV Blaster uses IR to help TVs, soundbars, satellite and cable boxes, and A/V receivers to work together wirelessly and responds to voice commands. You can control volume, playback through Alexa.

The dawn of the Internet of Things is upon us. However, even if household appliances and everyday objects are increasingly becoming connected, not all devices are already capable of connecting to the ...

Iyaz Akhtar works tenaciously to make technology work for him so he can live a life of leisure. He's been in the tech sector as a writer, an editor, a producer, and a presenter since 2006. Universal ...

With the smart devices in our homes reaching a stage where everything can be connected to each other wirelessly or be controlled by a single device, a smartphone with IR blaster is a handy thing to ...

The Logitech Harmony Express ($250) is a new universal remote that has Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant built directly in the device. Unlike the company’s previous universal remotes, like the Harmony ...