ir blaster app

Nowadays, just a few smartphone brands consider placing IR blasters in their design. If your phone has an IR blaster, you might already know what it does. It uses the word "blaster" since it blasts controls to a lot of receivers available. This means, with an IR blaster, you can control your compatible Smart TV or other home appliances without the pairing process compared to Bluetooth or other wireless connection in your smartphone. To use the IR blaster in your smartphone, you don't need to point it to your TV or other devices directly; you just have to be around it. Oftentimes, your phone already has a dedicated pre-installed app for it like Xiaomi's Mi Remote, while in some cases, you'll have to download a compatible app in Google's Play Store. It'll just take a few taps to pair your home appliance to the app, so it should work smoothly like a universal remote. Now in buying a smartphone, it's not completely necessary to have an IR blaster—especially if you have no use for it. Read more in our articles including "Do We Still Need the IR Blaster in Smartphones?" and "Apple App Store now permits game emulators globally".