{"id":168032,"date":"2021-05-20T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=168032"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:06:10","slug":"google-to-transform-your-android-into-a-tv-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-to-transform-your-android-into-a-tv-remote\/","title":{"rendered":"Google To Transform Your Android Into a TV Remote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Change your Android TV Channels With Your Phone<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last few days, we\u2019ve heard a lot of news from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mlk888FiI8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google I\/O Keynote presentation<\/a>. If you\u2019re a fan of using the <a href=\"https:\/\/android-tv-remote-control.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Android TV Remote Control app<\/a> for changing channels, you may not need it for much longer. It appears as though the update for Android 12 will have a feature that performs the same function, just better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, you\u2019ll only see the option if your phone is compatible with the update. The new tool will appear as a standard icon on your home screen, letting you configure it as you please. It\u2019s clear that Google wants to ensure you have the ultimate experience when dealing with all of their products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Google To Transform Your Android Into a TV Remote\" class=\"wp-image-168034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Google-To-Transform-Your-Android-Into-a-TV-Remote-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Android update will host many other new features. There will be a dashboard for insights while you can also change your privacy settings. It also integrates better with Google\u2019s very own Chrome OS system. These pale in comparison to the functions offered by the new built-in remote control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the tools you can expect include directional swipes, power on and off, Google Assistant, volume, back, mute, and home. When compared to its predecessor, one of the improvements include typing text into input bars that makes it easier to search for topics. We don\u2019t have an official launch date for the Android 12 update, but we\u2019ll let you know as soon as we do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change your Android TV Channels With Your Phone Over the last few days, we\u2019ve heard a lot of news from the Google I\/O Keynote presentation. If you\u2019re a fan of using the Android TV Remote Control app for changing channels, you may not need it for much longer. It appears as though the update for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-to-transform-your-android-into-a-tv-remote\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google To Transform Your Android Into a TV Remote&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":168035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2522],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-168032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionandroid-tv-remote-control"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324799,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168032\/revisions\/324799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168032"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=168032"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=168032"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=168032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}