Smart TVs are no longer traditional televisions where you could only watch some television channels. Now, they have become smart televisions that connect to the internet where you can play games, watch movies or series and even surf the internet. In this post, we are going to see how to use the iPhone as a TV remote and fully control your Smart TV and take full advantage of the device that is present in all the living rooms of our houses.
How to control your Smart TV from the iPhone
Before going into detail in the post, it is important to highlight that this method only works for Smart TVs . If you have a traditional television, the procedure that we are going to see below is useless. Next, we are going to discuss a free application, a paid application and the native application of Apple that you can use if you have an Apple TV.
Universal Control and Universal Remote Control
This free app from the App Store is the best known and most popular to control your smart TV from the iPhone and is compatible with most television brands. The procedure is extremely simple, you have to open the application and connect both the TV and the application to the same Wi-Fi network. Immediately afterwards, a wide range of televisions appear, where we have to choose the monitor that we want to synchronize with the app.
There is an alternative to the previous app, although its main difference is that it is a paid App and that, despite an annual payment, it can be a very interesting option and above all, you have a trial period of three days to see if the application connects correctly to your Smart TV or finds your device. Among its features, it stands out the ease it has when writing from any point, as well as the possibility of turning the television on or off , being its main bulwark, since many apps do not offer this possibility of turning on and only work once that the Smart TV is on.
Apple TV
After having analyzed different alternatives, the most recommended and most effective option is through Apple TV. If you have an Apple TV and you also have an iPhone , you can use the device itself as a Universal remote control and you can do it through the following four steps:
- On your iPhone, from the Settings app, tap Control Center and add the Apple TV Remote.
- We slide the control center and press the control icon.
- We confirm that both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
- The process would be complete. Now you can control your TV from your iPhone.
problems and tips
If the aforementioned application does not finish synchronizing between your iPhone and the television , there are alternatives to solve the two most typical connection problems that we are going to analyze below.
- Download the app for your Smart TV: most manufacturers have their own app in the App Store, to answer questions or to improve the synchronization or settings of your Smart TV. Therefore, in the event that the aforementioned app does not connect to the iPhone, the solution is probably in the application.
- Wifi connection: it is important that both devices are connected to the same Wifi network and the same line, that is, there will be no connection if one device is connected to the 5G network and another device to the “normal” network
