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 ...

Like the Harmony Companion, the Elite consists of two parts. First is the Harmony Hub, an IR blaster that plugs into the wall and which is the same as the standalone Hub and the Hub included with the ...

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 ...

Home universal remote controller Blumoo has gained a new Android app, spreading the multifunction controller to Google's smartphone and tablet OS, while at the same time giving its iOS app an update.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If there can be a king of remote controls, it's the Logitech Harmony Companion. This universal remote is not just able to tame the many devices living within your media center but also capable of ...