You'd think a remote control technology that was first introduced in the 1980s would be completely obsolete by now. But infrared (IR) remotes are still very much kicking half a century later, despite ...

Google Assistant smart speakers often only serve a couple of key purposes – to accept commands and play music. With Xiaomi’s new Google Assistant smart speaker, you also get the power to control your ...

Does your home entertainment system look anything like the below photo? Do you have a TV in your bedroom that you have to reach at odd-angles from your bed to control with your line-of-sight IR remote ...

Your TV remote is probably older than your smartphone. The AC remote might be a bit younger, but it still sits on a shelf collecting dust. Neither of these remote-operated devices received any ...

Do you have a Fire TV Stick and want to have Alexa control your home theater set up? She'll soon be able to. On Tuesday Amazon announced a new Fire TV Blaster, infrared (IR) transmitter that can be ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most TV and device remotes have a limited range. Not just that, but generally, they'll only work reliably at a certain angle. That means your ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The recently ratified Bluetooth 3.0 specification not only ups the wireless interface's speed to 25 Mbits per second. The spec also defines a new function called Unicast ...