Android may be an operating system designed for smartphones and tablets with touchscreen displays. But that hasn’t stopped people from loading it on a range of devices including laptops and TV boxes.

In this guide we’ll explain how to use your Android phone or tablet as a remote control. Instead of buying an expensive universal remote, control your Android TV, NVIDIA Shield and more with Android.

In this guide we’ll show you how to use any Android phone or tablet as a remote control. Instead of paying for an expensive universal remote try this list of the best Android remote control apps. Some ...

Chinese chip maker Rockchip has released a new tool that lets you remote control an Android 4.2 device with a Rockchip RK3188 using pretty much any Android phone or tablet. In other words, you can ...

With the Peel Remote App or Peel Smart Remote application, you can convert your Android smartphone or tablet into a universal remote for your television and home theater system. This is made possible ...

Mike is a freelance writer for Android Police. He has been blogging since high school and has honed expertise in writing tutorials, guides and how-tos for Android and Chrome. All recent Android TVs ...

The new G10 and G20 Android TV OS reference design remote controls are now available from Ohsung Electronics. Created in collaboration with Google, the devices enable a much quicker time to market ...

One of the unique features of the two Motorola DROID XYBOARD tablets I am testing is the inclusion of an IR port for use as a remote control. This function is enabled by the Android app Dijit, which ...

[James] is one of those guys on a quest to control everything with one device. His tool of choice is an Android phone, which can do quite a lot right out of the box. But he was never satisfied with ...