App Profile: TV Remote Control “Universo”

Turn your iPhone into a universal remote control for smart televisions and streaming devices.

Simplify Entertainment
When you’re ready to relax at the end of a hard day, do you want to spend the next 10 minutes hunting for a lost TV remote in the sofa cushions?
Place this app on all your iPhones, and a fully functional remote control is always one tap away.

Designed to Keep Your Eyes on the TV
• With a spacious swipe touchpad right under your thumb, you can navigate the user interface of your TV without needing to look down at your phone.
• Make a long swipe to take several steps in one motion.
• Tap a side of the pad to step once.
• Long press a side of the pad to smoothly scroll through menus and program lists.
• Built-in back and home buttons keep all navigation convenient in one spot.

Skip to the Action
• Introducing the Time Jumper. It’s a media “scrubber” that gives you precision control over the current play position in a video. Slowly shift it to rewind or advance 10 seconds at a time. Flick it rapidly to leap to a far-off scene in the video.
• Time Jumper works great with YouTube and apps that implement rewind and fast forward similarly.
• Our remote control includes standard playback buttons like play, pause, rewind and fast-forward.

Multi-Device Support
• Set up remote controls for multiple TV’s and streaming devices in one place. One tap switches between them.

Cast Your Photos and Home Movies to Your TV
• Make it family slideshow time by sharing photos and videos from your iPhone onto the big screen.

Keyboard Input and Voice Search
• Enter text on your TV easily with the standard iOS keyboard or with automatic voice transcription.

Customizable App and Input Buttons
• Launch apps like YouTube, Netflix, Max, and Disney with one tap. Switch TV inputs/sources like HDMI1, HDMI2, or Antenna (“Live TV”).
• For your most-used apps and TV inputs, make quick access buttons on the main panel. For example, if you have a PlayStation on HDMI1, and an Xbox on HDMI2, make a button for each.

Other Features offered on many TV’s:
• Power on/off. This app uses Wake-on-LAN (WoL) to power on TV’s that support it.
• Audio buttons for volume control and mute.
• Inputs, settings, menu, caption buttons.
• Change channels with channel up/down buttons and numpad.
• Previous channel button to flip between two channels. Great for sports.
• TV guide button to see an on-TV program list.
• Haptic feedback when command is sent to TV.

How Does This App Work?
• This app connects with your TV securely on your home wireless network. It doesn’t use IR (Infrared) like a traditional remote control.
• Wi-Fi connection is great. You don’t need to point your phone at the TV for it to work. Also, there is no cross-interference between two TV’s.
• This app uses Apple Bonjour (zeroconf) and Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) discovery to detect devices on your home network automatically to make setup easy.


Compatibility

This app is compatible with the latest versions of most major TV platforms, including:
• Samsung Tizen
• LG WebOS
• Sony Bravia
• Vizio SmartCast
• Roku
• Fire TV OS
• Google TV

Supports devices including:
• Chromecast
• Roku Streaming Stick
• Amazon Fire TV Stick
• Nvidia Shield

And many TV models from:
• Samsung (2016+)
• LG
• Sony
• Vizio (2016+)
• TCL
• Hisense
• Sharp
• Toshiba
Also: Philips, Insignia, Panasonic, JVC, RCA, Onn, Element, Magnavox, Grundig, Onida, OnePlus, Realme, Xiaomi, Skyworth, Blaupunkt, Metz, XGIMI, Haier, Pioneer, Westinghouse

This app is not affiliated with the TV brands mentioned here. All trademarks are property of their respective owners.

We try to make the most out of the functionality offered by the TV platform for control by apps. But the capabilities offered vary by manufacturer and model. So some of the remote control features listed here may not be available for your TV.

Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula