You don't necessarily need a TV remote to control your television. If you lost the remote (again) or just like having a backup, your Android phone or iPhone can easily act as a second TV remote ...

The new remote widget makes life a lot easier. Previously, controlling a Samsung TV from an Android device required launching the Smartthings app and navigating to the remote interface.

Google recently rolled out the Android TV remote for its related app. Ever since Google decided to do this last month, there have been sporadic suggestions that it could extend to other apps and ...