How to turn an Android phone into a universal controller for every home appliance

You want to watch your favorite TV program but can't find the TV controller to turn on? Are you sleeping and suddenly feel hot but don't want to wake up to reach for the air conditioner controller on the far table? Follow the article below to turn your Android phone into a universal controller for every home appliance.

You probably already know that most household electrical control devices use infrared rays, but did you know that infrared has also been applied to mobile phones long ago? In the period before Bluetooth was popular, mobile phone manufacturers used infrared applications as a way to share lightweight content from one phone to another.

Although today, new smartphones have gradually eliminated infrared applications to replace them with newer and more efficient applications. However, there are still many other famous phones such as HTC, Samsung, Xiaomi, Lenovo . still have infrared features. By taking advantage of this feature, we can easily turn our Android device into a versatile controller for almost every household device used in the home. To be able to do this, let's follow the steps below.

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Device requirements

There are many mobile phones today that support infrared ray features like Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, HTC One M9, Xiaomi Mi5 and most older phones. However, for recent smartphones like Galaxy S7, HTC 10 and Xiaomi 5s, it does not own this feature.

Software requirements

We will need to have an application on Google Play Store called AnyMote. This application will integrate with all Android phones using infrared rays and turn them into a versatile controller.

Download the AnyMote app to your device

AnyMote application features and instructions for use

Install control types

With the AnyMote app, you can install and use a variety of indoor controls.

1. At the AnyMote application screen, swipe right to display the side menu , click the + icon, then select the remote add .
2. Here, you can see the types of devices that the application can control. Choose the device you want.
3. After selecting any type of device, the application will show some key press options so you can try to see if the control is integrated with your phone. Click confirm and the control item will appear on the side menu of the application.

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Create device control command

We can create device control commands on the phone depending on the device you are controlling. For example, turn on, turn off, adjust volume, mute .

1. At the AnyMote application screen, swipe right to display the side menu , click the + icon, then select add task and rename the control device to avoid confusion.
2. There will be a list of control commands. Please select the control command you want.

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Create control commands for attached devices

Suppose your TV is connected to a PS 4 with an HDMI port. The application can fully support you to create some simple control commands for this PS 4, such as automatically switching to HDMI when turning on the TV, or automatically opening the PS4 when the TV is turned on .

1. At the AnyMote application screen, swipe right to display the side menu , click on the + icon, then select Add Macro then rename the control device to avoid confusion.
2. At this point, an item will appear on the screen to explain the feature. Click on the text Add a command below the screen.
3. There will be a list of control commands for the attached device. Please select the control command you want.

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Good luck!