Controlling connected devices from your mobile is not only useful, it also allows have a replacement in case the physical controls are lost. And Google Home has given its virtual remote a review: redesigned interface, playback control and the ability to mute the audio.
Sending a song from Spotify to a Nest speaker is as simple as tapping on the Chromecast icon and locating the device. And Google Home is the best app to manage all those shipments: apart from keeping the list of associated devices, Home offers basic control of everything that is playing. And now it’s a little less basic.
Google Home is a better replacement for the TV remote
New Google Home remote. google image
We all have a monster at home that devours everything that comes within its range. The coins, those popcorn that slip through your fingers and end up missing, the car keys… And the remote control, to that endlessly hungry monster that is our sofa He loves TV remotes. That it does not appear anywhere and we have the mobile in hand? It is best to open the virtual remote of the phone.
Within Android mobiles, there are several ways to exercise control over TVs, connected screens or smart speakers through a virtual remote. And Google Home brings all these features together in one place: just register your device and Home offers an easy way to control your playback.
As explained by Google in its twitter account, the new control of the Google Home app adapts to a greater extent to all the options offered by the players; whether they are speakers, screens or TVs. Design adapted to Material You with larger virtual buttons that are comfortable to press, lower playback control with separate play and pause, volume buttons with mute settings and input type selection; in principle to select the type of control in devices such as Android TV (scroll by crosshead or touchpad).
Current Google Home remote
The new Google Home remote for connected devices is currently being rolled out to all Google Home apps. The company activates it from its servers, so it will still take time to reach all users. And it will be compatible for all connected devices that play multimedia content and appear available in Google Home.
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