If you're relying on a smart TV for your entertainment, chances are you've gotten pretty good at using the remote. Whether you have a smart TV with streaming services built in or you use a streaming ...

The Google TV remote makes it simple to browse your favorite streaming apps, and we’ll explain everything you need to know ...

Canadian smart lighting company Nanoleaf does everything a little differently. Its LED Light Panels (which made my favorite tech of 2017 list) are flat, interlocking and made to be mounted on a wall.

For many Apple TV owners, there’s still one kink to be worked out: the remote. The Siri Remote is all about being skinny and putting Apple’s AI assistant front and center. But some people prefer an ...

Even before the addition of touchpads, remote controls were pushing the boundaries in terms of size as more and more features were crammed into home entertainment devices and more and more buttons ...

You can now replace or upgrade your existing Apple TV remote with a traditional "button-style" remote. If you're not a fan of the original Apple TV remote, you're not ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s rare to find a button that is almost universally hated, but the infamous touchpad on the Apple TV’s Siri ...

The blue light on your Amazon Fire TV Stick remote may seem like just another decoration, but it actually has a purpose. Here ...

A quick glance at the image below and anyone who uses an Amazon Fire TV device will recognize some significant changes that have been made to the remote control. The new Alexa Voice Remote for Fire TV ...

I have never liked the slippery Siri Remote that Apple shipped with the fourth-generation Apple TV HD in 2015 and continues to offer as the default option for the Apple TV HD and Apple TV 4K. But only ...

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Bad user interfaces really irritate me. Some of them are so irritating, in fact, that I've decided to start awarding User Interface Booby Prizes. If you perked up at the mention of "booby," sorry to ...