Having already taken our first feverish steps down the path of an automated home, we figured it was time to try and integrate the home entertainment system with the household lighting. Our goal coming ...

Your smartphone does a lot of things, but does it control your home appliances too? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your phone could switch on the AC, the TV, the home theatre system, control your washing ...

An infrared blaster (IR blaster) is a device that relays commands from a remote control to one or more devices that require infra-red remote control. It’s been a long, hard day and finally, it’s time ...

With the smart devices in our homes reaching a stage where everything can be connected to each other wirelessly or be controlled by a single device, a smartphone with IR blaster is a handy thing to ...

Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Losing the TV remote may be ...

Sometimes you need a little utility device to do a very simple job, and do it well.This one-shot IR helper from [Gregory Sanders] is just that. [Gregory] had a TV that didn’t support automatically ...

We've seen plenty of IR blasters around the Engadget trailer but few, if any, include WiFi and Z-Wave home automation radios. But that's exactly what the boys over at Square Connect have planned as a ...

I switch phones quite frequently. My current favorite is the OnePlus 13 because in addition to packing exceptional hardware, it also offers a decades-old feature: an IR blaster. I find this ...

Just in time for Black Friday and the holiday season, Amazon has announced a new Fire TV accessory. Similar to universal remotes, the Fire TV Blaster uses infrared (IR) to help TVs, soundbars, ...

According to research cited by Samsung, over 80% of tablet owners use the device while sitting in front of the TV. Because of this, Samsung included an IR blaster on the Galaxy Tab 2 along with the ...

Louis Pavlakos is a journalist based out of Montreal focusing on news at Android Police. Though he's primarily focused on pop culture, he's also a tech enthusiast at heart. Louis has previously ...

Oppo is gearing up to launch its latest generation of flagship smartphones from its upcoming Find X6 series. However, prior to its official announcement, a new leak has revealed some details regarding ...