Bring back the IR blaster. No one apparently misses it but me.
Do you remember the moment in time people were making accessories which took up the headphone jack? Pepperidge farm remembers.
I was not missing it for about a couple years but now I’m missing it again, it was just so damn good and like why can’t our monitors and PCs get IR receiver then we would be about to use a remote to play/pause, control volume, and forward and rewind things on it (yes you can also use wifi based apps, but I don’t want to set up an ad hoc network every time I need it or connect to an open WiFi)
P.S. I’m aware my idea isn’t the best, but it’s just the perfect mix of convenience and usability for me
Shouldn’t it be possible to just use one of the cameras or even the light sensor as receiver and the screen as sender? At that point, you only need software support.
If you really want to control your TV from your phone, why not just use an app to control it over the local network that’s probably available if your TV has been released in the past 10 years or so? Doesn’t even have to be in line of sight for that.
