Using devices such as Smart TVs is something that day by day becomes much more popular, this due to the different functions that they have and that differentiate it from normal televisions, but something that not many people know is that it is possible to control our Smart TV without the need for a control. That is, from our mobile devices through an application called Android remote and a series of configurations that we must perform both on our mobile device and on the Smart TV with which we are going to link the device.
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- What requirements must your Android device have to use the Google TV remote?
- How to install ‘Gboard’ on your TV to ensure the remote connection correctly?
- How to use the mobile as a remote control for Google TV?
- What is the way to use the remote for Google TV without having an internet connection?
- What to do when the Google TV control does not work?
- Why doesn’t the code to pair with the remote appear on the Smart TV?
What requirements must your Android device have to use the Google TV remote?
The requirements that must be met to do everything correctly are those shown below:
- Mobile device or tablet with Android higher than version 5.0, as later versions are now obsolete.
- Have a current version of the Android Remote application installed.
- Have a Smart TV that has the Gboard application installed.
How to install ‘Gboard’ on your TV to ensure the remote connection correctly?
If, on the other hand, your Smart TV does not yet have the Gboard application, you must install it manually, as this will largely ensure that the connection between our mobile device and the Smart TV in question is very good, to install the application from Gboard on your Smart TV we just have to enter the Google Play Store.
Then we must search the search engine for the Gboard app, if we do not have this store, then we have the option to download and install the Play Store on Huawei, LG, Motorola and other compatible devices both with the Gboard application and on the Smart TV.
How to use the mobile as a remote control for Google TV?
Fulfilling the requirements that we mentioned previously, we can now use our mobile device to use it as a control on our Smart TV, as a primary requirement we need to activate the Gboard keyboard on our mobile device , in addition to that we must also download and install a current version of the Google TV app.
Now, from the application menu of our Android mobile device, we must enter the Google TV application, once inside its interface we must go to the lower right corner of the screen to find a button shaped like a small control, they will ask us for certain permissions to use data from our mobile, we must allow them and continue.
As a consequence, a list with all the Smart TVs that we have around us will be displayed, we choose the one with which we want to link our device, after this we can see a code that we will see on our Android TV, this code must be placed in the application of Google TV that we are using in our device. When we finish completing the process, our device will link correctly with our Smart TV and we can use it as a control.
What is the way to use the remote for Google TV without having an internet connection?
Unfortunately for many users, it is not possible to use the Google TV remote without being connected to a Wi-Fi or internet network, the main reason for this is because both devices need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network in order to perform the transfer of data correctly and without any type of error.
What to do when the Google TV control does not work?
We may experience the situation that our Google TV control does not work after performing all the above processes, this may be due to factors such as that both devices are not connected to the same internet network, one of the 2 devices does not have a stable internet connection and even that the app is showing failures, for which we must restart it and carry out the linking process again.
Why doesn’t the code to pair with the remote appear on the Smart TV?
When the situation occurs that no matter how much we wait for the code that should appear on our Android TV, it does not appear on the screen, it may be due to several reasons, but the most common cause may be that our Smart TV is not connected to the same connection of our mobile device or vice versa, for which we must make sure of this.
Now, if for some unknown reason we cannot link our mobile device with a Smart TV AOC in any way, then contacting Google technical support would be an excellent option, since this will ensure that they solve problems related to the linking our devices with a Smart TV and others.
