JimooTechTo my surprise, this app immediately connected to my TV and controlled it better than my remote! At this point, I don't care if I ever find the remote.
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J MGoogle Play · 5★
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Three remotes. Four million pockets.
Every app below is free to download and use, works without an account, and is maintained by the same small team that answers your emails. Here's what each one does — and what people say about it.
TV Remote for SONY
Your Sony TV's bestie — controls Sony TVs over Wi‑Fi & IR. Connect easy and fast.
Android
Tools
Rated Everyone
2.7M+
Installs
78%
Five‑star ratings
2021
On Google Play since
Sony never shipped a proper remote app for BRAVIA TVs, so we did. TV Remote for SONY pairs with your TV over the home Wi‑Fi network — or through your phone's infrared blaster if it has one — and gives you everything the physical remote does, plus a few things it can't.
- Wi‑Fi and IR — works over the network with modern BRAVIA models, or by infrared on phones with an IR blaster.
- Several remote styles — a faithful clone of the original, a compact layout, large keys, and a trackpad mode.
- Picture settings on a slider — adjust brightness, contrast, sharpness and colour without digging through TV menus.
- Launch TV apps directly — your installed TV apps appear in the remote for one‑tap opening.
- Phone keyboard input — type searches and passwords on your phone instead of the on‑screen keyboard.
- Hardware volume keys, sound or vibration feedback, and foldable/tablet‑friendly layouts.
- Minimal ads — a few per day at most, with a one‑time purchase to remove them for good.
Best virtual remote for my Sony Bravia Android TV. Does everything you can do with a physical remote and more. Favourite features are opening a specific TV app from the remote, and using the phone's keyboard to send text to the TV. Recommended 100%.
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Joao B.Google Play · 5★
Works exceptionally well. Connected right away, able to control everything on the TV. Way more customization than expected. And on top of all that, a reasonable one‑time payment to support the dev and remove ads. Well done JaviTech.
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Vladimir M.Google Play · 5★
Smart Remote Control App
Wi‑Fi remote for Sony smart TVs — for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision.
iOS 10+
iPadOS
macOS (Apple silicon)
Utilities · 4+
4.7★
App Store rating
Free
To download and use
2021
On the App Store since
The iOS counterpart to our Android Sony remote, rebuilt natively for Apple devices. It controls Sony BRAVIA TVs from 2012 onward over your home Wi‑Fi — no pairing codes, no account, and nothing to configure beyond being on the same network.
- Trackpad navigation — swipe to move around menus, tap to select, just like a laptop touchpad.
- Large Remote style — oversized navigation keys you can use without looking at the screen.
- TV app launcher — open any installed TV app with one tap.
- Picture & power‑saving settings — brightness, contrast, sharpness and colour, right from your phone.
- Keyboard input with copy/paste, haptic feedback options, and full dark‑appearance support.
- One download — runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple‑silicon Macs and Apple Vision.
- Free to use — light ads keep it free, with an optional in‑app subscription to remove them entirely.
Thank you Javidan for offering a free app to make my life a little simpler when I can't reach the remote or it has fallen behind the couch. I can't find a spot to pay to remove ads from your app but I happily would.
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TroyApp Store · 5★
I'm so glad I found this remote app. There's so many functions it allows me to do. Personally I find it easier to work than the actual remote that came with my TV. I'm using it with a 2024 Sony Bravia.
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Joy4U28App Store · 5★
Pairs to my Sony TV like a charm and does everything I need. Supports copy/paste for any text entry.
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Rusty Golf ClubApp Store · 5★
All other apps are trials. Nothing wrong with getting paid for building the app, but if you just need something for a TV with a broken remote you don't use often, this seems good so far.
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UK normal citizenApp Store · 5★
Remote for Smart TV
Phone remote for supported TVs. Send your photos, videos and music to the TV.
Android
Tools · Everyone
1.3M+
Installs
73%
Five‑star ratings
2022
On Google Play since
Most remote apps hide the basics behind a subscription. Ours doesn't. Remote for Smart TV discovers your compatible TV or streaming player on your home network in seconds, stays connected, and adds the things you actually miss when the real remote goes missing: a phone keyboard, listening through headphones and sending your own photos and videos to the TV.
Works only with TVs and streaming players that allow control from phone apps on your home network, with that option turned on in the TV's settings. Many TVs cannot be controlled this way.
- Automatic discovery — finds supported TVs on your home network and reconnects to the last one you used.
- Listen through headphones — hear the TV's sound through headphones connected to your phone, on TVs that support it.
- Send photos, videos and music from your phone to the TV screen.
- Phone keyboard search — type titles and passwords instead of hunting letters on the TV.
- App shortcuts — open the apps already installed on your TV with one tap.
- Light, Dark and Large Keys layouts with optional vibration and click sounds.
- Full control set — power, volume, mute, playback, input switching and the arrow keys, on TVs that support these commands.
Have a Sony or smart TV? You're two taps away.
Free on Google Play and the App Store. No account needed.
