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• Finds more Samsung Smart TVs on your Wi-Fi • Steadier Wi-Fi connections to Samsung, LG, Vizio and Google TV: no more drops when the remote sits idle • Sony TVs respond more reliably over infrared • Fixes for the Quick Settings tile, Roku wake, screen rotation and the Apps list
TV remote for Samsung, LG, Vizio, Roku & Google TV over Wi-Fi, plus IR.
Beam is a free TV remote app that turns your Android phone into a remote control for Samsung, LG, Vizio and Roku TVs, Google TV and Android TV. Beam works over your home Wi-Fi, so there's no pairing with a box, no account and no sign-up. Older TVs work as an IR remote on phones that have an IR blaster, with codes for 120+ brands. Lost the TV remote, batteries dead, or tired of typing with arrow keys? Beam finds your TV on Wi-Fi in seconds, types into search boxes with your phone's keyboard, opens your apps from a grid, and puts power and volume on a home-screen widget. Works with Samsung Smart TVs (Tizen), LG webOS TVs, Vizio SmartCast TVs and TVs running Roku OS or Google TV, including many TCL, Hisense, Sharp, Sony and Philips models, plus Chromecast with Google TV and Roku streaming sticks. Just pick your TV's brand and Beam looks for it. ONE SMART TV REMOTE FOR YOUR TVS • Samsung TV remote, LG TV remote, Vizio remote, Roku remote, Google TV remote and Android TV remote over Wi-Fi • Infrared for older TVs on phones with an IR blaster: 120+ brands, and a "Find my model" wizard that tries codes until your TV answers • Save several TVs, rename and reorder them, and switch with one tap on the TV's name • Beam reconnects to the TV you used last EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM A REMOTE CONTROL • D-pad, OK, Back, Home, volume, mute, channel, media keys and a number pad • Press-and-hold for volume and the D-pad on Google TV • Gesture pad: swipe to move, tap for OK; pointer mode on LG TVs • Input button to switch HDMI and other inputs (Google TV, Samsung, LG, Vizio, Roku TV) • Use your phone's volume buttons to change the TV volume while Beam is open (turn it off in Settings) APPS AND TYPING • Open apps from a grid: your Roku's channels with their icons, or quick links on Google TV, plus links you add yourself • Type into search boxes with your phone's keyboard instead of picking letters one by one MACROS • One tap runs a short list of steps: wake the TV, wait, open an app, type, press keys • Start from a template such as "Movie night", or build your own • Put a macro on a home-screen widget SLEEP TIMER • Pick 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes, or your own time, and Beam switches the TV off, even if the app is closed WAKE TV AND CONNECTION DOCTOR • Wake your TV from standby (Wake-on-LAN). It works if your TV allows waking over Wi-Fi • If a TV can't be reached, the Connection doctor checks Wi-Fi, the network, the TV and your Roku's "Control by mobile apps" setting, and tells you how to fix it • If your TV got a new address, Beam finds it again and updates it for you WIDGETS AND QUICK SETTINGS • Small and medium home-screen widgets for power, volume, D-pad, Home and your favourite macro • A Quick Settings tile for TV power PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Beam talks to your TV over your local network only, and asks for no special permissions • No account, no analytics, and no tracking of what you watch • No ads on the remote. Beam is free, and the only ads are small banners on the Find TV and Settings screens, served by Google AdMob. You can review your ad choices in Settings where required NOTES • Google TV and Vizio ask for a one-time pairing code shown on the TV; Samsung and LG ask you to allow Beam once on the TV • Roku needs "Control by mobile apps" turned on: Settings > System > Advanced system settings > Control by mobile apps • Waking a TV, and infrared, depend on your TV and phone; not every model supports them • Beam is an independent app and is not affiliated with Roku, Google, Samsung, LG, Vizio or any TV brand. Names are used only to describe compatibility.