Demote: Universal TV Remote

Control Roku, Samsung & LG TVs

$4.99 · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

The remote is under a cushion, out of batteries, or in the other room. Your phone isn't. Open Demote and it has already found the TV you're sitting in front of — it scans your Wi-Fi the moment it launches, so there's nothing to type, no account to make, and no settings menu to go digging through. Tap your set, clear whatever prompt it puts on screen, and that's the last setup you do. From then on the remote is simply there. BUILT FOR THE COUCH • Oversized, high-contrast buttons you can hit without looking down • A trackpad that visibly gives under your thumb, with haptic ticks on every press • Your phone's keyboard, for typing into TV search boxes instead of pecking at an on-screen grid • Voice search sent straight to the TV's own assistant • Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion respected throughout WORKS WITH • Android TV and Google TV, including Chromecast with Google TV • Roku TVs and streaming players • Samsung Tizen (2016 and newer) • LG webOS • Vizio SmartCast • Sony Bravia • Panasonic Viera (pre-2018 models) • Sharp Aquos • Google Cast devices, for volume and playback Pairing is whatever your TV asks for — a PIN on screen, an Allow prompt, or nothing at all — and Demote remembers it, encrypted, on your device. SIRI SHORTCUTS Ask for the remote without unlocking anything: "Open TV Remote," "TV Volume Up," "TV Volume Down," "Mute TV," "TV Play or Pause." Drop them into Shortcuts, automations, or the Action button. A CONNECTION THAT HOLDS Most remote apps drop the moment you switch away. Demote keeps the network path to your TV warm, checks the session the instant you come back, and quietly re-establishes it if the socket died while you were elsewhere. On supported TVs it can wake the set from standby instead of asking you to find the real remote. MAKE IT YOURS The remote is free, and it's the whole remote — every key, every direction, volume, playback, apps. A one-time Lifetime Unlock adds the button builder: up to 24 custom buttons across your own panes, in your own colors, mapped to any key, app, or multi-step macro you like. One purchase, no subscription, yours forever. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no ads. Demote talks to your TV over your own local network — it doesn't route your commands through anyone's servers. Demote is built by one independent developer. If a TV in your house doesn't behave, write in — that's usually how the next release gets made.

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New: Siri & the Shortcuts app Control your TV without even opening Demote. Add remote actions to Siri and the Shortcuts app — Open TV Remote, Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, and Play/Pause — and run them by voice, from the Lock Screen, or inside your own automations. Also in this update - A more reliable Now Playing timeline: the scrubber stays connected, shows the live playback time, and no longer leaves the playhead stranded or shows a position when nothing's playing. - Better device discovery — Demote now recognizes more streaming boxes and smart TVs on your network, so it's more likely to find your device the first time. - More polite casting — Demote no longer interrupts what's already playing on your TV, joining a session only when you reach for the timeline. - Assorted stability fixes for connecting, reconnecting, and staying paired.

Version 2.0.33

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    Information

    Seller
    • MADE WITH BEST PRACTICE LLC
    Size
    • 40 MB
    Category
    • Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
    • iPod touch
      Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © Best Practice LLC
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