BarRemote: Smart Things
Control your TV from menu bar
Only for Mac
$4.99
Mac
Your Smart Things remote now lives in the Mac menu bar.
BarRemote puts a full TV remote one click away from whatever you're doing. No hunting for the physical remote between couch cushions, no reaching for your phone, no interrupting your work — click the icon next to your clock and you're in control.
WHY YOU'LL KEEP IT IN YOUR MENU BAR
• Instant control — full D-pad navigation, OK, back and home buttons, volume, channel switching and mute, laid out like the remote you already know.
• Launch your shows directly — open Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+, Spotify, Apple TV and dozens of other TV apps straight from your Mac. Skip the slow on-screen menus entirely.
• Power on from your desk — turn the TV on or off over Wi-Fi. BarRemote can wake a sleeping TV using network standby or Wake-on-LAN, so movie night starts before you reach the couch.
• Finds your TVs by itself — one scan discovers every compatible TV on your network in seconds. Prefer doing it manually? Add a TV by IP address instead.
• Multiple TVs, zero fuss — living room, bedroom, office: save them all and switch between them from a single menu. If your router hands a TV a new address, BarRemote finds it again automatically.
• Feels native, stays out of the way — a lightweight menu bar app built with SwiftUI. No dock icon, no floating windows, no clutter.
SET UP IN UNDER A MINUTE
1. Open BarRemote and scan for TVs.
2. Pick your TV and press any button.
3. Accept the pairing prompt that appears on the TV screen — once.
That's it. The pairing is remembered, and every command after that just works.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything happens on your local network. No account, no cloud service, no analytics, no tracking — your TV and your Mac talk directly to each other, and nothing ever leaves your home network.
COMPATIBILITY
• Samsung Smart TVs running Tizen, 2016 models and newer — including K, M, N, Q, R, T, AU, BU, CU and S series, The Frame and The Serif.
• Not compatible with Samsung models from 2015 or earlier (they use an older protocol), or with other brands such as LG, Sony or TCL.
• Requires macOS 13 Ventura or later. Runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
• Your Mac and TV must be connected to the same local network. macOS will ask once for Local Network permission — BarRemote needs it to find and control your TV.
• Waking a fully powered-off TV requires the TV's network standby setting ("Power On with Mobile" on most models) to be enabled.
Questions or a TV that's not behaving? We'd love to hear from you — support details are on our App Store page.
BarRemote is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung is a trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Information
- Seller
- Andres Canal
- Size
- 1.8 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 BarRemote
