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Use your phone as a remote and keyboard

Typing a long playlist address with a TV remote is no fun. With Zapvo, your phone takes over: as a remote, a keyboard and a touchpad, and it can send what you watch to the TV.

On the same Wi-Fi: no app needed

  1. On the TV, open Zapvo › Settings › Phone remote. A code appears on the screen.
  2. Scan it with your phone's camera. A remote opens in the phone's browser.
  3. Type, use the arrow keys or the touchpad, add a source or send a playlist file.

The connection is encrypted from end to end, and the code changes every two minutes and works only once. You can remove a phone on the TV at any time.

With the Zapvo app on your phone

If Zapvo is on your phone too, it finds the TV on your network by itself. Then you can use Play on TV: start a channel or movie on the phone and send it to the big screen.

From another home: connect with a code

Setting up a TV for your parents? On their TV, Zapvo shows a short code like K7P-2QX. On your phone, open Zapvo › Settings › Control a TV › Connect with a code and type it. It works across networks, even on mobile data.

The code is checked by both devices; our relay only passes encrypted messages and can't read them.

And Chromecast?

Zapvo can also cast supported streams to a Chromecast. If Zapvo is already on the TV, Play on TV is the more reliable way: every stream plays, with all of Zapvo's features.

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