Did you know that you can control your TV with your phone? That’s right, no need to pick up that remote that you’re always losing track of. TCL TVs can easily be controlled with a smartphone remote.
There are several useful remote apps available for download in app stores. The best match for you depends on whether you have a Roku, Android TV, or Google TV. These also present the opportunity for you to control your TV through vocal commands.
In the sections below, you’ll learn how to control your TCL TV with your remote. For your convenience, the instructions have been separated by operating system: Roku, Android TV, and Google TV.
No longer do you have to worry about losing your remote. If you have a TCL TV, you can download a remote on your phone. The process varies depending on which model of TCL TV you purchased and what the operating system is on it.
You can control your TV with the official Roku App, available for download on both Google Play and the iOS store.
Once you have the app downloaded, accessing the remote is simple:
If you either have or intend to purchase a 3 or 4 series TCL TV, then you may have Android TV as the default operating system on your model. It’s easy to use your phone as a remote if you have an Android TV, such as the one found here.
For owners of the 4, 5, and 6 series TCL TVs, there’s the option to purchase a model with Google TV as the operating system. The steps for using your phone as a remote will be the same as above.
With Google Home, you can control your TV by giving voice commands through your phone. For example, you can say “Turn Roku TV off” or “Go to Netflix on the Roku”. To get started, you will need to download the Google Home app onto your mobile device.
Go to the Google Home app on your mobile device.
To give voice commands on Google Home, just simply open the app and make sure that your TV is connected. Then tap the microphone on the screen and give a vocal command.
What commands can you give? You can direct the TV to go to certain HDMI ports or apps, turn the volume up or down, start/pause and turn the TV on and off. There are limitations on the vocal commands that you can give, especially when it comes to navigating apps, like Hulu or Netflix.
If you already have TCL Android TV or Google TV, then Google Assistant is already built-in. This makes the TV super easy to use with Google Home on your mobile device.
Chromecast allows you to seamlessly cast media from your phone onto your TV, just as long as you are using a Chromecast-enabled app.
If you have a TCL Roku TV, you can control the TV from your phone by downloading the official Roku App. For Google and Android TVs, you will need to download the Google TV app. You can also control your TV by giving vocal commands through your phone if you download the Google Home app.