Samsung TV remote app for iPhone and Android
Rimokon controls Samsung Smart TVs with Tizen, and older Samsung network models, from your iPhone or Android phone over your home Wi-Fi: arrow keys, volume, channels and inputs, and streaming apps opened from Ask or your lists.
Which Samsung TVs
- Samsung Smart TVs with Tizen (from about 2015)
- Older Samsung Smart TVs from before Tizen, added by their address on your network; whether they respond depends on the model
Not yet: Some 2014 models that use encrypted pairing can't be controlled.
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What you can do from your phone
Arrow keys
Arrow keys with OK, Back and Home.
Volume, numbers and channels
Volume and mute, number keys, channel up and down, the guide, colour keys, the input key and settings.
Playback
Play/Pause, rewind and fast-forward.
Streaming apps
Open a streaming app on the TV, or start a title from Ask in its app where the TV accepts it.
Power
Turn the TV off from your phone. To turn it back on, use the Samsung remote.
Older Samsung TVs from before Tizen get the keys, volume and channels, without opening apps. Typing with your phone's keyboard and voice aren't available on Samsung TVs.
How to connect a Samsung TV to Rimokon
Your phone and the TV need to be on the same Wi-Fi. There's no code to type.
- 1
Find your TV
Rimokon looks for Samsung TVs on your Wi-Fi. If yours isn't listed, add it by its address on your network; the app shows how. - 2
Choose Allow on the TV
The TV asks whether to allow Rimokon. Choose Allow with the Samsung remote. - 3
That's it
The TV remembers your phone, so you only do this once.
Chose Deny by mistake? Check the TV's Device Connection Manager, then try again.
Questions about Samsung
Other TVs and features
LG
webOS and NetCast Smart TVs: keys, volume, inputs, apps and titles from Ask.
Google TV and Android TV
The fullest remote: typing, voice, every key, widgets and the watch remote. Chromecast with Google TV, SHIELD and many TVs.
Apple TV
Apple TV HD and 4K, from iPhone or Android: keys, volume, sleep and wake, apps.
Sony BRAVIA
BRAVIA with Google TV or Android TV, and BRAVIA IP control with a pre-shared key.
Philips
Google TV and Android TV models, and other Philips Smart TVs over network remote control.
Ask what to watch
Describe a mood in your own words and get picks from your own services.
Design your own remote
Drag, resize and add keys, and share layouts with your household.
Lists the family shares
Save picks to lists and share them with the household or chosen people.
All TVs
Every TV system and brand Rimokon works with.
Rimokon
The remote that knows what to watch, for iPhone and Android.