Box Remote Buddy
Your phone is the remote
$9.99 one time per box · every phone in your home
1
Get the phone app
- Play Store
- Box Remote Buddy
- Install
2
Install the TV app
- TV box
- Play Store
- Box Remote Buddy for TV
- Install
- Open
On the TV box, open the Play Store and search Box Remote Buddy for TV.
3
Turn on its one switch
- I understand — continue
- Open the accessibility list
- Box Remote Agent
- On
- OK
The TV app shows these buttons itself. On the TV the app is called Box Remote Agent.
4
Activate the box — $9.99
- Pay $9.99
- Type the TV code
- Activate this box
The TV shows This box isn't activated and a TV code. Pay here on your phone, then type that TV code with your email and the receipt number from your receipt email. The TV unlocks within a minute.
5
Connect your phone
- Same Wi-Fi
- Open Box Remote Buddy
- Tap your box
- Type the 4-digit pairing code
The phone finds the box by itself, and the TV shows the 4-digit pairing code. If the phone asks to Allow a connection, tap Allow. That's it: your phone is the remote.
Privacy · Works with Android TV boxes running Android 10 and newer.