What is Unified Remote
Unified Remote is an app that let you control your entire Windows computer from your Android device. In short, it turns your device into a WiFi or Bluetooth remote control for all the
programs on your computer. It is easily the most feature-filled Android-PC remote available. With our app you can control a wide range of applications, including simple
mouse and keyboard, media players, and other external gadgets that can be connected to your computer (such as USB-UIRT
and TellStick). We even provide extensive capabilities for users to create their own custom remotes for their needs.
Unified Remote Client App
The client app runs on your device. Currently we only support Android, but aim to release clients for iPhone, Windows Phone 7, and HTML5/JS in the future.
Unified Remote Server App
The server application runs on your computer. Currently we only support Windows, but aim to release servers for OSX and Linux in the future.
External Controls
Some external gadgets are supported. Currently we include official support for USB-UIRT
(USB Universal Infrared Receiver Transmitter) and TellStick (control remote socket receivers).
Custom Remotes
Other programs and your computer, and external gadgets can be controlled by making your own custom implementation using Custom Remotes and Custom Actions (using C#/VB).
Who are we
We are two full-time students from Sweden developing Unified Remote in our spare time whenever we have the extra time. Philip Bergqvist runs his own company called
Relmtech, and is currently studying Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Bristol University, UK.
Jakob Berglund runs his own company called Itablish, and is currently studying Computer Science at Lund University, Sweden.
History and Milestones
- June 2010, it all started as a small summer project to create an app for controlling Windows Media Player
from your sofa.
- July 2010, we released the first version of our app. Over 5,000 downloads and plenty of great reviews
in the first 5 days!
- September 2010, work on version 2 begins. Version 1 has almost 40,000 downloads.
- February 2011, beta of version 2 available. Version 1 has 165,000 downloads.
- April 2011, we released the version 2 with a free version and a new full version with many new remotes and features.
- June 2011, started work on an Unified Remote app for WIMM devices.
- September 2011, we celebrated 10,000 downloads of the full version and 500,000 downloads of the free version.