KlikyTV remote apps need the phone and the TV on the same local network, not the internet. If the router is on and only the internet is down, the app still works. With no network at all it cannot reach the TV, unless the phone has an infrared emitter, which iPhones do not. A phone hotspot can serve as the network.
Why apps use Wi‑Fi
A plastic remote sends infrared light. Almost no current phone can. So remote apps send commands across the home network instead, which is why both devices have to be on it. The commands stay inside your home; they do not travel over the internet.
Internet down, router on
The app keeps working. The TV and the phone still see each other through the router. Streaming will not work, but you can change inputs, volume and settings.
No Wi‑Fi network at all
- Phone hotspot. If the TV has joined your phone’s hotspot, a second phone on the same hotspot can control it. Some phones cannot see devices connected to their own hotspot, so plan on two devices.
- Ethernet. A TV wired to the router is on the network even with Wi‑Fi switched off.
- The TV’s buttons, or an infrared remote, need no network.
Phones with infrared
Some Android phones, mainly from Xiaomi, POCO and OnePlus, still have an infrared emitter and come with a remote app that uses it. Those work without any network and with non-smart TVs. No iPhone has one, and neither do Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy S phones.
A Wi‑Fi-to-infrared hub is the workaround for other phones: a small box on your network that turns app commands into infrared. It still needs Wi‑Fi itself.
What Kliky needs
Kliky works over Wi‑Fi. It needs the phone and the TV on the same network and does not use infrared, so it controls smart TVs and streaming devices, not sets without a network connection.
