KlikyFor a Google TV or Android TV, open the Google TV app, tap Connect TV and enter the code from the screen. For Samsung, LG, Roku and Fire TV, use a remote app such as Kliky on the same Wi‑Fi. If your phone has an infrared emitter (some Xiaomi, POCO and OnePlus models), its built-in remote app also controls non-smart TVs.
- Join the same Wi‑Fi
- Open a remote
- Pair
1. Google’s built-in remote
For TVs and streamers running Google TV or Android TV (Sony, TCL, Hisense, Chromecast with Google TV and others):
- Open the Google TV app.
- Tap Connect TV at the bottom right.
- Pick the device and enter the code shown on the TV, then tap Pair.
Google says the phone has to be on the same network as the TV, or find it over Bluetooth. The same remote is in the Google Home app.
2. A remote app for other TVs
Samsung, LG, Roku and Fire TV do not use Google’s remote.
- Install Kliky from Google Play.
- Connect the phone to the same Wi‑Fi as the TV.
- Pick the TV and confirm on the TV if it asks.
One app then covers every platform in the house.
3. Infrared, on phones that have it
Some Android phones still carry an infrared emitter on the top edge and a remote app from the maker, such as Mi Remote. These work like a plastic remote: no Wi‑Fi, and any infrared TV, including non-smart ones. Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy S phones do not have it.
If the phone cannot find the TV
- Use Wi‑Fi, not mobile data, and the same network as the TV, not a guest network.
- Turn off VPNs.
- Allow the Nearby devices and Local network permissions if Android asks.
- Restart the TV by unplugging it for a minute.
