IR blasters used to be a common component in smartphones, with flagship products from Samsung, OnePlus, and TCL giving users access to the cool feature. Phones equipped with IR blasters can be used as ...

You'd be hard pressed to find a TV without some sort of extra box attached to it these days -- and with each box comes another remote. The sad part is it doesn't have to be this way, nope, the ...

The OnePlus 13 has made its international debut after launching earlier in its home country of China. The new smartphone ...

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HTC has released a new version of its HTC OpenSense SDK that adds an API for the IR blaster that's built into the HTC One. The new API will allow developers to write applications that can take ...

Many years ago, in a moment of candid honesty, Nilay Patel described how his childhood was somehow defined and irrevocably ruined by an attempt to set up and use an IR blaster. It might also have had ...

The OnePlus 12 is expected to make its debut in December, and now we’ve got an early reveal that has confirmed the display, as well as the return of a long-lost favorite feature, the IR blaster. In ...

Because both the Samsung GALAXY S 4 and the HTC One work with infrared-blasting hardware and they've both been grabbed by Google in the past few weeks, the next version of Android will likely have ...

A new Moto Z mod is in development that would give the handset an IR Blaster and wireless charging capabilities in a slim profile. The Ultimate Moto Z Mod is being designed for Motorola’s Transform ...