Description: Since HTC and Samsung shipped their latest flagships, the HTC One and the Galaxy S4 with IR blasters, it was only a matter of time before a developer came along and took full advantage.

Even though the technology has been in use for decades, IR blasters are a key part of today's smart TVs and will be for years to come. Here's why.

One small purchase added multiple devices to my smart home setup.

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

My surround system remote is starting to show its age so I decided to make an IR receiver to save and salvage its codes for ...

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before you go and spend $250+ on a fancy Logitech Harmony universal remote, there’s another option you should consider that costs ...