Until I can operate my Samsung TV, Blu-Ray player, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Cisco cable box with a single remote control, the Internet of Things is a hoax.
I thought I would be clever when I purchased my last TV. I bought the same brand for the Blue Ray player and the external speaker. It had the special plug it so the three devices could “talk”
When it was all set up I discovered I still had four remote controls - one I need to use just to change from the cable box to the Blue ray player.
And the cherry on top was that the external speaker was out of sync with the TV - Following the instructions I still could not get the two to be in sync. You would think that the same brand would be able to talk to each other and sync itself.
When I see the fancy refrigerators advertised on TV my only thought was it will be very expensive to get repaired.
You can operate all those from the same remote. Get a Logitech Harmony. With those you can even operate remote control fans and a lot of other stuff. They’re pretty cool.
I used to operate every device directly from my phone, upgraded phone didn’t include an IR emitter, talk about a step backwards.