Ideal remote found at last

by Greylights888

I have posted over the last couple of years complaining that I couldn't find an ideal remote for Android TV. I wanted the following:

  • IR learning power button
  • Volume control
  • Simple layout, not too many buttons
  • Voice search

Extremely simple list, but a control that met it remained elusive. Some contenders:

Shield TV Remote

Stylish, but no power button (can "double press" back and home, but that's dumb). Volume slider is worse than the Marburg virus.

Rii MX6

Good remote, with a keyboard too. But voice button doesn't activate assistant properly, and the mic is poor quality. You have to press a button to wake the remote from sleep. The backlight also makes it hard to use numbers and symbols on the keyboard as they disappear in the glare.

Firestick Remote

The old versions lacked power and volume buttons, but the 4k version was fantastic. All the buttons where they should be, behaving as normal. Voice even activates assistant on the shield.... But the mic doesn't actually pick up sound. Overcome with a PS3 eye camera, but suboptimal still.

But finally, we have a winner - a generic, unbranded remote (Foonee?):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/FOONEE-Control-Wireless-Sensing-Learning/dp/B07PM1BSZG/ref=mp_s_a_1_2

It feels nice and of decent quality. Buttons are responsive and clicky. Media controls & standard ATV nav buttons all work as expected, including a menu button like on the Firestick remote.

Power button learns IR commands. Volume buttons work as expected (I know some may prefer those to be IR also, but I'm happy with this).

Voice button functions exactly as the native remote does on my shield TV, and the mic accurately picks up my words.

For those of you who are dirty perverts that want to use a mouse on Android TV, it has a mouse button that works well. There is a gyro and non-gyro version available.

Also a 'delete' button, which I can't see much utility for but it's there anyway.

Overall, 100% of my needs are met. If I'm being super picky, it could lose the delete/mouse/menu keys to improve aesthetics and simplicity, but absolutely no big deal.

Responses to my previous posts suggested others wanted the same, so hopefully this will be useful for some people if they haven't found this remote yet.

Edit - To clarify, this is tested with the NVidia Shield TV.

blondedre3000

I wonder if this chinese company knows it's name is literally "fake" in English. Maybe they were trying to make it sound like "Sony"?

status_two

For US buyers, do a search for G20 Remote.

wazernet

as long there's USB and not Bluetooth its not ideal. Can you find the bluetooth version?

O_Neders

Hmmmm, I may have to try this for my Nexus Player.

FireViz

How big is the remote? Is it similar size to the shield remote or much bigger?

Jharrison1185

Or this one which has IR learning for power button, gyroscopic air mouse, and voice command for "OK Google" and YouTube for $9.99 US. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07GQRGWS7?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

francissimard01

Do you think it would work with nvidia shield ?

lament

I swear the new Fire TV remote does work with Google Assistant. You just need to hold down the mic button while speaking right?

fudsak

Great find, thanks for sharing.

mdholgate

Thank you for this, been looking around for something like this, you're a lifesaver!!

NavarrB

For SHIELD I just hold down back and home and it turns off

I've gotten really used to it and it's convenient.

Set up volume up be all CEC so my SHIELD controller just modifies the TV volume.

karolgarlicki

Hey, do you have a version with gyro? Can you tell how it works within ATV launcher if so?

ShortFuse

Can you do me a small favor?

Can you go to Settings, Keyboard, Physical Keyboard and let me know what it says?

I've seen a bunch of Airmouse remotes but they have all been the same "AliTV Remote V1 AirMouse". When I press the microphone button, it doesn't pop up the search. I have to manually pick the search option on the screen and then hold the mic button and talk.

Edit: I guess that explains this image:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61kCVWsuORL . AC_SL1500 .jpg

iroQuai

Great! Thanks for all the research! I was looking for exactly the same, and will follow your lead. Going to order one tonight.

So what's the difference between with or without gyro? I noticed both have the mouse button.. is the one without gyro controlled with the dpad then?

Kurzaa

Can the delete button be programmed? Was thinking it could work as a sleep button.

MareleVlad

Hi All,

If you have this G20 remote, please help us and test the voice search on a Philips Android TV and please let us know if voice search works via G20 remote or not.

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards, Vlad

totodee

What do you need a power button for? The Shield is designed to be left on. When it goes into standby mode it uses minimal power.

gewgaw4u

Do these remotes use IR for volume (control the sound bar). I am looking for this style remote that will control volume via the sound bar and power on the TV (as CEC can be temperamental)

Will this work?

wcngm43

Cool, I will save this for later. Apparently there is a chance Nvidia is working in a new remote for the shield so I will wait a little bit before I jump for this one.

rocketmonkeys

oh man, this looks amazing! I've been searching for the same thing as you, a simple (no extra buttons!) wireless remote that can learn the power IR code. The only thing I dislike is the presence of mouse cursor, which screws things up when somebody accidentally hits it, and the lack of IR volume.

The IR is mainly a problem when I switch to another input, but worst case I suppose I could use a separate remote for that case.

harrybuckman

The rii mx6 is as good as it gets. It's air mouse works perfectly, keyboard is awesome and the remote can power off a tv. The voice search doesn't work right but aside from the it is awesome. I have tried a few and have ended up buying 3 mx6's

Abdifatah_Mo

Nvidia shield Remote still the best. It has all you mentioned and nice volume slider Google search button recording and more features

elister

I found this one to work fine for both Raspberry Pi and MiBox. No voice control.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014CFO2XY/

unusual_user_name

Could someone please clarify something for me? What I'm looking for is something to use voice search/voice to text with the microphone button, instead of the button automatically summoning Google Assistant. Like searching within an app. Say when you click on the search field/button in an app. Can you speak the search without bringing up Google Assistant? If that makes any sense.