PhoneRemo
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PhoneRemoNo app. No account. Just scan.

Your phone is the controller

Open PhoneRemo on any screen, scan the code, and your phone becomes a motion controller, an air mouse and a keyboard. Up to eight friends can join the same game.

Play now How it works
  • Free
  • Up to 8 players
  • Works in the browser

Three steps. Zero setup.

Everything runs in the browser you already have.

  1. Open a screen

    A smart TV, a laptop or a projector: open play.phoneremo.com in its browser, or use the PhoneRemo TV app.

  2. Scan the code

    Point your phone camera at the QR code. There is nothing to install and no account to create.

  3. Play

    Tilt, point, flick or tap. Every phone is its own controller, and friends can join at any time.

Four games, four ways to hold a phone

Each game turns the phone into a different controller.

Android TV and Google TV

The PhoneRemo TV app

Many TVs come without a usable browser. The app runs the games on the TV itself, and turns your phone into a remote for the whole TV.

  • Play all four games on the TV, without a browser
  • Control the TV from your phone: air mouse, remote buttons and a keyboard
  • Pair once with the same QR code
Download for Android TV (APK)

Install in three steps

  1. On the TV, install the free Downloader app from the Play Store.
  2. Open Downloader and enter phoneremo.com/tv.apk
  3. Install, then open PhoneRemo from your apps.

Privacy in short

No account and no tracking. Remote control uses an Android accessibility service, which you turn on yourself, only to move the cursor and to perform the clicks and keys you send from your phone.

Read the privacy policy

Samsung or LG TV?

Open play.phoneremo.com in the TV browser. The lobby works there, but most of these browsers can't run the 3D games. For those, use a computer, a Chromecast with Google TV or the TV app.

For developers

Add phone control to your own site

Import the SDK from any https site. There is no registration and no API key.

  • Players join by QR code or room code, up to eight at a time
  • Your page picks the controller: pointer, steering wheel, thumbstick, motion or throw gestures
  • Peer-to-peer on the same network, with the relay as a fallback
See the DOM embed example
Example: a cursor for every phone
import { PhoneControllerHost } from 'https://phoneremo.com/sdk/v2/index.js';

const host = new PhoneControllerHost({ cursor: 'dom' });
const session = await host.ready;
document.querySelector('#qr').src = session.qrDataUrl;

host.on('playerJoin', ({ player }) => {
  console.log(player.label ?? 'A player', 'joined');
});
host.on('click', ({ x, y }) => console.log('tap', x, y));

Questions and answers

Do I need to install anything?

No. The phone uses its camera and browser. The screen opens a web page, or the PhoneRemo app on Android TV.

Which screens work?

Any computer browser. Android TV and Google TV through the app, including Chromecast with Google TV. Samsung (Tizen) and LG (webOS) TV browsers run the lobby, but usually not the 3D games.

Which phones work?

Recent iPhones (iOS 16.4 or later) and Android phones with an up-to-date browser. Motion controls use the phone's sensors; an iPhone asks for permission the first time.

How many people can play?

Up to eight phones per screen. Each game says how many play at once; the others wait for the next round.

Does it cost anything?

No. There is no account to create and nothing to buy.

What happens to my data?

Your inputs travel through our relay, or directly between the phone and the screen on the same network. Our servers keep nothing from a session after it ends, except technical logs without ids or names, kept for 14 days. Your phone's browser keeps your name and rejoin details; the screen's browser or the TV app keeps the session code and your preferences. What is stored, and where