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Demote: Universal TV Remote

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TV remote & game controller for Roku, Samsung, LG, Apple TV, Google TV. No ads.

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Total installs
1,302
exact · Play shows 1,000+
Installs / day
—
measured after our second crawl (about a day)
Rating
—★
— ratings · — reviews
Released
14 Apr 2026
6mo ago
Last update
8 Oct 2026
v2.1.2 · 3d ago
Countries
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not checked yet

Install history

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Change timeline

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Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

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We estimate where downloads come from using the app’s position in Google Play’s top charts in about 140 countries. This app is not in any chart we have collected yet; the estimate appears as soon as it is.

Top chart positions

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • No data shared with third parties
  • No data collected

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

11 in 4 groups
2 Sensitive5 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
  • Record sound using your phone's microphone
LocationSensitive1

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

  • Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO
Wi-Fi connection informationRoutine1

Access to details about Wi-Fi networks your device sees or uses

  • See whether Wi-Fi is on and details of the network you are connected toview Wi-Fi connections · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
OtherNotable8

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • See Bluetooth settings and connect to paired devices like headphones, speakers or watchespair with Bluetooth devices · BLUETOOTH
  • Turn Bluetooth on or off and find and pair with nearby Bluetooth devicesaccess Bluetooth settings · BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
  • Change how your phone connects to networks, like switching connections on or offchange network connectivity · CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
  • Receive data sent to all devices on your Wi-Fi network, which uses more batteryallow Wi-Fi Multicast reception · CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE
  • Connect to or disconnect from Wi-Fi networks and change saved Wi-Fi settingsconnect and disconnect from Wi-Fi · CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Demote is a universal TV remote for your phone. It works with Roku, Samsung, LG, Apple TV, Google TV, Android TV, Chromecast, Vizio, Sony and more over your Wi-Fi, with no ads, no account and no subscription. Turn it sideways and it's a controller. It finds the TVs on your network. Pick yours, enter the code if one shows, and you're set. A CONTROLLER FOR TV GAMES, EMULATORS AND MORE Turn your phone sideways for nine free layouts: • Toaster, Rainbow, Crescent, Twin and Redmond: classic pad shapes with colored face buttons • BIG MODE: big buttons, big text. Power, Home, Back, Play/Pause and volume. • Swiper: your own buttons as a big, labeled deck you swipe through. Put your movie-night macro, the porch light and Netflix one tap away. • Cupertino: an Apple TV-style touch surface, sent to Apple TV as real touch • Gaben: two trackpads, one under each thumb On a TV it sends the remote's keys, for games and apps that take them. Emulator mode, over Wi-Fi, adds analog sticks and triggers, motion aiming and touch for PC emulators that support DSU, such as Dolphin and Cemu, plus RetroArch hotkeys. Your phone can also pair as a Bluetooth controller, with sticks and triggers, for many TVs and PCs. Your layout is saved per TV, and one custom button per layout is free. HOME ASSISTANT AND BUTTON PACKS Turn on Home Assistant in Settings › Button Packs for scenes, lights, blinds and speakers by room, and send a TV's volume to a soundbar. Packs for WLED, Shelly, Tasmota, ESPHome, Kodi, Denon/Marantz, Yamaha MusicCast, Hubitat, IFTTT and more set up right where you turn them on. MACROS THAT DO THE WHOLE JOB One button can wake the TV and wait for it, hold a key, switch the input, dim the lights and open your app. Start from Movie night, Skip intro or Quiet, try it, and tap to stop. THE WHOLE REMOTE IS FREE • D-pad, OK, back, home, playback, volume, mute and power, plus your phone's volume buttons • Typing, dictation, a trackpad and your streaming apps one tap away • Send a photo or video to the TV, or mirror your screen • What's playing, with a live timeline, and a TV switcher • A resizable widget whose Power can wake a TV in standby, and a Quick Settings tile • The connection holds in the background • A 30-minute sleep timer, and your first custom button • Home Assistant, button packs, and every controller layout and mode Nothing that's free today will ever become paid. WORKS WITH YOUR TV Roku TVs and players (including TCL, Hisense, Insignia, onn., Philips and JVC), Samsung from 2016 on (Tizen, including The Frame), LG webOS, Google TV and Android TV (including Chromecast, Google TV Streamer, SHIELD, TCL and Hisense), Apple TV, Vizio SmartCast, Sony Bravia, most Panasonic Viera TVs, Google Cast devices such as Nest Hub, and Miracast displays. Phone and TV must share a Wi-Fi network. Power on needs a TV that can wake over the network. Roku players don't take volume or power keys, and app launching isn't available on Sony yet. Apple TV changes the volume only over HDMI-CEC, has no mute, and doesn't show what's playing. Hisense VIDAA TVs aren't supported. ONE LIFETIME UNLOCK, NEVER A SUBSCRIPTION A one-time Lifetime Unlock adds: • 24 more custom buttons, more in the controller, and moving and resizing its buttons • Your photo behind the remote, trackpad, keyboard and controller • More themes, like Peanut: warm graphite, chunky yellow, green and red keys, a cream OK • Button and glow colors, remapping, App-specific remotes, All TVs off, single-button widgets and a sleep timer of any length Preview every theme, color and photo first. Bought it already? Tap Restore purchase in Settings. Works with TalkBack, Switch Access and a keyboard. No Demote account, no tracking: it talks to your TV directly. Roku, Samsung, LG, Apple TV, Google TV, Home Assistant and every other product name here are trademarks of their respective owners. Demote is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

What's new

• Turn your phone sideways: 9 free controller layouts • BIG MODE: big buttons for the basics • Swiper: macros, lights and apps on one big deck • PC emulator mode (DSU) and Bluetooth gamepad mode • Home Assistant + 13 button packs: WLED, Kodi, Shelly… • Macro templates, icons and Duplicate • New theme: Peanut • Spanish, Portuguese and Apple TV • Steadier connections; Power off won't wake the TV • Smoother Home Assistant setup and sign-in • LG TVs ask to Allow Demote again, for typing

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