How to use your mobile as a keyboard for your Android TV and other systems

The remote control of your smart TV can be also used to write text, for example to search for content.

However, we all know that the remote control does not stand out primarily for its convenience when writing, a process that it can take minutes to minutes if you don't master it enough.

Fortunately, the your mobile phone can act as a keyboard for your Smart TV, helping you to type comfortably in tools like the search engine.

In this guide we explain how you can use your mobile as a keyboard for your Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and other Smart TVs, and reduce the writing time to seconds.

With these apps you can use your mobile as a keyboard for your TV

Android TV

Any Android TV, whether with the built-in system or with a TV Box, can be linked with the official Android TV Remote Control app.

This application allows you to turn your mobile into a remote control for Android TV, with a keyboard included to facilitate writing.

Free to download, Android TV Remote Control offers both directional pad and touchpad control.

When you click on a text field, the keyboard of your mobile or tablet it will automatically open in so you can type easily.

Using your mobile as a keyboard for Android TV is possible with Android TV Remote Control

As we said, this app is compatible with all Android TV devices, so we recommend downloading it now so that using the television system is even more convenient.

Also, if you tap the microphone button, you can use your voice to search.

Before moving on to the next system, we recommend that you take a look at the best free apps for Android TV and TV Box, perhaps you will discover some gems to expand the possibilities of the device.

Amazon Fire TV

Aside from applying the best Amazon Fire TV tricks, you can also get more out of the Amazon device by downloading its official mobile app.

We are talking about Amazon Fire TV, a free application which allows you to turn your mobile phone into a keyboard to easily enter text.

As we read in the app description, you won't have to anymore search key by key on the remote control until you find the letter you want to write.

By installing Amazon Fire TV on your mobile or tablet, you can enjoy a remote control to control the Amazon stick with keyboard included.

To use it, click on a text field and the keyboard will open automatically on your mobile.

Like on Android TV, you can install great apps on your Amazon Fire TV to make the most of its features.

Apple TV

Another television system that gives you tools for typing on your mobile is Apple TV.

In this case, it is the its Apple TV Remote application which turns your mobile phone into a remote control with a keyboard to type more comfortably.

This official app is only available for iPhone and iPad, but the opportunities for those with Android do not end there.

The Apple TV Remote app also includes a keyboard

Users with Android phones or tablets who want use your mobile phone as a remote control for Apple TV can find in the Play Store a free and unofficial app called TV Apple Remote Control.

Other Smart TVs

To use the mobile as a keyboard on other smart TVs, we find that there are a few brands offering their own apps.

It is the case of LG, with its LG TV Plus app; Roku, with an app also called Roku; NVIDIA, with the NVIDIA Shield TV app; or VICE, with the VIZIO SmartCast Mobile app.

If your smart TV doesn't have any option available to use your mobile as a keyboard, the alternative you can resort to is buy a Bluetooth keyboard to connect it to the TV.

A quality model that you can find on the market is the Logitech K400 Plus keyboard, which you can connect with up to 3 devices at the same time and which include un touchpad.