The Peel smart remote app gets expanded capabilities at Mobile World Congress 2015 with home automation device control, including smart thermostats, lighting, air conditioners and smart plugs.
“Our customers have pushed us to extend our universal remote capabilities beyond TVs, STBs and other entertainment devices to include additional categories of home electronics,” Peel says. “What they are looking for, and what we will provide, is a unified, multi-device, intelligent home experience controlled from a single smart remote app.”
The app connects with devices through IR, Bluetooth and wifi. The expanded compatible product list includes the likes of Belkin WeMo wifi smart plugs, the Nest thermostat, Philips Hue smart bulbs, the Guardian Lock and a variety of wifi-connected home audio products from Bose, Sonos, Denon, Pioneer and Yamaha, as well as 150 global brands of IR-controlled heating and cooling appliances, ACs and fans.