How amazing would it be, if you can control your Windows PC or laptop using any remote, without disturbing the touch-cushion or console, you could control the components, appreciate video, surf web program or control music remotely. That is very simple utilizing any Android Smartphone and Windows PC that has Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. A few apps on Google Play makes your smartphone a universal remote to control any Windows machine giving access to all major features of Windows PC without even touching it. These applications utilize Wi-Fi or Bluetooth association, server and customer application to set up and control windows PC/ laptop.
Here are 2 Apps to control your Windows powered Machine using your Android Smartphone:
1. WIN-Remote Control:
WIN Remote Control is extreme application that can control your Windows machine utilizing your android smartphone. The application controls the windows machine by setting up Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connection. You need to install server on windows machine and app on smartphone. You need to start the app and the server and connect them using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi tethering. Then you can control all the popular features of windows PC or laptop wirelessly using your smartphone
.You can utilize the application as remote desktop to have a remote perspective of your windows machine. The app gives your ability to control the music on your windows pc/ laptop using your smart phone, open apps like windows media player, VLC or media center.
The inbuilt file manager allows streaming the files, upload/download them using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and open them quickly. You can view photos or open the image editors/viewers like picasa remotely utilizing your smart phone.
The inbuilt controls for mouse and keyboard can easily be used for browsing or doing any other complex task. The app also has browser controls with useful quick buttons to add tabs, fill address bar, zoom, close tab or search. The inbuilt controls for mouse and keyboard can easily be used for browsing or doing any other complex task. The app also has browser controls with useful quick buttons to add tabs, fill address bar, zoom, close tab or search.
The app also has remote market that allows users to install other remote apps from market place.
The presentation feature gives easy control over PowerPoint presentations, slide shows and PDF files.
Developer: Banamalon OG
Availability: Free and Paid on Google Play, Server Download
2. Windows 8 Controller:
This Windows 8 PC controller application offers capacity to control your Windows 8 machine utilizing android smart phone via Wi-Fi tethering. What is unique about this app is ability to use Windows 8 multi-touch gestures as if you are using any Windows 8 powered tablet. To control your Windows 8 machine using smart phone, you need to install this app on your smart phone and Windows 8 controller server app on your Windows 8 machine. When you have done that, open application and server application, utilize programmed or manual association instrument to set up association utilizing Wi-Fi tying (through Wi-Fi hotspot or Wi-Fi arrange).
The application gives you a lot of Windows 8 alternate ways like capacity to open Desktop, Start screen, open or close app, use Windows charm, search files, search settings, show all apps or rapidly control the volume of your PC/portable PC.
You can utilize alternate routes like open Computer, control panel, task manager, settings, command prompt, calculator. You can search Google, YouTube, open Facebook or Twitter using this just a single touch.
The Pro form additionally gives you capacity to utilize control capacities like lock, shutdown, restart, sleep, log off or hibernate the machine.
The add group feature allows user to add custom tiles with the features of their choice. The app supports all the Windows 8 touch multi-touch gestures like swipe to the left or right, pinch, swipe from top to close app. Alongside these components you can utilize file manager to view files, browser controls for IE, Firefox and Chrome gives ability to browse internet on your machine with ease.
The windows media player, YouTube, Netflix, Winamp, Spotify and VLC controller comes handy while playing or streaming media content wirelessly on your Windows 8 powered machine using smart phone. You can also use tilt feature to go forward and backward in web browser. The mouse and virtual keyboard control gives easy and painless control over your Windows 8 machine mouse and keyboard. The app supports auto connect feature and is easy to use.
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Availability: Free and Paid on Google Play, Server Download