Best Universal Remotes in 2022

Get smarter by switching over to Logitech Harmony Companion to get the most out of your home entertainment experiences and let your smartphone single-handedly control what numerous remotes have been struggling with in the past. This remote control allows you to customize a large number of device activities including a movie night and date night that takes you to greater heights and boosts your comfort and convenience. All your gadgets such as thermostat, locks and lighting can now be precisely timed and activated to work together in synchronous harmony just by the touch of a button.

You can also turn on multiple devices and create custom schedules or activate them using sensors. Wherever your devices are hidden in the home, they can be accessed by this remote by using Harmony smartphone or tablet app using Wi-Fi, IR or Bluetooth wireless signals; or alternatively, the Amazon Alexa for integrated voice controls. All you need is the initial online or mobile set up and off you go. There is no limit to the number of home automation devices it can control. This tool enables you control up to eight different home entertainment devices. It quickly transforms your iOS and Android smartphones and tablets into instant personal universal remote controls.

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The Logitech Harmony Smart Control comes with a receiver called the Harmony Hub which turns RF signals from the remote into IR or Bluetooth commands that your devices can understand. The remote lets you control up to 8 devices including your Ps3 and Wii as well as streaming services such as Netflix.

270,000 devices are support from over 6,000 brands, so the chances are, whatever device you have in your house, it will be recognised by this system from the get go. And the Logitech Harmony device library makes it incredibly easy to update your both your smartphone app and universal remote control with brand new devices and commands.

The Logitech Harmony Elite is ridiculously powerful. It allows you to effortlessly control up to 15 connected devices. It not only lets you control entertainment devices and services but you can also hook it up to pretty much all “internet of things” devices, so lets you control the music in the kitchen or the lights in the living room. And yes, it’s fully compatible with Amazon Alexa.

And when it comes to controlling things with this remote, you are not constrained to buttons. The remote has a super sharp, slick touch screen and also allows voice control.

The Logitech Harmony 650 effortlessly combines up to eight remotes into one. One of the biggest stand out features of the remote is a full-color touchscreen, which Logitech calls the “color command screen”. The screen features programmable “favorite channel” icons which lets you jump quickly to the channels you love most with one tap. The screen also displays common commands for whichever devices you happen to be using, hence the name.

The Harmony 650 also has super handy “one-click activity buttons” which you can program with commands such as “watch DVD” and “listen to music”, taking you to your preferred app with preferred settings for each of those actions.

Next up we have the Inteset INT-422 which is billed as the “first universal remote dedicated to streamers”. To support this claim, the top of the remote has four pre-programmed buttons; an “A” button for Apple TV, a “B” button for Xbox One, a “C” button for Media Centre, and finally, a “D” button for Roku. Don’t fret though, the remote also supports 10,000 other devices including Xbox 360, Fire TV and Kodi.

It’s worth noting that unlike the universal remote reviewed above that has a touch screen and buttons, i.e. multiple inputs, this one is heavy on the buttons. But this might not necessarily be a bad thing as we will explain. This Intesetremote has an intelligent button matching feature which allows you to replicate the button controls of an original device (e.g. A Roku remote) on the Inteset remote. Further, you can program up to 32 commands into a single button. Crazy.

The Logitech Harmony 350 cleverly combines up to 8 remote controls into one which includes the remote controls for your DVR, TV, cable box, sound system…you get the picture.

Oh, and if you think your devices won’t be supported then you are likely sorely mistaken as the Logitech Harmony 350 supports over 270,000 devices and support for new ones are being added daily.

For those of you who want comfort and small form factor over lots of features, this is the universal remote for you. It is an attractive handheld size and is a pleasure to hold.

This little thing can control up to three devices and effortlessly replaces and consolidates most popular remote-control brands.

The Logitech Harmony Companion All in One Remote is an incredibly robust and feature rich system that goes well beyond just being a universal remote for controlling your various devices and services.

Much like the Logitech system reviewed above, this Logitech system has three main components; The Harmony Hub, the fully featured remote and the smartphone app.

The GE 3-Device Universal Remote Control may not be the prettiest thing in the world, but it’s incredibly sturdy, robust and has an impressive feature set for it’s price.

With the remote you can effortlessly control up to 3 different services or devices such as TV’s, Blu-Ray players, DVD Players, VCR’s…well, you get the idea. The remote has a very comprehensive code library that works with all the major brands and thankfully not only supports the latest brands and products but also supports many legacy brands and devices.