AnyMote is at the pinnacle of home automation thanks to connecting to a range of infrared compatible devices, such as your TV, Blu-ray player, games console, amplifier and even your air conditioner. Users can then manually pair the phone to the AnyMote and have control over each one of these devices.
Working alongside the Smart IR app, users can switch between their different connected products and use the wireless remote function to perform various tasks on them. It cuts out all the wires that would normally be associated with some of these products and you’ll find new features opened up by using the AnyMote. The team behind AnyMote says that its product is compatible with over 800,000 electrical products. If that’s anywhere near true, AnyMote could soon be in millions of living rooms around the world.
At a glance
» Product name AnyMote
» Available from www.colortiger.com
» Price £TBA/$70
AnyMote is the ultimate home automation unit where users can control every one of their IR electrical devices in a single place.
The AnyMote is compatible with a wide range of products that use IR technology. You’ll be surprised at what it works with
Any Android device that has Bluetooth 4.0 onboard will be compatible with AnyMote
Through the app, users can quickly switch between different electrical items without having to manually connect to each one
Users can control the products through the AnyMote by using the Smart IR app. This turns your phone into a remote control with plenty of features
Q: AnyMote is unquestionably an exciting product, but how did you come up with the idea?
A: The AnyMote idea rather evolved from the Smart IR Remote app, which was already published for half a year when we realised it wasn’t enough. Tens of thousands of customers were using our app to replace all their plastic remotes, but more people not owning an IR-capable phone were asking for the same solution too. AnyMote was our way of making a truly smart universal remote available to everyone.
Q: Are you surprised with the level of popularity you’ve seen on Kickstarter?
A: Yes and no. AnyMote Home was built to fill a large gap in our smart-life setup, and we knew people would immediately see the potential. However, we didn’t expect them to react so quickly.
Q: Could you tell us some of the ways AnyMote can be used with your phone…
A: With AnyMote you can have anything from simple virtual remotes that simulate your plastic controllers, to a powerful automation centre that turns on everything when you come home, listens to your voice commands and even reacts to day-to-day events – like pausing your movie when your phone rings. Multiple remotes will now just pass their most used commands to a master remote, which provides easy access to all the favourite commands. You can even go to extremes with it, by using in very niche setups – a remote controller for a DSLR camera in a photo studio, or even a simplifi ed TV remote with huge buttons for the elderly.
Q: What are some of the other products that AnyMote can connect to?
A: It works with anything from the latest generation Smart TVs, to generic no-name Chinese LED lights. Projectors, Apple TV, Xbox One, Yamaha/Pioneer/Denon amplifiers, we’ve got them all covered. Even if they’re not infrared controlled, through our Smart IR Remote app you can control all kinds of Wi-Fi devices like Sonos, XBMC media servers etc. The sky is the limit!
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