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In fact you can use your smartphone to change the channel on nearly any TV. In the comments on that post some people talk about how to do it. Basically you need a smartphone with either builtin IR or use a USB-C IR blaster or if your phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack you can also try one of those but I'm not sure if the 3.5mm ones are as commonly supported.

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[โ€“] Psythik@lemm.ee 109 points 1 month ago (12 children)

In the early 2010s some flagship Android phones came with IR blasters built-in. You could turn off any TV anywhere, simply by pulling out your phone.

I miss the days when smartphones were fun.

[โ€“] Kaiserschmarrn@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

I pissed off so many people with this. 14 year old me had a lot of fun.

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